A Montco Man Will Be Sentenced In Connection With An Overdose Death In Lower Providence

LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — A Montgomery County man who admitted that he supplied the deadly drug fentanyl to a man from Lower Providence Township who ended up dying from a drug overdose nearly two years ago will face sentencing in the case in April.

Kevin Foraker, 40, of West Norriton Township, will learn his fate when he is sentenced by Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas C. Branca during a hearing on April 4, according to court records.

Records show that Foraker pleaded guilty to criminal charges back in late December in connection with the May 2020 overdose death of Brian Lang, 37, of Lower Providence.

Foraker had initially been charged with drug delivery resulting in death, but Common Pleas Court records show that that charge was later changed to both involuntary manslaughter and drug possession with intent to manufacture or deliver.

Foraker ended up pleading guilty to those two replacement charges on Dec. 21, records show.

Lower Providence Township police arrested Foraker in late December 2020. The Mercury newspaper of Pottstown reported that Lang was found dead after emergency response personnel and police were sent to a home on the 4000 block of Defford Place on May 22, 2020 for a report of a medical emergency.

An autopsy subsequently determined that Lang had died from a fentanyl overdose.

Investigators ultimately tied Foraker to Lang through text message exchanges between the two that spoke of drug transactions.

The Mercury reported that both men worked together at a Norristown area party rentals business.

An obituary for Lang, who was a Delaware County native, says that he was employed by Anthony's Party Rentals and had formerly worked at the Collegeville Diner in Collegeville.

"He was one of those people who would light up a room whenever he walked into it," his obituary reads. "He made friends wherever he went and was the easiest person to talk to. His huge heart, smile, laughter and infectious personality will be missed by all."

The Mercury reported that when interviewed by detectives, Foraker admitted that he had provided heroin or fentanyl to Lang prior to Lang's death.

Records show that Foraker had initially faced other criminal charges, but that those counts were dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea.