Three Pennsylvanians have been indicted for distributing controlled substances resulting in death in Lewisburg.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that 36-year-old Darryl Elliott, of Sunbury, 34-year-old Steven Pierro, of Plymouth Meeting, and 34-year-old Heather Carper, of Northumberland, were indicted on September 20th and charged with the distribution of controlled substances resulting in death.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment charges Elliott, Pierro, and Carper of conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine within the Middle District of Pennsylvania, resulting in an overdose death that occurred in Lewisburg, Union County.

The maximum penalty under federal law is life in prison, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.