Falls Township police made significant advances Monday in getting justice for a local man who died back in June.
Police successfully tracked down and charged 31-year-old Nicholas Driscoll, a Fairless Hills resident, on Monday morning with possession with intent to deliver, recklessly endangering another person and criminal use of a communication facility. He was arraigned by Judge Robert Burns and sent to Bucks County prison on 10 percent of $25,000 bail.
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Police say it was Driscoll who sold a lethal dose of heroin to Michael Bangor-Karg, 28, back in May. Bangor-Karg’s mother found him the morning of June 1 slumped forward in an office chair in front of a desk in his bedroom.
In July, it was released that Bangor-Karg, who, according to this mother, suffered from a history of drug issues, died from adverse effects of ethanol and heroin. Read Bangor-Karg’s obituary.
Bangor-Karg’s body was found, according to police, with wax baggies containing heroin residue and other instruments commonly used in heroin use on his lap. The baggies were stamped with the marking “24K”.
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According to the affidavit, Bangor-Karg and Driscoll had been in communication several times since April via text and Facebook messaging. Besides a few insignificant conversations, the two local Falls men spoke about obtaining drugs – specifically Driscoll offering Bangor-Karg drugs in exchange for money. The night of May 31 was no different, police say.
Bangor-Karg’s habit turned deadly when he and Driscoll met May 31 at The Stadium Bar at Hood and Olds Boulevard so Driscoll could give Bangor-Karg a ride home. The men stopped at 7-Eleven to purchase pretzels and then Driscoll dropped him off at his house around midnight.
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When police located Driscoll on June 6, he had checked into Today Inc., a local treatment facility. According to Driscoll, when his mother and uncle threatened to kick him and his girlfriend out of their house, he sought help for his drug addiction. Driscoll admitted to police that his addiction to heroin caused him to use approximately 10 bags of the substance a day.
According to his testimony, Driscoll never sold Bangor-Karg the heroin he planned to sell that night because Bangor-Karg didn’t have the money. According to Driscoll, he learned about the man’s death the next day from a neighbor.
Later without any prompting, according to court documents, Driscoll told police he came to rehab because, “my buddy died…you didn’t say it because you were waiting for me to say it.” After Driscoll took a cigarette break that day, he told police he wanted to cooperate and help the police find the person who was selling the “24K” heroin.
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When a search warrant was served on both the men’s Facebook accounts, data received showed Driscoll had sent a picture to Bangor-Karg on May 31 depicting a wax paper baggie stamped “24K”. According to police, the photo is consistent with the bag found at the death scene.
Driscoll’s preliminary hearing is set for December 2 before District Judge Jan Vislosky.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Driscoll was charged with drug delivery resulting in death.
