Lethal Heroin Overdose in Montville Gets Man 5 Years

Matthew Weisholz, 28, of Lincoln Park man pleaded guilty to drug-induced homicide charges back in August. The charges are related to the death of Montville's Erin Idone in March due to a heroin overdose. 

On Friday, Weisholz was sentenced to five years in prison for supplying heroin to Idone, according to the Daily Record.

Idone, 29, dated Weisholz previously and on March 6, she was found unresponsive in her home. Investigators determined that it was due to an overdose of heroin taken the night before.

Idone had recently been released from an out-of-state rehabilitation facility, which Weisholz was aware of, according to according to Morris County Acting Prosecutor Fredric Knapp. He told her he would meet her in Montville, where he gave her heroin and a needle. She took the dose in his presence, Knapp said. She then went home and to bed where she was found the next day. Investigators searched Weisholz's home and found heroin that had a matching stamp as the fold in Idone's possession, Knapp said.