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MARTINSBURG – Phillip Arnold Bennett, of Piedmont, has admitted to a firearms charge in federal court in Martinsburg. MARTINSBURG – Phillip Arnold Bennett, of Piedmont, has admitted to a firearms charge in federal court in Martinsburg.According to United States Attorney Bill Powell, Bennett,30, pled guilty to...
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By Reformer Staff CONCORD, N.H. — A Keene woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for her role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire, the arrest of Meghan Bowers, 31,...
At Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Donald Trump is expected to make yet another pitch for his southern border wall, having failed to secure $5.7 billion in funding despite partially shutting down the government for five weeks."By having the shutdown, we’ve set the...
CONCORD — A Rochester woman was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray.Tasha Loaiza, 25, of Rochester, was sentenced Monday in federal court, according to Murray.According to court...
COLUMBUS – A Mount Carmel employee is speaking out in wake of scandal at the hospital system where 34 patients are believed to have received potentially fatal doses of painkillers.To date, most patients identified by the hospital were given excessive doses of the powerful synthetic...
RCMP has issued a warning this morning after responding to a reported drug overdose within the Bay Roberts community in Newfoundland. After responding to the victim of the drug overdose, officers discovered that the victim had bubble gum in their possession that was laced with narcotics....
BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — A Binghamton man is facing numerous felony charges after the Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant on the city’s south side. Police say when the home at 77 Mary Street was searched on Friday, officers seized: 4.1 grams...
– Posted on February 4, 2019Posted in: Local News Credit: Brockton Police Four people were arrested in Brockton on drug charges following...
Florence, South Carolina – United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that John Henry Johnson, age 68, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was convicted by a federal jury after three days of trial during the lapse in government appropriations. The jury found Johnson...
A new study forecasts the nationwide opioid epidemic is far from over. The study published this month in the journal JAMA Network...
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Demi Lovato last used her Twitter account on Sunday night after allegedly hitting back at her haters.The backlash came shortly after a set of memes were released about rapper 21 Savage allegedly being put up for deportation shortly after authorities discovered that he had overstayed...
New figures show that fentanyl death rates in 2018 continued to rise in Alberta, but at a slower rate. Rick Bowmer/The Canadian Press Nearly two Albertans are now dying every day from an accidental fentanyl overdose according to new data from...
We go to hospitals to get well, not to be killed by incompetence or worse. State and federal governments have a critical role in protecting us in that regard. Federal officials have notified Mount Carmel Health, of Columbus, that Medicare will cease paying for patients at...
Health Department, local organizations provide Narcan training to combat overdose increaseSince the start of the new year, there has been an uptick in overdoses in Broome County linked to fentanyl-laced drugs. Although government departments have yet to release information on how many fatal overdoses occurred in...
February 3, 2019 — An East Liverpool police officer is going to Washington, D.C. He will be attending Tuesday's State of the Union Address with Congressman Bill Johnson."I'm very excited, but I'm also very nervous," said officer Chris Green. "I don't know what to...
A suspected drug dealer was arrested after the second raid in three months at his residence in San Rafael. Johnnie Henderson, 59, was booked into Marin County Jail on allegations of drug possession for sale, illegal possession of ammunition and committing new crimes while being free...
Police on Saturday arrested four men who allegedly set up an illegal drug ring near a homeless shelter in Brockton, officials said. Officers arrested Luis Colon, 55, Josue Torres, 22, Charles Warren, 52, and Christopher Lugo, 24, while conducting a search at 88 North...
Doctors who prescribe relatively high doses of opioids to treat long-term pain are now required to offer patients an additional prescription — for the overdose antidote naloxone.The rule, which went into effect in December, is among a handful of new regulations for opioid prescribing in Ohio that aim to increase awareness about...
Police seized about 60 grams of fentanyl, 30 grams of crack cocaine, 20 grams of cocaine, a 2.5 gram mix of fentanyl and heroin and about $6,500. BROCKTON — Police arrested four Brockton men, who they say were part of a drug ring, next to a...
