Lacey Man Indicted For Drug-Induced Death Of Man Found In Wawa

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - Anthony Terrill Jr. was already gone when police responded to reports of an unconscious man in the bathroom of the Wawa store on Route 9 South in Forked River on April 8.

And it was clear to police that his death was due to an overdose. The Ocean County Medical Examiner later ruled that Terrill, 29, had died from a lethal dose of heroin and fentanyl, authorities have said.

And an Ocean County jury has indicted Nicholas Marco Picone, 32, also of Lacey, for providing the drugs that led to Terrill's death, a spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said.

Picone, 32, was indicted on eight charges in connection with Terrill's death, said spokesman Al Della Fave.

The charges include: one count of first degree drug-induced death, three counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, and two counts of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, he said.

Lacey officers responded to the store at 2:10 a.m. They immediately contacted the Prosecutor's Major Crimes Unit and the Ocean County Sheriff's Department Criminal Investigations Unit.

The intensive investigation ultimately led back to Picone, Della Fave said.

Members of the Ocean County Prosecutors Office Major Crimes Unit and High Tech Crimes Unit, Lacey Township Police Department and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department Crime Scene Investigation Unit conducted the investigation.

Photo: Courtesy of Ocean County Jail