Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
A local man admitted in court on Monday to providing drugs that led to a woman’s fatal overdose in November 2021.
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Bucks County Court Common Pleas Judge Gary Gilman on Monday heard Steven Frederick Yard Jr., 32, of Tullytown Borough, plead guilty on charges of involuntary manslaughter, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, recklessly endangering another person, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to prosecutors.
Following his guilty plea, Yard was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies after the judge revoked his bail.
Sentencing for Yard was deferred to a later date.
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According to court papers, Falls Township officers were called at 11:14 p.m. on November 16, 2021 to the 100 block of Yardley Avenue in the Fallsington section for a report of an overdose.
Upon arrival, officers discovered Mary Coyle, 39, deceased on a bed and found Yard actively overdosing on the floor of the same bedroom, authorities said.
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Yard survived the overdose after being rushed to Jefferson Bucks Hospital.
During the investigation, it was revealed that Yard had traveled to the Kensington section of Philadelphia, where he purchased 12 bags of heroin for himself and Coyle. The two subsequently used the drugs at the Yardley Avenue residence.
Yard reportedly performed CPR on Coyle after finding her unresponsive.
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Yard admitted to using more heroin and hiding several bags under a couch when police arrived, authorities said.
Evidence collected at the scene included a dollar bill used for snorting drugs and several blue-colored wax paper bags that are commonly used for packaging heroin. Police discovered more bags of suspected to contain heroin/fentanyl beneath a couch.
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The autopsy of Coyle determined her cause of death as acute fentanyl intoxication, with lab tests confirming fentanyl in the bags, according to authorities.
Traces of cocaine were found on the dollar bill recovered at the scene.
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