PORT CHARLOTTE A search warrant led to a drug bust of heroin, fentanyl and prescription pills at the residence of two Port Charlotte people Tuesday. The suspects, Brian O’Neil, 38, and Teshona Martek, 26, face several charges. For O’Neil, he faces Possession of Controlled Substance Without Prescription for...
A Lake County deputy sheriff and two firefighters are recovering after they were exposed to what is believed to be fentanyl during a traffic stop, according to officials with the Lake County Sheriff's Office.The deputy stopped the vehicle on Florida Boys Ranch Road in the...
Clermont, Fla - A Lake County deputy and two firefighters are recovering after being exposed to what is believed to be fentanyl during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon, the Sheriff’s Office said. The deputy stopped the vehicle on Florida Boys Ranch Road near the intersection with County Road...
April in Carroll County represented a continuing trend of decreasing drug and alcohol overdoses, though May has started with...
EVERETT — She’d texted her new boyfriend twice that morning in May 2018, saying she wanted to be picked up from a Mukilteo hotel. Her off-and-on ex-boyfriend, Zachary Madding, told her he didn’t want her to leave. “He just started acting, I don’t know, mean,” the woman...
Fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid, was first synthesized in December 1960 by Dr. Paul Jansen in Belgium. It was developed as an IV analgesic and its first clinical use was recorded in 1963. Fentanyl was brought to...
NAMPA, Idaho — With a massive amount of heroin flowing into the Gem State, Nampa Police Department's Special Investigation Unit, which...
Former Gov. Jim McGreevey spoke at reentry conference at St. Peter's University and raised concerns about street drugs. ...
A Drug Enforcement Administration investigation led to several arrests in Kansas City, Kansas, along with seized guns and large amounts of drugs.Federal agents seized around 1,500 fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone in a recent operation, according to court records. Erik Smith, the assistant special agent...