Greensburg woman to serve 7 to 14 years for fatal drug sale

A Greensburg woman was sentenced to up to 14 years in prison for the sale fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a woman in her Greensburg home in February.

Jamie Lynn Dickant, 35, pleaded guilty to counts of drug delivery resulting in death and three other drug-related charges in connection with the fatal overdose of 32-year-old Justine Baker on Feb. 11.

Police said Baker’s spouse, Mary Crimboli Baker contacted Dickant by text massage and arranged to purchase 12 bags of heroin, stamped with the word “Punisher,” for which she paid $60 in cash and exchanged several pills. According to court records, Crimboli Baker retrieved the heroin from Dickant’s mailbox and was driven home, where she and Justine Baker used the drugs.

Crimboli Baker told police she found her spouse unresponsive the next morning in the couple’s Greensburg apartment. Justine Baker died later that day in the hospital and, according to an autopsy report, her cause of death was from an overdose of heroin and fentanyl, along with other drugs.

In court on Thursday, Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Feliciani sentenced Dickant to serve 7-to-14-years in prison.

Crimboli Baker, 33, of Greensburg is in the Westmoreland County Prison awaiting trial on charges of drug delivery resulting in death and other offenses. She was free after posting $20,000 bond following her arrest in April but was returned to jail on Dec. 3 after Feliciani ruled she violated terms of her release.

Crimboli Baker’s trial is scheduled to begin in February.

Dickant’s mother, Rita Dickant, 62, of Greensburg, also was charged with a felony drug count and conspiracy. She is free on a $50,000 unsecured bond and is awaiting her trial, also scheduled for February.