Dealer gets two-and-a-half years in connection with Cumberland County overdose death

A New York man who sold fentanyl-laced product that led to the 2019 overdose death of a Shippensburg man has been sentenced to a minimum two-and-a-half year prison term for the crime, but because of the time that’s lapsed since his initial arrest in March 2020 he could be eligible for parole later this year.

Moises Segura, 27, with a last known address in Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced to 2.5 to 5 years after pleading guilty to separate counts of involuntary manslaughter, possession with intent to deliver, and conspiracy in connection with the transaction that led to the death of Logan Lynch. Segura, court officials said, was credited with 783 days already served, meaning he could become eligible for parole in about four months.

According to case records, Lynch and Darby Scott, were at the Sheetz in the 300 block of East King Street in Shippensburg when Scott met with Segura about 4:30 a.m. on March 3, 2019, and asked Segura about buying marijuana. Scott told police Segura said he did not have marijuana, but did have heroin.

Scott said Lynch gave him some money to assist with the price. Store surveillance then showed Scott going to an SUV parked at one of the fuel pumps and making a hand-to-hand transaction with Segura.

When Lynch and Scott left Sheetz, Scott gave Lynch a packet of heroin and they both ingested the drug by snorting it off of their cell phones, police said. The two then continued to walk, and Scott lost contact with Lynch.

Lynch was found later that morning, about 7:30 a.m., near Prince Street and East Neff Avenue. Shippensburg police said he was unresponsive, with a Sheetz bag lying by his side. An autopsy performed on Lynch later determined he had died from acute fentanyl toxicity.

Segura pleaded to the three counts in April and was sentenced June 21 by Judge Jessica Brewbaker. Scott was also charged, but his case is still pending in court.

An obituary for Lynch showed that he was a 2015 graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School, and worked for the grounds crew at the Shippensburg University. Senior Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Robinson said Lynch’s family was present for Segura’s sentencing , but did not speak in court, .