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The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested a Steuben man, after seizing 228 grams of fentanyl from his premises.Wayne Smeal, 65, was arrested while MDEA agents and members of the Washington County Sheriff's Office were conducting surveillance on a wooded area in Steuben. Officials say...
An Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive and potentially fatal doses of opioids to dozens of near-death patients is facing multiple counts of murder, prosecutors announced Wednesday.William Husel voluntarily surrendered to authorities and was charged in 25 deaths following a six-month investigation by the Franklin...
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A prosecutor said a Pittsburgh mother killed her baby by placing fentanyl in the child’s sippy cup so she could “relax and smoke marijuana,” it was reported. A Pennsylvania jury on June 4 cleared Jhenea Pratt, 23, of first-degree murder and third-degree murder, reported the Pittsburgh...
A Pa. mom whose 17-month-old died after drinking from a fentanyl-laced sippy cup tried to blame her boyfriend, but the quick lethality of the heroin-like drug undercut her defense.As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, the defense team for the mother, Jhenea Pratt, 23, of Pittsburgh,...
STEUBEN — Maine Drug Enforcement agents and area law enforcement have seized more than a pound of the powerful narcotic fentanyl valued at over $100,000 and made two arrests this past week, MDEA Northern Division Commander Darrell Crandall announced on Tuesday. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency...
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico State Police and the FBI arrested an unlikely pair early Tuesday in Albuquerque – a 17-year-old juvenile and a 76-year-old man – after...
A report of a man slumped behind the wheel of a vehicle in the parking lot of a closed business on Hammond Street in Bangor led to the man's arrest and the seizure of 300 grams of Fentanyl.Victor Arroyo, 50, of Tampa, Fla., and New...
MAINE, USA — With the help of local law enforcement partners, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency has seized more than a...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Hartford police said Tuesday that five people died from overdoses...
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CONCORD, N.H. — A former physician assistant has been sentenced to four years in prison for receiving more than $49,000 from a drug manufacturer in exchange for writing more than 700 fentanyl spray prescriptions. Christopher Clough, of Dover, New Hampshire, was convicted in December on charges...
THEY DID REACH THEIR DECISION. THE JURY FOUND 23-YEAR-OLD PRATT OF PITTSBURGH’S EAST END NEIGHBORHOOD GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF HER CHILD. HER DAUGHTER DIED AFTER DRINKING FENTANYL THAT WAS IN HER SIPPY CUP. JURORS SAW A VIDEO EVIDENCE OF WHEN...
The opioid crisis came to a head in Hartford this week, as police responded...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. Senator signaled some support on Tuesday for legislation permanently placing illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl into the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, a proposal championed...
A man from Rhode Island has been sentenced to time in federal prison after...
Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton is walking back comments he made on Fox Business Network in which he stated black market cannabis may be laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl—a claim that has been repeatedly debunked. Linton,...
WATERVILLE, Maine — More than 15,000 lethal doses of fentanyl were seized and seven people were charged in a significant drug...
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House and Senate budget negotiators on Wednesday will begin settling a wide range of spending differences in the annual state spending plan, but in doing so they will also face major decisions about a series of potentially life-saving measures.Senate negotiators on a six-member conference committee...
Staff reports The Bulletin Tuesday Jun 4, 2019 at 11:52 AM Jun 4, 2019 at 11:52 AM HARTFORD - A Rhode Island man was sentenced Monday to 5 years in prison for driving with a suspended license to a drug deal in 2017, while in possession of more than $30,000 of heroin and an infant in the vehicle, according...
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By Mike Donoghue, Banner Correspondent BURLINGTON — Two Holyoke, Mass. area men pleaded guilty Monday afternoon in federal court in Burlington for their part in possessing almost 1,100 bags of fentanyl with intent to distribute as part of a major drug conspiracy in southern Vermont...
Parkinson's Patients Confront Symptoms At Boxing GymSeems only fitting that a terrifying, debilitating disease meets its match in a boxing gym, Bill Hudson reports (2:42). WCCO 4 News At 10 – June 3, 201910 hours agoWhen Should Homeowners Refinance?Since November 2018, 30-year fixed average mortgage...
Seven people were charged after police say they seized thousands of doses of fentanyl in Waterville on Friday. Police arrested six people and summonsed a seventh after they searched three apartments on Gray Street, Gray Avenue and Summer Street simultaneously Friday morning. ...
A Lenoir woman will spend six to eight years in prison for involuntary...
Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, under a proposal to be unveiled on Tuesday by the U.S. Drug...
By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, under a proposal to be unveiled on Tuesday by...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, under a proposal to be unveiled on Tuesday by the U.S. Drug...
“We think about these things when big news comes about like that, especially in our state,” said Chad Kuhlman, a Rochester firefighter. “We think about our other first responders across the state and the area.” Kuhlman says when the Rochester Fire Department gets a call of...
A MUM killed her baby by giving her a sippy cup containing enough opioid painkiller fentanyl “to kill two horses”, say cops. A pink sippy cup with a red liquid was discovered on the bed of Charlette Napper-Talley after officers discovered the 17-month-old girl not breathing...
The chaotic scene at the small house along Bircher Avenue was something not seen before by South St. Paul police and first responders. As they pulled up around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, officers spotted three men lying on the ground outside. The men — between 25 and...
WESTERLY — A New London man and Providence resident are each facing drug...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) - "Our mission will not end until we have zero Opioid related overdoses in Oconee County as well as South Carolina,"...
CONCORD A former physician assistant, described as "one of the nation's most prolific prescribers" of the addictive fentanyl spray Subsys, was sentenced Monday to 4 years in prison for prescribing the drug to ineligible patients and taking cash kickbacks from the manufacturer.Christopher Clough, 45,...
CONCORD -- A former physician assistant from Dover was sentenced Monday to four...
NEWS HERALD STAFF REPORT @The_News_Herald Monday Jun 3, 2019 at 4:42 PM Jun 3, 2019 at 5:27 PM SPRINGFIELD — A month-long drug investigation led to three arrests and the seizure of more than $50,000, guns and about 800 pills that have initially tested positive for the potent and dangerous drug fentanyl.The Bay County Sheriff’s Office...
Cassandra Stephenson, Jackson Sun Published 4:54 p.m. CT June 3, 2019 CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and up to 100...
The Navy will start routinely testing all urinalysis samples for the synthetic opioid fentanyl and norfentanyl, its main metabolite, effective immediately. “Navy policy remains clear with regards to substance abuse: zero tolerance,” wrote newly installed Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm....
A New Orleans man pleaded guilty Friday to ordering large shipments of fentanyl...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than three years later, a Twin Cities family awaits justice after a drug dealer was charged in their son’s death. Nick Petrick, 29, died from fentanyl-laced heroin investigators say his friend bought from Beverly Burrell. She’s already been sentenced in the deaths...
NORMAN (TNS) — For six hours in a downtown Norman courtroom, a corporate representative for Johnson & Johnson and an attorney for the state of Oklahoma debated the company’s sales practices.Brad Beckworth questioned Johnson & Johnson corporate representative Kimberly Deem-Eshleman for the second consecutive day,...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than three years after his death, a Twin Cities family awaits justice for the dealer charged with killing their son. Nick Petrick, 29, died from fentanyl-laced heroin investigators say his friend bought from Beverly Burrell. She’s already been sentenced in the deaths...
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