Washington Man Pleads In Drug Delivery Death

A Washington man will spend time in state prison for his role in delivering the drugs that killed a Washington woman. Alan Gubanish, 36 pleaded guilty to a drug delivery resulting in death charge for supplying heroin to Casey Cole, 31 of North Franklin Street in February of 2024. According to court documents, police were called and found Cole in her apartment with a bag of heroin in her mouth. The person who called police indicated to them that Cole had purchased the drugs from Gubanish earlier in the day using a cash app. Police were able to verify the account after examining Cole’s phone. Gubanish was sentenced to 4-8 years in state prison. Additional charges of possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a communications device were all dropped.