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ENFIELD, CT — An Enfield resident was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling heroin and fentanyl to an Enfield overdose victim.Christopher Feliciano, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport ,...
ThinkstockAnother spike in overdose deaths hit Hamilton County over the past few days, killing 11 people between Friday and today.Those deaths may be the result of additives in cocaine, officials say, though toxicology tests will present a...
Ion scanners are used to detect traces of drugs in some federal penitentiaries but a professor has questioned their reliability. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press/file) ...
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DEDHAM — A Norfolk County Grand Jury had indicted a Weymouth man after police said a safe full of drugs and cash was stolen from his apartment.Christopher A. Fontes, 27, was indicted on trafficking more than 10 grams of fentanyl, trafficking more than 36 grams...
A 29-year old Hermon woman was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison and three years of supervised release on drug charges.Erica Oliveira was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Public health officials are urging drug users to pick up free fentanyl test strips amid a wave of fatal overdoses linked to a mixture of the opioid and crack-cocaine.Officials believe the drugs contributed to 18 drug overdose deaths over a recent...
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Detectives served a search warrant at a Charlotte County hotel Tuesday, uncovering numerous drugs and firearms, with some even found hidden in a bible.According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, two suspects with outstanding warrants out of Lee County were tracked...
By MELINDA WILLIAMS melinda@southwesttimes.com CHRISTIANSBURG — Christiansburg police suspect a 27-year-old man who died Friday night may have overdosed on a narcotic that is more potent than what he thought he was using. After responding to three accidental overdose calls in a 24-hour period Friday and Saturday, Christiansburg...
Published: 5/29/2019 12:48:58 PM A former Pembroke Academy dean convicted of felony drug charges in early 2018 violated her probation...
CLOSE This is a six-month review of the most-read crime stories in Lee County on news-press.com from September 2018 to February 2019. Vonna Keomanyvong, vonna.keomanyvong@naplesnews.com; 239-213-5380Detectives tracked two Lee County residents to a Charlotte County hotel Tuesday and arrested...
CLOSE Naloxone is a medication more prescribed now than ever before. Here's why. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.comThe weekend brought 11 new overdose deaths in Hamilton County and another eight in Cuyahoga County. The spike has alarmed coroners, who suspect cocaine...
DALLAS — An indictment against an accused darknet drug dealer, unsealed Friday, charges him with leveraging bitcoin’s apparent anonymity to sell fentanyl online.This indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration...
What to KnowThe mother of the 1-year-old Bronx boy who died in December after having ingested heroin and fentanyl was arrested for murderDaira Santana-Gonzales, 23, was arrested Friday on a charge of murder in the second degreeAuthorities say 1-year-old Darwin Gonzalez-Santana was found unconscious in...
May 29, 2019You have a problem. You can't deny it anymore. You can't hide it anymore. Your life is completely unmanageable.Now what?You've boosted electronics from big box retailers. You've stolen from your loved ones. Hell, you've sold your own body.Now what? Now you get help. The...
A Cobourg man faces drug-related charges following an arrest in the downtown area on Tuesday afternoon.Around 3:40 p.m., police identified a man who they say was wanted on an arrest warrant for failing to attend court. READ MORE: 3 arrested after police...
The parents of an Akron man who fatally overdosed on drugs said they think the man who pleaded guilty in the death of both their son and a Hudson woman would still be selling drugs if he wasn’t behind bars.“You’d be killing everybody!” Ricky Knotts,...
By Jason Good, Clearwater, Fla. Wednesday, May 29, 2019 | 2 a.m. Fentanyl is the strongest opiate on the streets; it’s estimated to be 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin. Not only is fentanyl sold on the...
Joshua Weldon PORTLAND — A Sanford man charged with drug crimes who was the subject of an intense FBI manhunt last fall before he was apprehended at a Springvale convenience store is scheduled to change his pleas to guilty at U.S. District Court in Portland on...
Regina police arrested and charged four suspects involved in a drug trafficking investigation. The Regina Police Service Drug Unit, (RDU) with help from the Moose Jaw Police Service, say they made the arrests during a search warrant executed in Regina’s Harbour Landing...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Kenosha County Medical Examiner KENOSHA COUNTY -- The Kenosha County Medical Examiner's Office issued a warning after three suspected overdose deaths within a 12-hour period over the Memorial Day weekend. "It's a battle every...
Overdose deaths linked to illicit fentanyl-laced drugs rose 21 per cent last year among First Nations people in B.C. even as there was a glimmer of hope that the crisis may have peaked among the general population.Since the crisis began four years ago, B.C. Indigenous...
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Here are the different ways drug companies are influencing your doctor’s prescription pad — and what you can do about it.Share on PinterestIt’s not just money. There are a number of ways drug companies are influencing doctors to prescribe patients specific drugs. Illustrations by Ruth...
