Rockland man pleads guilty to supplying fentanyl causing three deaths and three poisonings

A 25-year-old Congers man pled guilty in federal court to distributing fentanyl that resulted in the deaths of three people and poisoning of three more victims.

Justin Turnick faces up to 40 years in prison when sentenced.

It is alleged that he regularly distributed narcotics to Rockland County residents, including his friends, partners and acquaintances. He also allegedly distributed the opioid in various forms, including packaged into pills, pure fentanyl, and fentanyl-laced power.

He admitted as part of his guilty plea that his distribution of the drug resulted in the deaths of Gustaf Olsen, Jonathan Shashoua, and Ione Koenig, and the non-fatal fentanyl poisonings of a female victim, male victim, and Ione Koenig.