By Tiffany Tan, Bennington Banner BENNINGTON — A North Pownal man has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in the drug overdose death of his girlfriend in December 2016. Two other defendants in the case have already been sentenced. Richard Muir, 42, pleaded guilty to the felony offense...
The city is expanding a nightlife-centric campaign to prevent overdoses by spreading the word about the presence of the deadly opioid fentanyl in cocaine and distributing overdose-reversal kits to club and...
A package of purple fentanyl. SunMedia Alec Wong was just 21 when he was charged with trafficking fentanyl in a downtown Vancouver dial-a-dope operation in 2017.Dylan Friesen was 36 when he was arrested in Maple Ridge in 2017 and also charged with selling fentanyl at the street...
CONCORD, N.H. – On Thursday, New Hampshire deputy attorney general Jane E. Young and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special agent-in-charge Brian D. Boyle announced that six individuals were arrested as a result of a multi-month, joint cross-border drug trafficking investigation. Search warrants were executed on Thursday...
It’s officially summer and that means music festivals are on the horizon. While everyone wants to have a good time, BC health officials are warning about deadly fentanyl overdoses at music festivals. Here’s what you should be cautious about. BC's Island Health wants everyone to enjoy...
A sobering new United Nations report shows that the opioid crisis has metastasized beyond U.S. borders and engulfed the globe, concluding that opioids were responsible for two-thirds of all drug deaths worldwide in 2017.In their annual World Drug Report, the United Nations (UN) Office...
Jessica Arp Jessica Arp More Crime Stories Two Dane County men face federal drug charges for drug crimes involving heroin, fentanyl and...
CLOSE A team of three journalists from the BBC World Service spent six weeks embedded in the Louisville newsroom. Courtesy BBC World Service, Louisville Courier JournalKentucky earned its spot on a list it probably doesn't want to be on:...
Toronto’s police chief says the force has dealt a significant blow to a gang he alleges has been selling fentanyl throughout Canada for some time.Mark Saunders says police began making arrests throughout the Greater Toronto Area today, taking 37 people into...
Toni Braxton's niece Lauren Braxton's cause of death was just revealed, according to E! News. Reports say Lauren died of a heroin overdose and fentanyl intoxicationLauren, nicknamed "LoLo" died in April at just 24 years old. Toni Braxton fans were devastated when news broke in...