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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
Augusta, ME-- In the wake of figures released by his office and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Attorney General Aaron M. Frey says the latest drug overdose fatalities indicate that Maine's opioid crisis continues to claim lives at a distressing rate, even though...
As additional families file wrongful death lawsuits against Mount Carmel, Dr. William Husel, and other staff, a source tells ABC 6 another doctor at the hospital called at least one family affected by Husel's alleged actions to notify them and apologize. (WSYX/WTTE)COLUMBUS, Ohio — As additional...
An Oklahoma City woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree murder in a 2017 overdose death. Brenda June Merkel, 59, entered a negotiated plea of guilty...