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Journal Staff Tuesday Apr 9, 2019 at 12:50 PM Apr 9, 2019 at 12:50 PM PROVIDENCE — A Central Falls man faces six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking fentanyl from his apartment and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Providence.Dennis Rivera, 31, pleaded guilty...

On April 4 2019, the following warning appeared (archived here), containing the claim that marijuana smokers can detect fentanyl contamination by smell: In addition to its primary claim (that fentanyl-laced weed smells like popcorn), the post contained some secondary tacit claims: primarily that marijuana can be contaminated with...

Lee Klinedinst (Photo: Submitted)A Glen Rock man is accused of providing the drugs that killed a Shrewsbury Township woman two years ago, according to state police.Police said Lee Michael Klinedinst, 28, gave fentanyl to Christine Munsey, 34, on April 4, 2017. Her cause of death was mixed...

An accused drug dealer charged with selling tainted heroin that killed a 22-year-old remained on the run for months but was captured Monday — a day before the one-year anniversary of the victim's death.A fugitive team with the U.S. Marshals Service captured Eric Kelly Carson,...

CLOSE See what fentanyl is and how it's been tainting other drugs, causing overdose and death in unprecedented numbers. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.com CAMDEN – Joe Wysocki, deputy chief of the Camden County Police Department, had just told a very harrowing...