CONCORD, N.H. – A former physician assistant has been convicted of receiving more than $49,000 from a drug manufacturer in exchange for writing more than 700 fentanyl spray prescriptions. Christopher Clough, of Dover, New Hampshire, was convicted Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and the receipt...
NWT Chief Justice Louise Charbonneau dashed any hope Darcy Oake had of being home for Christmas, refusing the accused fentanyl trafficker’s request for bail. “I’m not insensitive to the accused’s plea to spend the next few weeks [at home with his family],” Charbonneau said in Yellowknife...
An overdose naloxone kit is displayed at a safe-injection site in Vancouver. B.C. (John Lehmann/For The Washington Post) (JOHN LEHMANN/For The Washington Post) More than 9,000 Canadians have died from apparent opioid-related overdoses since 2016 – more than 2,000 between January...
HARTFORD -- A 29-year-old man was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty to selling heroin and fentanyl to two men who died of drug overdoses.Christopher Barreto, of Hartford, was sentenced Wednesday to 46...
WASHINGTON ― One of the most notable things about the criminal justice reform bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday was the broad, bipartisan coalition of senators who supported it. But perhaps equally noteworthy are the names of some of the Republicans who didn’t. Twelve GOP...
Many of the changes adopted by the Senate and embraced by Mr. Trump are modeled after successful initiatives at the state level intended to reduce the costs and improve the outcomes of the criminal justice system. Congress’s action would not directly affect state prisons, where...
Note: The following is a news release from the Office of the Bucks County District Attorney. A Hilltown Township man will serve up to 30 years in state prison for selling a man the fentanyl that killed him and then continuing to sell for months following the...
