An Oil City man has been charged in connection to the death of a 2-year-old boy who died of a fentanyl overdose in July.
Leon Wagner Jr., 39, a known drug dealer who was dating the boy’s mother, Stevie Goreczny, 21, has been charged with supplying the drugs that Goreczny’s 1-year-old son, Clyde Oelkrue, ingested, causing his death in the early morning hours of July 8 at the Oakland Township home of her father, Stanley Goreczny, 64, according to a criminal complaint filed by Franklin state police. Both Gorecznys have been charged and sentenced in connection to the boy’s death.
Stevie Goreczny said she woke up at about 5 a.m. on July 8 and checked on her son. She said she found him in a seated position on the couch not breathing but still warm, the complaint said.
Upon leaving the hospital, the Gorecznys went to Wagner’s house, where Stanley Goreczny dropped off Stevie Gorezcny and also called his ex-wife, Stevie Goreczny’s mother, from Wagner’s phone, the complaint said.
State police received a toxicology report on Aug. 9 that determined the boy died of a fentanyl overdose, according to the complaint.
Over several interviews, both Stanley and Stevie Goreczny told state police more than once that the last person they obtained drugs from several days before the boy’s death was Wagner, and he was the only one they had obtained drugs from during that time frame and that those were the only drugs they had at that time, the complaint said.
On Dec. 19, a state trooper interviewed Wagner after Wagner’s attorney said his client was requesting to speak with him, the complaint said.
Wagner said he believed the drugs that killed Oelkrue belonged to Stanley Goreczny, which he had gotten from someone else and then lost about a month before Oelkrue died, and that he, Wagner, didn’t believe he gave them the drugs that killed the child, the complaint said.
The trooper told him that Stanley and Stevie Goreczny had both already told him about the drugs Stanley Goreczny had lost, and that Stanley Goreczny said he had found them and ingested them awhile before Oelkrue died, and that both Stevie and Stanley Goreczny said the drugs that caused the overdose came from Wagner, though Stevie Goreczny was reluctant to admit this, the complaint said.
During the interview, Wagner said he had been in a relationship with Stevie Goreczny since October 2021 and that he and the two Gorecznys would use heroin and/or fentanyl together, which Wagner would procure for all of them, the complaint said.
When asked, Wagner said there is no way to tell if heroin is laced with fentanyl or is actually just fentanyl, the complaint said.
He added that they didn’t get high in Stanley Goreczny’s house because he didn’t like using drugs around kids, so they would often get high in a nearby garage, the complaint said.
Wagner said he had been getting high with Stevie Goreczny between July 4 and the day Oelkrue died, July 8, including July 7 in a garage, but that he didn’t give her any drugs to keep, the complaint said. He added that both he and her father would only give Stevie Gorezcny enough drugs to get high, but wouldn’t give her anything to keep because she would take it all at once, the complaint said.
When asked if he believed the drugs he supplied were the ones that killed Oelkrue, Wagner replied, “I can’t say it was, or it wasn’t….I don’t want to believe it. I am not going to sit here and sugarcoat anything; it is a possibility,” according to the complaint.
The trooper then told Wagner that Stevie Goreczny said she had drugs on her person after her son died, to which Wagner replied “she would have had to of took it from me then….I see what you are saying. It’s my responsibility I guess,” the complaint notes.
Wagner has been charged with a felony count of drug delivery resulting in death.
He was arraigned on Thursday before District Judge Andrew Fish and placed in Venango County jail with bail denied due to the severity of the charge.
Wagner’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. May 17 before Fish.
On April 21, Venango County President Judge Marie T. Veon sentenced Stevie Goreczny to serve six to 15 years in state prison. She will receive credit for 255 days that she has already spent in jail.
Stevie Goreczny pleaded guilty in March to the third degree murder charge. Felony charges of endangering the welfare of children and involuntary manslaughter were dropped in exchange for her guilty plea.
Stanley Goreczny was also charged in the case, and he pleaded guilty in February to a felony count of endangering the welfare of children.
He was sentenced in April by Veon to serve one to four years in state prison. He received credit for the 189 days he had already served in Venango County jail.
