The nurse “recognized these bags as being an illegal drug and drug paraphernalia” and hospital staff contacted police, detectives said. Four additional small wax bags were found empty, and were “suspected to previously contain fentanyl,” detectives alleged. While packaging Dilemmo’s personal property, a nurse found seven small wax bags stamped with the words “Fly High,” which tests subsequently determined contained fentanyl, according to court papers. While Dilemmo was being treated for her injuries at the hospital, a urine sample indicated a positive finding for the presence of fentanyl, according to the arrest affidavit. Police said Dilemmo’s vehicle had heavy front-end damage.Īn autopsy determined Kovach died from complications following blunt impact injuries to her neck, torso and extremities. June 6, 2022, when Cheltenham police responded to Cheltenham Avenue and North Fifth Street for a report of a two-vehicle crash with injuries.Īrriving officers found Dilemmo, who had been operating a Toyota RAV4, lying injured outside her vehicle in the westbound lane of Cheltenham Avenue and she was transported to the trauma unit of Abington Jefferson Hospital. The investigation began at about 11:38 a.m. Steele and Cheltenham Township Police Chief John P. Emmett Madden.ĭilemmo’s arrest was announced on Friday by Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. 25 preliminary hearing on the charges before District Court Judge R.

Kaitlyn Dilemmo (Photo courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney)ĭilemmo was released on $100,000 unsecured bail to await her Aug. Dilemmo, 32, of the 2900 block of White Tail Court, Doylestown, was arraigned on Friday before District Court Judge Jodi Griffis on charges of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence of a controlled substance, homicide by vehicle, DUI, possession of a controlled substance, speeding and reckless and careless driving in connection with a June 2022 crash in the Elkins Park section of Cheltenham that killed Jacqueline Kovach, 77, of Philadelphia. NORRISTOWN - A Bucks County woman is accused of speeding and driving under the influence of fentanyl when she caused a two-vehicle crash in Cheltenham Township that killed the second driver, a 77-year-old Philadelphia woman.

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