The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested a Steuben man, after seizing 228 grams of fentanyl from his premises.Wayne Smeal, 65, was arrested while MDEA agents and members of the Washington County Sheriff's Office were conducting surveillance on a wooded area in Steuben. Officials say...
An Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive and potentially fatal doses of opioids to dozens of near-death patients is facing multiple counts of murder, prosecutors announced Wednesday.William Husel voluntarily surrendered to authorities and was charged in 25 deaths following a six-month investigation by the Franklin...
A prosecutor said a Pittsburgh mother killed her baby by placing fentanyl in the child’s sippy cup so she could “relax and smoke marijuana,” it was reported. A Pennsylvania jury on June 4 cleared Jhenea Pratt, 23, of first-degree murder and third-degree murder, reported the Pittsburgh...
A Pa. mom whose 17-month-old died after drinking from a fentanyl-laced sippy cup tried to blame her boyfriend, but the quick lethality of the heroin-like drug undercut her defense.As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, the defense team for the mother, Jhenea Pratt, 23, of Pittsburgh,...
STEUBEN — Maine Drug Enforcement agents and area law enforcement have seized more than a pound of the powerful narcotic fentanyl valued at over $100,000 and made two arrests this past week, MDEA Northern Division Commander Darrell Crandall announced on Tuesday. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency...
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico State Police and the FBI arrested an unlikely pair early Tuesday in Albuquerque – a 17-year-old juvenile and a 76-year-old man – after...
A report of a man slumped behind the wheel of a vehicle in the parking lot of a closed business on Hammond Street in Bangor led to the man's arrest and the seizure of 300 grams of Fentanyl.Victor Arroyo, 50, of Tampa, Fla., and New...
MAINE, USA — With the help of local law enforcement partners, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has seized more than a...