Chartiers Twp Man Pleads In Drug Death Case

A Chartiers Township man pleaded guilty to a drug possession with intent to deliver charge and avoided a drug delivery resulting in death charge. Matthew Rozanc, 21 of Chartiers Township was accused of supplying a fatal dose of fentanyl to Josh Kisner, also of Chartiers Township in April of 2024. Kisner believed that Rozanc was selling him counterfeit oxycodone. Rozanc was sentenced to one year minus one day to two years minus two days in jail. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $6500 to the Victim Compensation Fund and an additional $2783 to the victim’s sister. Rozanc apologized to Kisner’s family stating that he struggles with addiction and he never meant to hurt Josh. His attorney said that his family will be intricately involved in making sure Rozanc adheres to his addiction recovery plan. During his preliminary hearing, his attorney pointed out that on the day that Kisner was in contact with Rozanc about the pills, Rozanc never acknowledged the pills and only discussed smoking marijuana. She pointed out deficiencies in the search of Kisner’s home where later, other drugs were found. She also pointed to other substances found in Kisner’s body from an autopsy. She asked that the drug delivery resulting in death charge be dropped. The magistrate felt that the evidence was compelling, but better handled at the common pleas court level.