In a race between law enforcement and narco-criminals, chemistry is king and the drug makers have numbers on their side.Between 2012 and 2015, six fentanyl-related drugs were developed in China for the black market. In 2016, that number was 66, and in the following year...
A Hollywood man accused of selling the synthetic opioid fentanyl to buyers on Craigslist was indicted Friday, Dec. 7 on charges of selling the powerful drug to a customer who died of an overdose. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged Andrew Madi, 25, with...
Ryan Walker pleaded guilty to negligence causing death and trafficking a controlled substance in a Barrie courtroom Friday. The 25-year-old will be sentenced Jan. 23, 2019. Shawn Kelly Jr., 23, was found dead the morning of April 10, 2017, by his mother, Denise Lane,...
Share this article:A Hollywood man who allegedly dealt fentanyl to buyers he met on Craigslist was indicted Friday on federal charges of selling the powerful synthetic opioid to a customer who suffered a fatal overdose. Andrew Madi, 25, was charged by a Los Angeles federal grand...
A federal grand jury indicted an alleged drug dealer from Hollywood Friday who they say sold the powerful opioid fentanyl though online classified adds, resulting in the death of a man who overdosed on it in July, authorities said. Andrew Madi, 25, faces a federal charge...
The number of sources for purchase of fentanyl in Yavapai County reportedly has declined in recent weeks. Nate Auvenshine, commander of the Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT), told a group...
A guilty plea in a case involving deadly concoction of fentanyl and heroin has set up a Jan. 23 sentencing date. In a Barrie courtroom today, 25-year-old Ryan Walker, who had been charged with manslaughter, pleaded guilty to negligence causing death and trafficking a controlled substance. Sentencing is...
The number of overdose deaths linked to the opioid fentanyl in Washington State have risen in the past year, according to the State Department of Health in a press release. In the first half...
When Jorge Guajardo arrived in Beijing as Mexican ambassador in 2007, he came with a directive about what was his country’s most urgent issue with the Chinese government. Mexico needed China to curb its manufacturing and sale of a dangerous class of chemicals—precursors to making...