VIRGINIA BEACH — A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty to attempting to deal cocaine in Virginia Beach.
His September 2016 arrest came one day after his phone number was found in the cell phone of a drug overdose victim, according to court documents.
John Carey Demonch, of the 4900 block of Curling Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of drugs with the intent to distribute them on Tuesday. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 27.
Demonch was arrested on Sept. 24, the day after police found texts between him and Anthony Lambaise, a 24-year-old man who was found unresponsive on his bedroom floor by his father, according to documents filed in VBCC.
Lambaise’s father called police, who arrived at the home in the 1300 block of Five Forks Road and asked for permission to look through Lambaise’s cell phone.
During the search, police noticed a person named “Jon Slevs” (later identified as Demonch) texted Lambiase asking how the “stuff” was, court documents state.
The same number texted back later with a series of question marks.
Police set up a controlled buy with Demonch using Lambiase’s phone. The detective asked to buy the same amount of drugs that Demonch sold Lambiase.
Demonch and the detective agreed on a place to meet. When police arrived, they found Demonch and his brother in a car with a cigarette box with cocaine inside, court documents state.
Demonch told police he was meeting with “Tony to give him some stuff,” and later told police that it was cocaine.
Demonch and his brother also gave detectives consent to search their rooms at their parents’ house, and police found a large amount of cocaine and some psilocybin — a psychedelic drug.
Two days after his death, Lambaise’s parents posted a message on his Facebook page which read, “It only took a single moment of relapse to end his life after injecting a substance so toxic that it killed him instantly. The Lambiase family thanks everyone who knew, loved and supported the young man who was our spirited and vibrant son, through his struggles.”
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