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Law enforcement agents in Massachusetts busted a major drug trafficking operation on Wednesday, raiding 14 sites in Methuen and Lawrence and seizing 24 kilos of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine; four guns; and nearly $100,000 in cash.The agents, working for federal, state and local authorities,...
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BOONEVILLE, Miss. — The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics issued a warning on the danger of fentanyl following a series of overdoses that led to two deaths. Booneville Police Chief Michael Ramey said Tuesday that two people died and...
The ringleader of a San Antonio pill mill that cranked out thousands of fake prescription pills laced with deadly fentanyl has pleaded guilty to drug and firearm charges. ...
ANNAPOLIS — Drug- and alcohol-related deaths in Maryland declined in the first quarter...
Acting Staff Sgt. Guy Pilon holds a bag of fentanyl during a July 24, 2018, press conference at Edmonton police headquarters. Alberta's Court of Appeal heard a case Wednesday on whether two fentanyl traffickers' sentences should be increased, raising the possibility of a "starting point"...
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)- Booneville Police issue a warning after two drug overdose deaths. Police said the drugs were laced with fentanyl. “It’s a tragedy that the souls have been lost and...
BOONEVILLE, Miss (WTVA) -- Jamie Richey runs a facility in Mantachie known as Extra Mile Recovery. We asked him about the higly-dangerous drug fentanyl which caused two deaths and put three people in the hospital in Booneville. Richey, and admitted ex-heroin addict himself, said that the drug...
Speech to Text for Fentanyl use on the rise across the State Below is the closed-captioning text associated with this video. Since this uses automated speech to text spelling and grammar may not be accurate. that has an entire county wondering what happened. two dead, three others...
Florida police arrested a great-grandmother on Tuesday after she was caught buying heroin with a 2-year-old child in her car.A Volusia County sheriff's deputy noticed 43-year-old Amy Moreland purchasing the drug from a dealer while the toddler was sitting behind the driver's seat, according to an incident...
Fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, meth seized in Kimberley and Cranbrook ...
PRENTISS COUNTY, MISS. (WCBI) – The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics is assisting the Booneville Police Department after the deaths of two people who took illegal narcotics laced with fentanyl. In his...
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man accused of manufacturing and possessing meth, trafficking heroin and possessing several types of commonly-abused prescription medication. James Sharpe from Somerville is wanted for the charges of manufacturing a controlled substance first-degree, trafficking in heroin and several...
PHOENIX – A state grand jury indicted Edwin Radames Veliz-Flores, Ines Helena Acosta and Roberto Yescas on several charges Wednesday including their alleged involvement in the sale or transfer...
CLOSEBuy PhotoAnthony Worthington listens to family members talk about him at his sentencing Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. (Photo: Enquirer/Kevin Grasha)A judge on Wednesday called Anthony Worthington "the poster child" for what can happen to any child of a drug dealer or...
Libertarian: Bernie Doesn’t Seem To Know What ‘Profit’ Is Sen. Bernie Sanders embarrassed himself Wednesday, Reason’s Scott Shackford points out, with a tweet that “made it clear he doesn’t always grasp basic economics.” In support of unionization efforts, Sanders tweeted, “The video game industry made $43...
Two people are dead and three others were hospitalized Monday after they overdosed on illegal drugs laced with fentanyl, state officials said.The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics is assisting the Booneville Police Department in the investigation.“Evidence gathered from a scene was taken to the Mississippi State...
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl on two occasions in 2017 including to a St. George man who later died of an overdose. Cameron Soto of Fairhaven, Mass., entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court in Portland on June 13 to two...
The New Jersey man accused of killing three people when he slammed his car into a Passaic County gas station while high on drugs will claim his client did not know the heroin he used prior to driving was laced with fentanyl, a powerful...
CLOSEDRUGS FOUND: A Coldwater woman, 26, was arrested on a charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl after a traffic stop at 3:09 a.m. Tuesday. Battle Creek police said they saw a car with a inoperable brake light turn from Beckley Road to Capital Avenue...
The highly-potent synthetic opioid fentanyl is garnering bipartisan attention from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who are now, together, spearheading a push for legislation targeting communist China.In recent years, fentanyl has been the fuel behind a vicious spike in opioid overdose...