NANAIMO — More information is coming to light about a high-profile drug bust in an upscale north Nanaimo neighbourhood which police said had gang ties. NanaimoNewsNOW has learned the identities of three men charged in relation to the April 13, 2017 bust at a Linyard Rd....
County officials attribute the drop in deaths to work by law enforcement and behavioral health officials. Dave Gabauer remembers when it felt like the opioid epidemic would never end.As Beaver County's coroner, he and his four deputies would respond to numerous overdose death calls each week...
As Ohio struggles to come up with an execution protocol that doesn't raise cruelty concerns, many are asking an obvious question: Why not use fentanyl, the narcotic that tragically has pushed thousands of Ohioans through the euphoria they were seeking and into the death they...
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In August 2014, Skylar O’Kelly sold or gave his friend Parker Rodenbaugh two “hits” of 25B-NBOMe, a controlled substance referred to as “synthetic LSD."Parker Rodenbaugh was a former Madison Central High School band member. He died in 2014 after taking a synthetic drug while...
Embattled rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has pleaded guilty to nine federal charges, and apparently admitted to ordering a hit on rap rival, according to court documents unsealed Friday. The records from a Manhattan federal court show that 6ix9ine —...
Bob Levey/Getty Images Rapper Tekashi69 Bob Levey/Getty Images Rapper Tekashi69 (CNN) - The Brooklyn rapper known as Tekashi 6ix9ine has pleaded guilty to...
Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are ready to take down any unauthorized drones that are caught buzzing around the Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the Super Bowl Sunday night. ...
The family of a Mount Morris man who died in Livingston County Jail cites negligence. GENESEO — The family of a Mount Morris man who died of a drug overdose while in custody in the Livingston County Jail is blaming deputies for his death in a...
Just as the world was starting to think that the deadly fentanyl era was beginning to come to a close, a recent bust by United...
An estimated $2 million worth of methamphetamine and marijuana was seized in Arizona this week, officials said Friday. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)An estimated $2 million worth...
A man has been accused of drugging his great-niece with Fentanyl before raping her as she died. Precious Wallaces, 11, was found struggling to breath in Miguel Rivera’s home after she and her brother were allegedly given a ‘little red pill’ before they went to...
OPP are warning the public about the dangers of illicit drug use. It comes in the wake of a recent suspected opioid-related fatality in the James Bay Detachment area. "Access to several extremely powerful opioids is not limited...
Journal Staff Friday Feb 1, 2019 at 10:40 PM Feb 1, 2019 at 10:40 PM GLOCESTER — Four men were arrested on multiple drug charges following a two-week investigation by Glocester, Smithfield, Burrillville and Warwick police.Police said search warrants were executed at two Glocester residences, resulting in the arrests and the seizure of more than 180 grams of heroin and...
Attorneys identified three additional patients they said died at Mount Carmel West after being given lethal doses of fentanyl. (Courtesy: Mount Carmel)COLUMBUS, Ohio — Attorneys identified three additional patients they said died at Mount Carmel West after being given lethal doses of fentanyl.On Friday, attorneys named...
Credits: CBP Arizona Arizona Border Patrol agents seized almost 254 pounds fentanyl worth around $3.5 million on Saturday. It is the largest seizure of fentanyl in the history of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In addition, border patrol agents also seized nearly 395 pounds of...
Customs and Border Protection officers at the border checkpoint in Nogales, Ariz. made the biggest fentanyl bust in U.S. history. A Border Patrol statement on Thursday said the bust involved “nearly 254 pounds of fentanyl with a value of approximately $3.5 million and almost 395 pounds of methamphetamine valued...
SAN CLEMENTE, CA —A woman driving with 140 pounds of narcotics inside her car was arrested last week in what became the largest Fentanyl seizure in San Diego history, according to the U.S Border Patrol. Border Patrol agents assigned to...