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Proposed Tougher Penalties for Fetanyl Trafficking/Possession
MISSOURI -- One Missouri lawmaker wants those who traffick and possess Fentanyl to get stiffer penalties.That state representative is Nick Schroer. On Tuesday, in a house Judiciary Committee Hearing for his proposed bill,...
09 February, 2019
Wilton man to plead guilty to federal fentanyl charge, daughter pleads guilty
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl, according to a document filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday. Dennis Ayala’s daughter, Andrea Hoffman, 35, also of Wilton, pleaded guilty to the...
09 February, 2019
Barnegat man dealt heroin-fentanyl combo that killed a woman
A Barnegat man has been arrested for allegedly providing the combination of heroin and fentanyl that killed a woman in Point Pleasant Borough, announced Ocean County Prosecutors Bradley Billhimer.On January 10, 2019, officers from the Point Pleasant Borough Police Department were dispatched to a local...
08 February, 2019
Backdrop for Warren campaign launch is sanctuary city, site of massive fentanyl bust
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is set to formally launch her presidential campaign on Saturday -- and is doing so in a sanctuary city that made headlines last year over a drug bust that netted enough fentanyl to “kill half the state.”Warren will make her announcement in...
08 February, 2019
Coroner’s office identifies new deadly drug from overdose victims | Local News
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08 February, 2019
Maine opioid overdose deaths decreased in 2018 but epidemic remains ‘public health crisis’
The number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Maine likely decreased in 2018, but the number of deaths connected to cocaine and methamphetamine is expected to rise, the attorney general’s office announced Friday. The total number of fatalities due to drugs in the first three quarters of...
08 February, 2019
Livingston County Sheriff’s deputies sued over jail overdose death
Livingston County jail officials are to blame for the fentanyl-induced overdose death of a Mount Morris man who told deputies of his drug addiction before he was jailed, a federal lawsuit claims.The family of Noel Colon filed the federal lawsuit, alleging that negligence at the...
08 February, 2019