Man pleads guilty in Washington Twp. overdose death

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A 44-year-old Washington Twp. man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection to an overdose death of another man.

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Peter D. Ziemba also pleaded guilty to failing to provide for the functionally impaired, tampering with evidence, permitting drug abuse, possession of cocaine and trafficking in cocaine, according Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records.

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He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 28.

On Jan. 31, 31-year-old Robert Korn died from multiple drug intoxication, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. A toxicology report found carfentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs in his system, according to a coroner’s official.

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Ziemba was initially indicted on reckless homicide, involuntary manslaughter, corrupting another with drugs and trafficking and possession of cocaine.

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