Tedilee Sweeney

After being sentenced Thursday for involuntary manslaughter, Tedilee Sweeney tearfully apologized to the family of a Saxonburg man who overdosed from drugs she provided him.

County President Judge Thomas Doerr accepted a plea deal from Sweeney, 40, of Arnold and sentenced her to 30 months of intermediate punishment with the first 12 months to be served under house arrest. Sweeney must also complete 100 hours of community service.

Drew A. Lydick was 35 when he died on Aug. 15, 2016, from what an autopsy revealed to be a “combined drug toxicity” of fentanyl, antihistamine hydroxyzine, anxiety drug buspirone and antidepressant mirtazapine.

After Lydick’s death, Sweeney was charged with felony drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal use of a communications facility and the misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter to which she pleaded, after Lydick’s overdose death.

The drug delivery resulting in death charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.

Saxonburg police said Sweeney and Lydick worked together at a Super Cuts in Allegheny County and she provided him with heroin that was found to contain fentanyl and led to Lydick’s death.

Lydick’s family reported him missing and when police checked for him at his Horne Avenue apartment, they found him dead.

Sweeney admitted that Lydick had asked her, by text, to help him get heroin, and she took him to a bar nearby her home to make the purchase, according to police.

After the sentencing, Sweeney turned to several members of Lydick’s family, apologized and said, “I loved him so much. He was a truly good friend of mine.”