Kenneth Stotin News Today

But heres the breakdown. one is the guilty plea from kenneth stotin. four others pending indictment and seven in the early investigation part of the investigation. and he says -- heres the goal. the goal is for any drug dealer to think twice about selling drugs in his jurisdiction. >> thats better than i thought, actually. i thought it was going to be tougher for them. but the guilty pleas are just as good as a conviction in a courtroom, by my book. anyway, i want to bring in mel robins and dann...

They did, they couldnt save him. >> reporter: what they did not know was that ocean county prosecutor, joseph coronado was already seeking justice for their son as well as any other death in their jurisdiction. using a 1980s law for drug induced death. >> if youre going to be a dealer and that heroin is going to kill somebody, were going to take that death, were going to take that overdose and treat it as a homicide. >> reporter: coronado kicked off the effort a year ago after his county suffere...