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Shelbyville man faces up to 40 years for charges in death of Britni Oeffinger

Thursday morning, May 7, police arrested Randy Lawrence Gibson, 52, of Shelbyville, for the overdose death of Britni Oeffinger. 

 

The investigation originated when police were called to Oeffinger’s residence by her boyfriend, who had found her unresponsive on the floor with a syringe in her hand.  She appears to have overdosed on heroin (some suspected heroin was found near her as well).  According to her boyfriend, she was roughly 4-4.5 months pregnant.

           

After several hours of investigation by several officers and detectives from the Shelbyville Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, as well as Prosecutor Brad Landwerlen and Chief Deputy Prosecutor Scott Spears, the Shelbyville SWAT team was dispatched to take Gibson into custody.   Gibson was arrested without incident. 

 

Gibson is charged with Dealing a Controlled Substance Causing Death, a Level 1 Felony.  The charge carries a possible penalty of 20-40 years in prison.  Landwerlen also filed Habitual Offender against Gibson, which can add another 6-20 years to his sentence. 

 

Gibson will appear for his initial hearing Friday in Shelby Superior Court No. 1.

 

Shelby County Prosecutor Brad Landwerlen says he would like to commend the officers and detectives who did an excellent job of working this case throughout the evening, resulting in sufficient evidence to file this case.

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            

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