A Nelson musician popular around town for her street performances died of a fentanyl overdose last summer.Sarah Valiunas was 26 years old when she passed away last August, according to an obituary that was originally published in the Toronto Star.“Free spirit, traveller, wit, fearless adventurer,...
GRAND RAPIDS — In the past two weeks, three West Michigan men were found guilty of or sentenced for federal crimes.Most recently, Joseph Lee King, 59, of Leelanau County, was sentenced to four years in prison for domestic violence on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Because King...
TACOMA, WA — Nearly 30 people from Washington were arrested over a 24-hour period late last week in connection with a multi-state, international money laundering and drug trafficking investigation that's been ongoing for the past 18 months. In total, 29 men...
A Las Vegas doctor with ties to a Henderson judge who died of a drug overdose pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to distribution of a controlled substance. Steven Holper, who initially faced 29 counts, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl, a charge that carries up to...
Victoria should withdraw its support for a downtown casino, given recent revelations about money laundering in the B.C. gaming industry and possible gang links to fentanyl trafficking, says Mayor Lisa Helps. In a motion going to councillors Thursday, Helps is recommending the city write to...
President Trump left dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping confident thousands of American lives could be saved: the president announced Xi would introduce the death penalty for illegally dealing fentanyl, a synthetic and deadly...
]]> December 11, 2018 at 12:05a.m. By Ed Runyan runyan@vindy.com WARREN Warren police had a busy weekend of arresting people for having crack...
NEWS RELEASE SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE SERVICE ************************ INNISFIL - A 29-year-old Innisfil man is facing 12 charges after a RIDE stop resulted in a foot chase and the seizure of a large quantity of drugs. On Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 around 9...
A 26-year-old Mexican national was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison after he was busted transporting 24 pounds of opioids, including 11 pounds of fentanyl, in Texas this year. Jesus Florencio Chaparro-Sanchez was arrested in late May after being stopped by a Texas State Trooper...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A 23-year-old woman on Monday became the latest defendant to admit guilt stemming from the takedown last year of a wide-ranging operation that peddled drugs in several North Shore communities.Beatrice Adegbenro pleaded guilty...