Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Thomas Bryan of the Edison Police Department said a township man was arrested today on a charge of providing drugs that caused the death of another township man.
Emile “Oatmeal” Constable Jr., 25, was charged with one count of strict liability for selling drugs to Aniq Ali, 23, who subsequently died.
Constable was charged when toxicological testing showed that the victim died on February 24, 2016 after ingesting heroin.
Bail has been set at $100,000.
The defendant initially was arrested on February 25, 2016 and was charged with distributing a controlled dangerous substance to the victim. He also had been charged with possession with intent to distribute in an unrelated case, one count of possession and one count of possession with intent to distribute.
The new charge was filed during an investigation by Detective Theodore Hamer of the Edison Police Department and Detective Wayne Canastra and Detective David Abromaitis, both of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
During the investigation it was determined that the defendant sold 10 bags of heroin to the victim. Each bag contained approximately one gram of heroin.
The investigation is active and is continuing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Hamer of the Edison Police Department at (732) 248-7400, Detective Canastra of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3809, or Detective Abromaitis of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-4436.