An investigation into a fatal overdose led authorities to the arrest of two people accused of supplying illicit drugs to the victim, according to a criminal complaint.
On July 5, investigators from the Lackawanna County district attorney’s office began a probe into the suspected drug overdose death of a woman at a local hotel.
Investigators found glassine packets containing suspected fentanyl stamped “MAIL MAN” in blue ink near where the woman’s body was found.
Video footage showed Kyle Romanowski and Aminda Belvedere visiting the victim’s room July 3. Investigators discovered Romanowski had an active arrest warrant from the state Parole Board and tracked the pair to Room 307 at the Sleep Inn & Suites in Dunmore, according to the complaint.
On July 6, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on the room and found fentanyl packets marked “MAIL MAN,” matching those found near the victim’s body.
Additionally, officers found glassine bags, cocaine, a digital scale and cellphones.
During an interview with police, Belvedere acknowledged she and Romanowski had delivered fentanyl and cocaine July 3 to the woman who died, according to the complaint.
Belvedere identified the fentanyl involved in that transaction as being packaged in glassine packets stamped “MAIL MAN” in blue ink, police said.
Belvedere granted investigators access to her cellphone, which corroborated her previous statement concerning the couple’s involvement in providing the controlled substances involved in the overdose.
Investigators took the two into custody and continued the investigation.
On July 9, hotel personnel entered the room and found additional quantities of crack cocaine near the bed frame.
Dunmore police responded to the Sleep Inn & Suites and recovered about 90 packets of suspected controlled substances, 40 of which were marked “MAIL MAN” and contained fentanyl.
Romanowski and Belvedere both face felony charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substances as well as misdemeanor possession charges.
Both suspects remain at Lackawanna County Prison — Belvedere on $250,000 bail, while Romanowski was denied bail.
The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.