Police Arrest Bensalem Man Wanted In Infant's Overdose Death

BENSALEM, PA — Bensalem Police have arrested Daniel Howarth, who was wanted in connection to the overdose death of his infant son.

Howarth was arrested on Wednesday, March 23, almost a week after Bensalem Police announced that he was wanted on a warrant after his 4-month-old son died via a fentanyl overdose. He was later arraigned by District Justice Falcone and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $10 million bail.

Howarth, along with his son's mother, Felicity Westmoreland, had been charged with involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

An autopsy of the infant revealed the presence of fentanyl in the child's blood. Police said they found the home to be in disarray with clothes, with trash and old food scattered throughout when they arrived.

Donna Westmoreland, Felicity's mother and the child's grandmother, had been made legal guardian of the child through a Shelter Care Order, which prohibited her from leaving the infant unsupervised with the parents. She later admitted to Bensalem Detectives that she left the infant unsupervised with his parents on the day of the infant's death, in violation of the Shelter Care Order.

She was charged with child endangerment and arraigned by District Justice Joseph Falcone on March 16. She was later sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $150,000 in bail.

District Justice Falcone arraigned Felicity Westmoreland on March 17 and remanded her to Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10% of $10 million in bail.