Fentanyl

CHELMSFORD, MA – Three cases with ties to Chelmsford are among the latest round of indictments in Middlesex County. District Attorney Marian Ryan on Tuesday announced indictments handed down between Sept. 26 and Nov. 20. All three cases are alleged to...

After meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 meeting earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump praised China for considering imposing the death penalty on illicit producers of fentanyl – an opioid up to 100 times more potent than morphine with a lethal...

A Nelson musician popular around town for her street performances died of a fentanyl overdose last summer.Sarah Valiunas was 26 years old when she passed away last August, according to an obituary that was originally published in the Toronto Star.“Free spirit, traveller, wit, fearless adventurer,...

GRAND RAPIDS — In the past two weeks, three West Michigan men were found guilty of or sentenced for federal crimes.Most recently, Joseph Lee King, 59, of Leelanau County, was sentenced to four years in prison for domestic violence on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Because King...

TACOMA, WA — Nearly 30 people from Washington were arrested over a 24-hour period late last week in connection with a multi-state, international money laundering and drug trafficking investigation that's been ongoing for the past 18 months. In total, 29 men...

A Las Vegas doctor with ties to a Henderson judge who died of a drug overdose pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to distribution of a controlled substance. Steven Holper, who initially faced 29 counts, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl, a charge that carries up to...