A 26-year-old South Amboy man was sentenced to a decade in prison for causing the drug-induced death of a woman on Halloween 2022, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said.
Leonard Contreras pled guilty on Oct. 18 to the charge of first-degree strict liability drug-induced death and was sentenced on Dec. 10.
An investigation found that on Oct. 31, 2022, Contreras sold cocaine to 21-year-old Cayla Dunham, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, and her boyfriend. Lab analysis found that the drug taken by Dunham was predominantly fentanyl, Robeson said…