Thomas Markowski (Photo: Submitted)Shrewsbury Walmart robber Thomas Markowski claimed that he didn't intend to shoot a state trooper as he left the store with a sawed-off shotgun in his left hand and four boxes of fentanyl patches in his right.The 60-year-old Markowski testified in his own defense at the...
A cross country initiative that launched in Vancouver is underway to encourage people who use drugs to do so with best safety practices in mind as part of harm reduction measures.One of which includes having substances be tested before use to...
A man who has been working as a cook at a Chinese restaurant in Aldergrove was recently sentenced to seven years in prison for running a cocaine and fentanyl dealing operation out of an East Vancouver stash...
As British Columbians using drugs alone continues to be one of the biggest cruxes in the ongoing overdose crisis, health officials are hoping take-home drugs will help save lives. Both Interior Health and Vancouver Coastal Health have announced a partnership with the BC...
It was that easy: hundreds of deadly fentanyl patches were simply sent to the Toronto drug dealer in the mail.The two envelopes from Belgium were stuffed with 469 fentanyl patches with a street value estimated between $46,900 to $140,700.But unfortunately for their intended recipient, a...
FRONT ROYAL – A grand jury indicted a Warren County woman Monday on...
NEW BEDFORD — A repeat drug dealer was found dangerous and ordered held without bail Tuesday, after a pre-trial detention hearing in New Bedford District Court.Edwin Collazo, 23, of 177 Arnold St., Apartment 2, New Bedford, will now be held for the next four months...
The signs started slowly with Anthony Mazzella. The athletic Coram teenager started missing wrestling practice. He became withdrawn, pulling away from his family. And then came the anger and the lies. ...
WILLIAMSPORT – A Columbia County man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing the heroin and fentanyl that killed a Bloomsburg man in 2016.The case “is an example how serious the opioid crisis is,” U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann...