Overdose

02 May New York man pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death – News – GoErie.com

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Marvin Parker faces a state prison sentence in the death of Jason Paul Jones. A New York man who traveled to Corry to sell drugs faces time in state prison after pleading guilty Thursday in the fentanyl overdose of a man who died in Crawford County...

02 May Founder, execs of drug company guilty in conspiracy that fed opioid crisis

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BOSTON (Reuters) - The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday became the highest-ranking drugmaker executive convicted in a case tied to the U.S. opioid crisis, when he and four colleagues were found guilty of bribing doctors to prescribe an addictive painkiller, helping drive the...

02 May Drug company founder, executives convicted of bribe scheme that fueled U.S. opioid crisis

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FILE PHOTO: John Kapoor, the billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Brian SnyderBOSTON (Reuters) - The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc and four colleagues were found guilty on Thursday of bribing...

02 May Insys Therapeutics’ John Kapoor found guilty in fentanyl bribery case

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Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor leaves federal court in Boston on Jan. 30. (Photo: Steven Senne, AP)BOSTON — The billionaire founder of the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics and four other top executives were found guilty on Thursday of racketeering in a scheme that involved giving bribes and kickbacks to physicians to...

The biggest drug bust ever in Brevard County, Florida has taken three pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl off of the streets. Brandon Huff, 35 (pictured), has been identified by authorities as one of the leader of the operation, following a six month investigation in the Central Florida area with ties spanning across the US

02 May Drug bust nets ‘enough fentanyl to kill 500,000 people’ as 60 are arrested, 75 firearms are seize

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The biggest drug bust ever in Brevard County, Florida has taken three pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl off of the streets. Brandon Huff, 35 (pictured), has been identified by authorities as one of the leader of the...

02 May Lewiston police officer died from fentanyl overdose

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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...

02 May Lewiston police officer died from a fentanyl overdose — Lewiston-Auburn — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

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A Lewiston police officer who was found dead in his Webster Street home on Feb. 8 died from a fentanyl overdose, police said Thursday. The Maine medical examiner’s office determined that Officer Nicholas Meserve, 34, died as a result of an accidental fentanyl overdose, Lewiston police...

02 May Lewiston Police Officer Died Of Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

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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...

02 May Florida sheriff’s office seizes enough fentanyl ‘to kill every single resident of Brevard County’ – News – The Florida Times-Union

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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...

02 May She sold an unsuspecting user deadly fentanyl. Now she’s guilty in his death

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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...