Man Charged With Selling Fentanyl Pill That Killed Woman On Thanksgiving

A Bensalem Township man was being held as of Thursday evening on charges he sold a pill that led to a woman’s overdose death in Bristol Township.

Around 3:55 a.m. on November 24, 2022, Bristol Township police were called to an apartment in the 6900 block of Bristol-Emilie Road in response to a report of a woman who was not breathing. Officers arrived and discovered 23-year-old Olivia Seaberg on the floor of the apartment, which sits above a shopping center.

Seaberg was subsequently pronounced dead on that Thanksgiving, and the coroner later confirmed she died of fentanyl toxicity.

Police discovered a blue pill while conducting their investigation in addition to an empty prescription pill bottle they had recovered from Seaberg’s bedside. Along with Seaberg’s cellphone, the police also recovered marijuana and marijuana-related accessories from the scene, authorities said.

After Seaberg finished her shift at a Bristol Township restaurant and bar at 11 p.m. on November 23, 2022, a witness reported seeing the young woman enter her apartment.

Investigators searching Seaberg’s cellphone found a Facebook Messenger discussion she made that was  consistent with buying marijuana and what she thought were oxycodone prescription tablets on two dates before she died, police said.

Shakur Ali Brisbon, 24, was the individual with whom Seaberg was corresponding on Facebook Messenger, according to police.

The investigation involved analyzing footage of the drug transactions captured on security cameras and also looking at additional Facebook Messenger conversations. In those conversations, Seaberg asked Brisbon if the tablet she bought was counterfeit and was comprised of fentanyl, police said.

The blue pill recovered from Seaberg’s apartment was tested and a lab report confirmed it contained fentanyl and other substances, police said.

Brisbon, who previously resided in Bristol Borough, has had past run-ins with police in Lower Bucks County, according to court records.

An obituary for Seaberg said she was a Harry S. Truman High School graduate who enjoyed spending time with family.

Brisbon was preliminarily arraigned Thursday by District Judge Terry Hughes on charges of drug delivery resulting in death, conspiracy to commit drug delivery resulting in Death, criminal use of a communication facility, involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to commit involuntary manslaughter and two counts each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1 million bail.

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.

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