A Stroudsburg woman has been charged in connection with a woman’s drug death.

The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office said Nachelle Jenine Davis, 40, is facing charges of drug delivery involving death, manufacture, delivery or possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver it, criminal use of a communications facility and involuntary manslaughter.

Davis is charged with the death of Ashley Pinero, who police said died on Jan. 15 in the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono, East Stroudsburg. The Monroe County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death was fentanyl toxicity.

In an affidavit of probable cause, detective Kim Lippincott of the district attorney’s office charges that Davis and Pinero arranged the sale on Jan. 10 via cellphone, and that Pinero left her father’s residence, where she was visiting, to make the sale. They said the following day, Pinero’s mother picked her up and stopped at the Wawa store on West Main Street in Stroudsburg, where Pinero stopped to get coffee and entered the bathroom of the store. After the mother started driving her vehicle, she found Pinero unconscious and drove her to the hospital.

Police said Pinero’s father, Gordon Thorne, provided them his daughter’s cellphone, which led to the arrest after search warrants were obtained and the phone was searched. Police said they also searched Davis’ phone where they obtained many records consistent with the distribution of controlled substances, specifically pricing that is consistent with the sale of heroin.

Davis was arraigned by district judge Kristina Anzini. Her bail was denied and she is currently housed in the Monroe County Correctional Facility awaiting a preliminary hearing for these charges.

This case is part of the ongoing efforts of the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office to investigate drug overdose related deaths. First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso spearheaded the formation of the Drug Delivery Resulting in Death Task Force. This task force consists of four detectives and four prosecutors from the District Attorney’s Office to combat the heroin epidemic and hold drug dealers accountable for deaths of heroin users.