America's drug war is still here and still going strong. Today Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced her office had persuaded a grand jury to indict two fentanyl dealers for first-degree murder after they allegedly sold opiates to a user who died.Rundle's office said...
DEWITT, N.Y. -- Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer was in DeWitt this afternoon to announce that he is backing a bill that helps police departments purchase high-tech screening tools that detect lethal drugs, such as fentanyl.Schumer...
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SHREVEPORT, La. — Two Texas men were sentenced to 63 months in prison Tuesday for trafficking more than 10 kilograms of...
BALTIMORE, Md. - A Salisbury man is facing more than a decade in prison after he pleaded guilty to dealing fentanyl and fentayl-like products across Maryland's Eastern Shore. One person died from ingesting the drugs in his possession. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Narada Walls,...
February 19, 2019 Through his attorney, local funeral director Brian Leffler sent a letter to Luzerne County officials this week urging them not to select any funeral director...
The parents of a 1-year-old Lawrence girl who was hospitalized for fentanyl exposure were ordered held without bail Tuesday on drug trafficking charges — after cops said the couple initially lied about where their daughter found the pill. Mcdanner Pereyra and Jennifer Ouch, both 27, of...
CINCINNATI — Authorities unsealed a federal indictment Tuesday against three Cincinnati men accused of conspiring to distribute fentanyl.Derek "Duke" Ragan, 49; Anthony "Pea Head" Sanderson, 63; and Lawrence "LB" Bell, 66, face between 10 years and life in prison if convicted in the scheme. A...
Public health officials are warning about another new form of fentanyl that’s reportedly been found in Oxford County.Southwestern Public Health issued an alert last week about yellow fentanyl, warning of the new opioid’s potency.Lisa Gillespie, a public health nurse, said Southwestern Public Health learned of...