Fentanyl
Did the drug-sniffing dog sit or not? Debate leads to man’s acquittal in B.C. fentanyl bust
A man accused of possessing 27,500 fentanyl pills has been acquitted after a B.C. Justice said his charter rights were violated.The man, Sandor Rigo, was driving on a highway in Chilliwack on April 4, 2017, when he was pulled over for...
25 January, 2019
Nebraska Supreme Court rejects death row inmates’ appeal
(Reuters) - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by death row inmates who said their punishments became void when the state legislature repealed capital punishment in 2015, before voters restored the penalty the following year. In a 7-0 decision, the court agreed...
25 January, 2019
11 arrested on drug charges in Rutland County
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) Police say nearly a dozen drug dealers are off the streets in Rutland County after multiple state and federal drug investigations. Vermont State Police say there are five federal defendants and six state defendants. Investigators say all 11 face charges related to the...
25 January, 2019
Homicide charges filed in Rockford drug cases – The Rock River Times
ROCKFORD — Three people have been charged with drug-induced homicide in two separate drug cases, authorities announced Thursday. Karen E. Hernandez, 53, is charged in connection with the deaths of two people, Brock Palchik and Justine Wentz. Both victims overdosed on March 16, 2018. Wentz...
25 January, 2019
Three Boston men arrested in fentanyl drug bust
Three Boston men were arrested Wednesday for allegedly pushing large amounts of fentanyl in a drug ring that spanned from Dorchester to Plymouth County, and apparent efforts to flush some of the contraband down the toilet failed miserably, according to authorities.In a statement, Plymouth District...
25 January, 2019
Mount Carmel: 34 patients received potentially fatal doses; 3 died after hospital was aware of allegations | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio
COLUMBUS – Mount Carmel officials announced Thursday that the number of patients who received potentially fatal doses of fentanyl from a former doctor has now climbed to 34.Of the 34, 28 are suspected of receiving lethal doses. Six are believed to have received amounts that...
25 January, 2019
38-year-old New Bedford man dies of suspected OD – News – southcoasttoday.com
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — The body of a 38-year-old city man was found deceased Wednesday, the death apparently the result of a drug overdose.The death is at least the ninth suspected fatal overdose this January in New Bedford. It is also at...
25 January, 2019
If she doesn’t sit, you must acquit: Man beats drug charge thanks to sniffer dog’s ‘partial’ signal
The question for the judge in the end was simple — did Doods, a German Shepherd police dog, sit or not?If she did then police had grounds for searching a minivan for drugs — in which they found 27,500 pills of deadly fentanyl. But if...
25 January, 2019