{"id":217236,"date":"2026-06-12T07:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217236\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:37:17","slug":"erie-man-convicted-of-supplying-drugs-in-2023-fatal-overdose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217236\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie man convicted of supplying drugs in 2023 fatal overdose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(WJET\/WFXP)\u2013 The Erie man charged two years ago with supplying pills that led to a fatal overdose has been found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie County District Attorney&#8217;s Office announced 27-year-old <a data-ylk=\"slk:Stewart Correll;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/man-charged-for-role-in-2023-millcreek-fatal-fentanyl-overdose\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stewart Correll<\/a> of Erie was found guilty of drug delivery resulting in death, criminal use of a communication facility, and other charges.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Wesleyville vape shop raided by local, state police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/wesleyville-vape-shop-raided-local-181409668.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Wesleyville vape shop raided by local, state police\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Correll was accused of supplying two M30 pills to 23-year-old Corey Sadzewicz, who was found dead in his Millcreek home on May 19, 2023, with the Erie County Coroner&#8217;s Office later determining he died of fentanyl toxicity.<\/p>\n<p>Online court records show Correll&#8217;s trial started on June 1, with Correll facing felony drug delivery resulting in death, criminal use of a communication facility and manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to deliver, along with two misdemeanor drug charges.<\/p>\n<p>During the 10-day trial, prosecutors said Correll had texted the victim the evening of the fatal overdose, which they said proved he provided the deadly pills.<\/p>\n<p>His sentencing is tentatively scheduled for August 10 before Judge William Cunningham.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WJET\/WFXP)\u2013 The Erie man charged two years ago with supplying pills that led to a fatal overdose has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[27587,136,94990,4641,138,137,94989],"class_list":["post-217236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-criminal-use-of-a-communication-facility","tag-erie","tag-erie-county-coroners-office","tag-erie-county-district-attorneys-office","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-stewart-correll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}