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Staff photo by Mathew Plamondon William Luna reacts as he gets the verdict from the jury, he was found guilty on four of six drug-related charges including sale of a controlled drug–death resulting. He awaits his sentencing hearing, scheduled for Feb. 13. NASHUA – Members of the...
Brandon Crime Stoppers is getting the word out about the dangers of fentanyl, and hoping users might consider turning in their dealer if they suspect they’re lacing drugs with the deadly opioid.While at the Canadian Crime Stoppers conference in Hamilton, Ont., Brandon Crime Stoppers board...
The dark web for long has been a major point for illegal substances with unspecified drug dealers selling everything ranging from methamphetamine to marijuana. But fentanyl is the substance even online drug dealers are concerned to deal with. The Guardian reported that chief dark web...
Another spike in opioid overdoses has public-safety and health officials scrambling to locate the source and sound the alarm. According to Lowell Fire Chief Jeff Winward, three people died from suspected overdoses last weekend in Greater Lowell. There were 21 overdoses overall last...
LOWELL -- The Police Department has formed a three-member Board of Inquiry to investigate three patrolmen who have been placed on paid administrative leave for potential inconsistencies with evidence, The Sun has learned. While the board investigates, the Lowell Police Department will not...
Eager for a historic trade agreement, US President Donald Trump is claiming done deals with China that are not measuring up to the hype. He describes last week’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as “extraordinary” and a “big leap forward”. China,...
About a week ago at the G20 meetings in Buenos Aires, over a dinner that featured sirloin steak, caramel-rolled pancakes and glasses of Malbec, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly talked trade, tariffs and fentanyl. The first two have grabbed headlines...
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...
The number of WA state residents who've died from overdoses or misuse of illicit versions of the powerful narcotic Fentanyl in the first half of 2018 is nearly double that of 2017.The Washington State Department of Health (WSDH) released new information this week, showing 81...
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...
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin John Kapoor's net worth dropped to $875 million on Friday.Jamel Toppin for Forbes The founder of embattled fentanyl manufacturer Insys Therapeutics is no...
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...
A federal jury convicted a Reading man Friday of fentanyl distribution in a case stemming from a wide-ranging undercover...
“It’s the day every parent’s worst nightmare became my reality. It’s the day I found my baby boy’s lifeless body in his bed, an image that will haunt me forever, an image...
BARNSTABLE, MASS. (WHDH) - A Hyannis man is facing drug charges after police say they found 175 grams of fentanyl and 28 grams of cocaine during a motor vehicle stop Thursday in Barnstable, police say. Jonathan Cotell, 27, of Hyannis, who was part of a two-month...
Defendant was out on bail for A&B on a police officer and more...
Bremerton Police Department(Photo: Kitsap Sun file photo)SEATTLE — Bremerton police are being credited with helping to start a lengthy, multi-state federal investigation into a Mexican drug trafficking ring accused of running multiple types of drugs, including counterfeit pain pills laced with the powerful synthetic opioid...
Touting Republican Sen.-elect Josh Hawley's November victory in the race for a US Senate seat in Missouri, Trump referenced some candidates who "choke" on the campaign trail."You pick somebody. Looks good, sounds good," the President said of backing candidates. "Then they choke. They choke like...
What you need to know about the Fentanyl Epidemic. A forum on Monday at the Prescott High School (PHS) Ruth Street Theater will provide information on the fentanyl epidemic in the Quad City Community. Some of the topics likely to be covered...
A Danbury man has been accused of selling drugs after police say he was caught with plenty of the tools to do so.Download the i95 App to Listen, Win, and Keep Up LocallyAccording to a press release from the Danbury Police Department, 23-year-old Ariel "MVP"...
A sixth person has pleaded guilty in large scale drug trafficking ring that was centered in South Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced on Friday.Davon Leak, 20, of Camden, pleaded to a superseding information charging him with one count of conspiracy...
.(Photo: Courier-Post file photo)CAMDEN - A 20-year-old city man faces a minimum of five years in prison after admitting his role in a ring that sold crack cocaine and fentanyl, authorities said. Davon Leak pleaded guilty in federal court Friday after admitting he sold drugs around...
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...
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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...
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said, "Out of all the news about the discussions that the President of the United States and the President of China is that the agreement to...
A traffic stop in November on Interstate 78 near the Lower Saucon Township-Williams Township border yielded dozens of pounds of heroin, 171 pounds of cocaine, 35 pounds of fentanyl, four packages of pills and federal charges for...
by Jennifer Sullivan / KOMO News Fentanyl drug sales linked to 5 Wash. counties; 30 people arrested An 18-month DEA investigation, stemming from the discovery of Fentanyl on the streets of Bremerton, culminated late Wednesday night with agents swarming homes and cars in five counties.The...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Alex Gertsch had a tremendous amount of love for snowboarding, music and especially for his family. But this past summer, he lost his life to a drug overdose.Kai Stone knew his cousin had a problem, but Gertsch fought hard against the...
In China, fentanyl production is difficult to control because of China’s lax regulation of chemical companies. Fentanyl producers label their products as industrial rather than...
An Interlakes mom is mourning her son after he died to a fentanyl overdose. “He was very charismatic, very handsome, extremely talented musician, so funny. He led this normal life,” says Joanne Connelly of her son, Adam James...
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UPPER DARBY, Pa. (WPVI) -- A mother and father have been charged with murder after their 10-month-old daughter died after ingesting fentanyl back in April.Police say the baby's parents knew she needed help but waited hours to call paramedics, and then fabricated a story about...
HUNTINGTON W.Va. (WSAZ) -- In this region, we know firsthand the seriousness of the drug epidemic and how deadly it is. Heroin laced with other dangerous substances, such as fentanyl, are killing people. But so is a drug that recovery addicts say users think is safer,...
A California man faces a maximum penalty of life in prison upon conviction on allegations he trafficked large amounts of fentanyl and cocaine in Northampton County.The arrest of 33-year-old Miguel Gonzalez Segovia, of Mira Loma, was announced...
Opioid users urged to take steps to protect themselves Washington State Department of Health reports that illicit fentanyl is being detected in new forms and is causing an increasing number of overdose deaths in the state. In the first half of 2018, there were 81 deaths linked...
A California man was charged Thursday with trafficking pounds of fentanyl and cocaine into Northampton County, federal prosecutors said.Miguel...
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