Premature deaths from suicide, alcohol and drug overdose have reached an all-time high, and U.S. states are losing ground on key measures related to life expectancy, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, a healthcare advocacy group. The report offers a state “scorecard” based on...
CLOSE Nurses and the youngest victims of the opioid crisis they care for in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit in Marquette, Mich. Romain Blanquart, Detroit Free PressThe number of opioid prescriptions filled in Michigan declined again last year as the...
The Sussex County SUV driver accused of being high on drugs in a deadly crash that killed three people at a Wayne gas station was unaware that he had taken fentanyl, according to his attorney.A father, his teen son and a station attendant all died...
The father of a 1-year-old who died after swallowing drugs found in a Colerain Township home has been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison.A judge sentenced Anthony Worthington Wednesday on charges including involuntary manslaughter.Worthington's 1-year-old daughter, Reagan Worthington, was found unresponsive in...
By now, policymakers have surely heard about the opioid crisis that has gripped the nation since at least 2010....
PORTLAND, Maine ― A Massachusetts man admitted in federal court last week to dealing fentanyl in Maine two years ago, including to a St. George man who then died of an overdose from the drug. Camerson Soto, 26, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, entered guilty pleas on two...
NEW LONDON, CT—New London Police VICE and narcotics officers with members of the Connecticut State Police -Statewide Narcotics Task Force-East served a search and seizure warrant at a New London apartment Tuesday that resulted in two arrests and the confiscation of narcotics including crack and...
CLOSE See what fentanyl is and how it's been tainting other drugs, causing overdose and death in unprecedented numbers. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.comBooneville is a picturesque small city near the Mississippi and Tennessee state line with a population of...
BIDDEFORD – A New York suspect whom authorities say brought fentanyl into Maine with the intent to sell it on the day after Christmas is asking a federal judge to allow her to enter her not guilty plea in absentia from her home state. Maine State...
Oxycodone use is on the rise, according to new data which analysed wastewater around the countryIn December 2018, 50 wastewater sites from all states and territories were monitored; based on 2016 data, these sites cover around 54% of the Australian population, or about 12.6 million...
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Instead, US authorities seized the haul, totaling about 16 and a half tons with an estimated street value of $1 billion, according to federal prosecutors.The drugs were found Monday in seven shipping containers on the MSC Gayane after it arrived at Packer Marine Terminal in...
BOONEVILLE, Miss (WTVA) -- The Booneville Police Department released a statement staing that the five overdose victims all used drugs containing fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl. Fentanyl is said to be 80 percent stronger than morphine and is used to tranquilize animals. MGN Online In a statement to...
FALL RIVER — A city woman is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing in District Court after police armed with a search warrant allegedly found over 41 grams of suspected fentanyl in her apartment, according to court documents.Jamie Nobles, 41, of 26 Arthur St.,...
Speech to Text for Two dead three hospitalized following overdoses in Booneville Below is the closed-captioning text associated with this video. Since this uses automated speech to text spelling and grammar may not be accurate. from the booneville police department this afternoon following the deaths of...
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – A Kent County couple discovered dead in a hotel room with their infant daughter died accidentally from the use of fentanyl and a synthetic opioid five times stronger than heroin, according to police.It’s believed that Jessica Bramer and Christian Reed...
BELLEVUE, WA — A Bellevue drug dealer linked to fentanyl overdoses that killed at least one person in King County last year was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison this week, according to federal prosecutors. Kevin Ta, 31, came to the attention of Bellevue...
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Police arrested three men and seized a gun from a car after a traffic stop in Stoughton on Saturday night. In a later search of the home of one of the men, they found another gun and more than 100 grams of fentanyl.Rashaun Lewis, the...
CONCORD, NH — A Gate City man is heading to prison after being sentenced to 144 months in jail on fentanyl trafficking and firearms charges, according to U.S. Attorney Scott Murray. Grant Michallyszyn, 23, of Nashua, was sentenced on June 18, 2019, based on an...
CONCORD — A Lawrence man was sentenced to spend 12 and a half...