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Lewiston police officer Nick Meserve, center, and other police officers cross Ash Street in Lewiston as they walk down Howe Street searching for a man that shot at a vehicle at the corner of Sabattus Street and College Streets in 2016.   Sun Journal file photo...

Chief Brian T. O’Malley announced today that the cause of death of Officer Nicholas Meserve was acute fentanyl intoxication and the manner of death accidental. Officer Meserve, 34, died at home in Lewiston on February 8th. Chief O’Malley said that an investigation by...

Lewiston Police say an officer who died earlier this year passed away from an accidental fentanyl overdose.In a media release on the department's Facebook page, Chief Brian O'Malley announced that Officer Nicholas Meserve died as a result of acute fentanyl intoxication and that it was...

By GateHouse Florida Content Team Thursday May 2, 2019 at 10:21 AM May 2, 2019 at 10:21 AM After a monthslong, multi-agency drug investigation, police in Brevard County arrested 100 people connected to a criminal organization responsible for distributing heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine.“The investigation was aimed at disrupting the sources of dangerous opiate drugs that are critically impacting our...

SARNIA – A Sarnia drug dealer who sold cocaine laced with deadly fentanyl to an unsuspecting buyer pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal negligence causing death.Karen Ebel-Savage, 59, also pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in the 38-year-old man’s death in August 2017.The man, identified in court...

May 2 (UPI) -- Florida police issued arrest warrants for over 100 members of a suspected criminal drug origination and seized 75 firearms and over 500,000 lethal doses of fentanyl, authorities said. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said officials issued over 104 arrest warrants Wednesday in...

May 2 (UPI) -- Florida police issued arrest warrants for over 100 members of a suspected criminal drug origination and seized 75 firearms and over 500,000 lethal doses of fentanyl, authorities said. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said it issued over 104 arrest warrants Wednesday in...