MANCHESTER — The Attorney General’s office says autopsies performed on a married couple...
Alcohol, cocaine, and cannabis are among the most abused substances in Ireland. Drug abuse is a global health concern. Many people continue to struggle with the problem as governments and other entities are finding ways to...
By Mike Donoghue, Reformer Correspondent BURLINGTON — The first Brattleboro resident connected to a major drug house on Oak Street pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to a new charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl. Francis "Peanut" Macie, 44, acknowledged that between...
The opioid crisis is “the No. 1 threat facing the state,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said on Boston Herald Radio Tuesday. A multi-pronged approach targeting drug dealers, pushing prevention efforts and getting addicts into rehabilitation is key in finding a solution, Lelling said. “The people who are...
CONCORD, N.H. (CBS/AP) — New Hampshire authorities say autopsies on a couple found dead inside a hotel following a standoff with police in March show they died of a mixture of drugs, among other factors. About eight blocks in Manchester were sealed off for the standoff. The...
Regina Police Service. TROY FLEECE / Regina Leader-Post Three Saskatchewan men face multiple charges after Regina police found more than 3.4 kilograms of cocaine and over a kilogram of methamphetamine during the execution of several search warrants Friday.More than $13,000 in currency, 175 grams of fentanyl and...
Four people are facing drug trafficking charges after an investigation by the Regina Police Service Drug Unit with assistance from the Moose Jaw Police Service. Search warrants were executed in Harbour Landing and...
Three Saskatchewan men were charged after a multi-unit investigation into drug trafficking in Regina that took place May 17.Search warrants were carried out in the 6000 block of Rochdale Boulevard, 3300 block of Green Poppy Street, 1000 block of Dorothy Street...
Published: 5/28/2019 5:31:19 PM New Hampshire authorities are inconclusive about what killed two people involved in a Manchester hotel shootout...
Amid the United States’ heavily documented opioid crisis, the nation is dealing with another, lesser known rise in substance use. In recent years, national rates of cocaine use have steadily climbed. Cocaine-related overdose deaths are on the rise, too, and opioids are largely to blame. The...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A new public health campaign aims to inform opioid users about the dangers of fentanyl through “practical” and potentially life-saving advice.Launched by the city Department of Health (DOH), the $730,000 campaign warns drug users not to use alone, avoid mixing...
The Associated Press Published 3:03 p.m. ET May 28, 2019 | Updated 3:13 p.m. ET May 28, 2019CLOSE The overprescription of opioids is leveling off, but deaths continue rising, says Dr....
Temiskaming OPP issued a warning about the potentially deadly effects of opioids such as fentanyl in announcing a manslaughter charge relating to a sudden death in Latchford last November.“Opioids such as fentanyl are odourless and can be mixed with any drug; even a small amount...
COLUMBUS—When it comes to tobacco use among kids, the statistics are alarming. What kids are doing with e-cigarettes and vaping devices and how they're getting them is creating concern Kids are getting high and modifying vaping devices One JUUL pod is equal to 200 hundred hits of nicotine In...
Sarnia Jail. File photo / /The Observer A Sarnia man, 30, is charged with drug trafficking days after he and two other inmates were rushed to hospital due to suspected fentanyl overdoses inside the city’s jail.The incident happened Friday afternoon. Two corrections officers at the 100-bed facility...
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Windsor police have arrested four people after a drug trafficking investigation. Members of the drugs and guns unit were actively investigating suspected trafficking of illicit drugs from a residence on Friday. A judicial authorization...
One drug advocate is asking Canadians to mail him their street drugs to find out how fatal they are — even though it’s illegal.So far, at least 25 people, three of whom are from Toronto, have sent in samples of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), CBD and...
TAUNTON — Compared to 2017, both the numbers of opioid-related overdoses and deaths increased in Taunton in 2018.According to 2018 opioid overdose statistics compiled by Taunton Police Department Crime Analyst Jennifer Bastille, there were 292 opioid-related overdoses last year, 46 of which were confirmed by the...
What do Murder 8, Apache, China Girl, China White, Friend, Dance Fever, Goodfella, Jackpot, TNT, and Tango and Cash all have in common? They’re all street names for fentanyl or fentanyl-laced heroin. Fentanyl is an incredibly powerful synthetic...
Regina provincial court Matthew Kruchak / Regina Leader-Post What court heard was a family-run drug trafficking operation has netted the patriarch of the group a prison term.Sean C.J. Carson pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a drug for the purpose of trafficking and one count...
Chandler B. GoodardBradley A. McRaeHartsville, In. —After a lengthy narcotics investigation, two Columbus residents suspected of bringing fentanyl and heroin from out of state and selling it locally were arrested after their vehicle was stopped on Friday afternoon. During the investigation, Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team detectives...