HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that an Allegheny County man pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week to state prison for providing fentanyl which caused a 15-year-old Oakdale girl’s death in 2024.
Shakeirs Foster, 29, pleaded guilty in Allegheny County Court to involuntary manslaughter and delivery, and was sentenced to 2½ to 6 years in state prison. He will not be eligible for boot camp or sentence reduction programming.
The victim died at an area hospital due to “recent fentanyl use,” a week after Fosters provided the drugs on May 7, 2024.
A collaborative investigation involving the Office of Attorney General, North Fayette Police Department, and the 51st Statewide Investigating Grand Jury led to the charges.
“This unspeakable tragedy epitomizes the devastation fentanyl causes — a young woman’s hopes and dreams shattered, and her loved ones left with pain and heartache,” Attorney General Sunday said. “That is why we, along with law enforcement partners, continue to target predatory traffickers who value a few dollars over human life.”
In court Monday, a relative read a victim impact statement on behalf of the family.
“(Our child’s) life was stolen from her in the very place where she should have been safest: our home. Because of the defendant’s choices, the apartment we shared became a place of trauma,” the statement read in part. “The defendant did not just take one life; he destroyed the foundation of our family. He took away prom nights, summer memories, and the future of a sweet, funny girl who deserved to grow up.”
Investigators tracked the fatal fentanyl delivery to Foster after interviewing witnesses, reviewing cellphone evidence, and other investigative methods.
Witnesses saw a man, later identified as Foster, enter the victim’s apartment on May 7, 2024, and leave a short time later. Soon after, the victim became unconscious and 9-1-1 was called. Emergency responders arrived at the apartment, attempted life-saving measures, and transported the girl to a hospital. She never regained consciousness and died on May 14, 2024.
This case was prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Kara Cotter of the Office of Attorney General’s Drug Strike Force Section.
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