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Colerain Township man sentenced in daughter’s death ‘poster child’ for drug dealers with kids
CLOSEBuy PhotoAnthony Worthington listens to family members talk about him at his sentencing Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. (Photo: Enquirer/Kevin Grasha)A judge on Wednesday called Anthony Worthington "the poster child" for what can happen to any child of a drug dealer or...
19 June, 2019
Fentanyl-laced drugs lead to 2 overdose deaths in Booneville
Two people are dead and three others were hospitalized Monday after they overdosed on illegal drugs laced with fentanyl, state officials said.The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics is assisting the Booneville Police Department in the investigation.“Evidence gathered from a scene was taken to the Mississippi State...
19 June, 2019
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to providing drugs linked to fatal overdose
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl on two occasions in 2017 including to a St. George man who later died of an overdose. Cameron Soto of Fairhaven, Mass., entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court in Portland on June 13 to two...
19 June, 2019
Coldwater woman arrested after being fentanyl found
CLOSEDRUGS FOUND: A Coldwater woman, 26, was arrested on a charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl after a traffic stop at 3:09 a.m. Tuesday. Battle Creek police said they saw a car with a inoperable brake light turn from Beckley Road to Capital Avenue...
19 June, 2019
Deadly drugged driver didn’t know he took fentanyl, lawyer says
The Sussex County SUV driver accused of being high on drugs in a deadly crash that killed three people at a Wayne gas station was unaware that he had taken fentanyl, according to his attorney.A father, his teen son and a station attendant all died...
19 June, 2019
Father of 1-year-old who overdosed by fentanyl sentenced to 12 years in prison
The father of a 1-year-old who died after swallowing drugs found in a Colerain Township home has been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison.A judge sentenced Anthony Worthington Wednesday on charges including involuntary manslaughter.Worthington's 1-year-old daughter, Reagan Worthington, was found unresponsive in...
19 June, 2019
As opioid market shifts, so must our strategy
By now, policymakers have surely heard about the opioid crisis that has gripped the nation since at least 2010....
19 June, 2019