Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Birmingham. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerBefore Vermont’s public safety commissioner publicly concluded that one of his troopers had collapsed due to an overdose from accidental exposure to fentanyl, he asked whether it might be worth waiting.Thomas Anderson, the commissioner, sent an...
A series of fake Kijiji ads offered to give away crosses from a memorial at Barton jail and encouraged takers to burn the remembrances to inmates who died of overdoses. "These crosses signify the many men and...
Drug use, like a lot of things, is subject to trends.Probably the safest way to monitor them is watching arrests – and in Alamance County lately arrests for methamphetamine are on the rise.“I think over the past couple of years we have seen a gradual...
One of the Lower Mainland’s newer gangs is now operating on Vancouver Island. Two people linked to the Brothers Keepers were arrested in Victoria earlier this month after police say they set up drug lines there. So far, Victoria police haven’t released the names...
An Enfield man whose sale of the potent opioid fentanyl contributed to the...
Congress is racing to address a problem toxicologists say probably doesn't exist: the dangers to emergency responders of incidental exposure to the powerful drug fentanyl. A bill introduced by Reps. Conor Lamb (D–Pa.), David Joyce (R–Ohio), and David Trone (D–Md.) would use federal money to...
MONTICELLO – On Monday April 8, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office arrested an individual in the parking lot of the Monticello Walmart for several vehicle...
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal government needs to "hold China accountable" for the illicit fentanyl that has fuelled Canada's opioid crisis.Speaking to municipal leaders at a convention in Quebec City, the opposition leader said opioid addiction and overdoses are both a...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – No charges will be filed against former Eden Prairie Detective Travis Serafin whose falsified search warrant application in 2017 led to the dismissal of more than 30 cases in which he was involved, McLeod County Attorney Michael Junge announced Friday. On Sept. 15,...