CANADENSIS, Pa. -- A man from Monroe County is locked up after trying to cover up a drug death by staging a suicide.
Police say Chester Botch, 50 of Canadensis, gave Thomas Bartkovsky drugs that killed him and tried to cover it up.
According to officers, Bartkovsky was working for Botch for a few weeks and Botch paid the victim in heroin and a small amount of cash.
Botch is facing charges including drug delivery resulting in death and abuse of a corpse in Monroe County.