Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin and Capt. Derek Koch, Pennsylvania State Police, Troop M, announced on June 1 an arrest in a fatal drug overdose.

Martin said Dennis Allen Yenser Jr., 48, of Huntington, is charged with drug delivery resulting in death, a felony of the first degree; criminal use of a communication facility, a felony of the third degree; manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to deliver; a felony; and intentional possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered, a misdemeanor.

On Aug. 19, 2021, state police were called to a home at 3410 Lil Wolf Drive in North Whitehall Township for a death investigation.

Chase Elliot Frable, 19, was found dead inside the home.

Frable died from methamphetamine and fentanyl toxicity and his death was ruled accidental by the Lehigh County Coroner.

An investigation revealed that on Aug. 18, 2021, Frable allegedly contacted Yenser and purchased methamphetamine and two other pills while in the parking lot of a Lehigh County business.

According to Martin in the news release, items found in Frable’s possession at the time of his death included a plastic baggie with a clear substance that tested positive for methamphetamine and both a pill and residue that tested positive for fentanyl.

As a result of this investigation it is alleged Yenser delivered the drugs which caused Frable’s death.

During the course of the investigation, Yenser absconded from Pennsylvania State Parole several times and was a fugitive.

On April 21, Yenser was located in Center Valley by a member of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.

“This explains the delay in filing these charges,” Martin said.