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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Dallas man who pleaded guilty to supplying a woman with the drugs that led to her fatal overdose was sentenced to two years in a state program that calls for both prison time and addiction treatment.</p><p>David Haines, 31, appeared this week before Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas. In June, Haines pleaded guilty to a count of drug delivery resulting in death in the wake of the June 2017 overdose of Gale Avery.</p><p>The defendant admitted he supplied Avery with heroin laced with fentanyl.</p><p>Haines had also pleaded guilty to a charge of tampering with evidence after Avery&#8217;s death.</p><p>Lupas sentenced Haines to 24 months in the intermediate punishment program, or IPP. State law requires that at least seven of the 24 months be served in prison. The program also requires a period of outpatient treatment for addiction.</p><p>In addition, Haines must spend seven years on probation and pay $2,773 in restitution to Avery&#8217;s family.</p><p>Included in this sentence are also several DUI charges and counts for driving with a suspended license and possession of a controlled substance. His license will be suspended for 18 months, and he&#8217;ll be required to pay nearly $1,000 in additional fines.</p><p>According to the original complaint, police responded to a Poplar Street home in Dallas Township on June 19, 2017, for reports of an unresponsive female, who was later identified as Avery.</p><p>She was declared dead less than an hour later by a deputy coroner.</p><p>Haines, who lived in the home, admitted to buying the heroin that killed Avery. Court papers say he told police: &#8220;I knew it had fentanyl in it because I tasted it, and it had that fentanyl (expletive) taste to it.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Dallas man sentenced in 2017 fatal overdose