PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A Suffolk woman was arrested Saturday in connection to the recent drug overdose death of a Churchland teen, Portsmouth Police said.

Jessica Alyse Cirilli, 41, of Suffolk, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and several drug charges after Portsmouth Police said Cirilli supplied fentanyl to a 17-year-old boy, resulting in the teen’s death.

The additional charges include:

• Possession with intent to distribute in a school zone
• Possession with intent to distribute to a minor
• Possession with intent to distribute Schedule I or II controlled substance
• Contributing to the deliquency of a minor

Police said Cirilli was taken into custody without incident.

On Oct. 11, Portsmouth Police responded to a call about an unresponsive person in the 4000 block of Wyndybrow Drive, and when officers arrived, they found the person and he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a criminal complaint, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that the cause of death was due to an accidental fentanyl overdose.

The teen’s family, who identified him as James Jolley, spoke to 10 On Your Side and shared their shock when they learned a family friend is accused of providing the deadly dose. Detectives found narcotics and paraphernalia at the scene where the teen was found dead, according to the criminal complaint, which noted the teen has also purchased narcotics from Cirilli, the ex-girlfriend of the teen’s uncle.

The teen and Cirilli had arranged a meeting Oct. 10, when Cirilli delivered fentanyl to the teen, according to the criminal complaint, which cited surveillance footage and license plate reader data that confirmed Cirilli’s vehicle being “in the area at the relevant time.” Field testing of the narcotics found at the scene was positive for fentanyl, the criminal complaint states.

Her communication with the teen, the criminal complaint states, “included coded references to fentanyl and instructions not to disclose the transaction to others. The evidence establishes that Cirilli knowingly distributed fentanyl to a minor, resulting in his death.”

“My baby was gone, there are no words,” grandmother Angie Godfrey said.

Angie Godfrey was the one who found her grandson in his room, unresponsive last week.

“I got on him and I was just grabbing him and shaking him and we called 911, and we tried to do CPR but he was gone,” Godfrey said.

“In this case, he’s a 17-year-old boy. A 41-year-old sold him the drugs and he never woke up. He had his whole life ahead of him,” his uncle Chris Jolley said.

Cirilli has a long history of drug related offenses. What makes this even more shocking is that family says Cirilli was like a family friend.

“There is definitely tension for that because I just don’t understand that. She knew his situation, she knew his situation, she had been there in the situation,” Jolley said, “She knew better.”

The family hopes to turn their pain into purpose and educate all on the dangers of fentanyl.

“We wanna take it to the high schools, we want the kids to be scared of this drug because why read a book if you already know the ending,” Jolley said.

:”We’re gonna get these drug dealers off the street,” Godfrey said “Today’s youth is facing so much more parents you need to educate the kids,” Godfrey said.

The family says they hope to work on a law cracking down on fentanyl dealers in honor of James.

The criminal complaint notes that the closest school to the address where the incident took place is Churchland Academy Elementary School, about 1,000 feet away, which it said satisfied the proximity requirement for the charge of possession with intent to distribute in a school zone.

This is the first time Portsmouth Police said it has charged a suspect under a new state statute addressing involuntary manslaughter relating to certain drug offenses. That statute went into effect in July.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Portsmouth Police Investigations Bureau at 757-393-8536, the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or at P3Tips.com.

Portsmouth Police said it urges parents and guardians to have ongoing conversations with their kids about the risks associated with illicit substances.