Kentucky man to be sentenced in wife's alleged mercy killing
Virginia Chumbley was asleep when she was shot to death in her home. The killer left the handgun in the bedroom and cried as he called 911. "I just shot my wife," Chris Chumbley told the Laurel County...
View ArticlePair arrested in connection with death of Colorado Springs teen had...
One of two people arrested in the drug overdose death of a Sand Creek High student was a known drug dealer whose Facebook page alluded to his alleged trade, according to court documents. Ryan Kollman,...
View ArticleDonnelly Partners with Task Force to Address Prescription Drug Epidemic (Joe...
(Source: Joe Donnelly) Thursday, October 1, 2015 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly outlined recommendations to help address drug abuse and addiction in Indiana in a letter sent today to the...
View ArticleCamden County program to boost post-overdose care
Camden County is launching a pilot program to support drug overdose victims who are revived by police only to then wait weeks for a spot in an inpatient treatment center. Dubbed Operation SAL - an...
View ArticleMom agrees to prison term in newborn son’s death
DETROIT — A Michigan woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to second-degree murder in the death of her newborn son, who was found sealed in a plastic bag at her workplace desk in March, prosecutors said....
View ArticleLewisburg man pleads guilty to Federal drug charge (United States Attorney's...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia) Beckley, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Lewisburg man pled guilty to a federal...
View ArticlePa. mom admits giving heroin to teen daughter and her boyfriend
A troubling police investigation in Montgomery County began on the first day of school. That's when the report came from Souderton High School in Souderton, Pa., that a 15-year-old girl was high on...
View ArticleWoman pleads guilty in connection to girlfriend's death
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A 23-year-old Holladay woman has pleaded guilty to stabbing her girlfriend 46 times. Victoria Mendoza entered a guilty plea in 2nd District Court on Thursday. She was scheduled for a...
View ArticleBlumenthal Calls on Amphastar to Reverse Obscene and Immoral Narcan Price...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) Friday, October 9, 2015 (Hartford, CT) - At a press conference with Connecticut first responders and State Comptroller Kevin Lembo, U.S. Senator Richard...
View ArticleHudson Valley ‘Breaking Bad’ Dealer Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DENNIS SICA was...
View ArticleWoman enters guilty plea in death of newborn son at work
DETROIT (AP) — A 26-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of...
View ArticleCouncilman Yates sponsors FREE training session for Heroin/Opioid Overdose...
(Source: City of Louisville, KY) Louisville - In an effort to better educate the public about a current drug problem and save lives, Councilman David Yates (D-25) is partnering with the Kentucky Harm...
View ArticleDr. Esther Tailfeather to receive Friends of Health Sciences Award...
(Source: University of Lethbridge) In the summer of 2014, Dr. Esther Tailfeathers drove into the parking lot of a store in south Lethbridge. As she pulled into a parking spot, she noticed something...
View ArticleFormer C. Indiana officer appeals sentence for fatal crash
A former central Indiana police officer is appealing his eight-year sentence for causing a crash that killed a man and injured his...
View ArticleRothfus Joins Bipartisan Heroin Task Force (Keith Rothfus)
(Source: Keith Rothfus) Washington, D.C. - Congressman Keith Rothfus [PA-12] has joined the Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic and released the following statement: 'A brutal heroin...
View ArticleSeven Men Indicted in Heroin Distribution Conspiracy (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan) An indictment charging seven Detroit-area men with conspiracy to distribute heroin was unsealed this morning, U.S....
View Article911 for People Who Should Call for Help, But Won't
To a certain extent, I think we all knew�this was coming. For as long as there have been efforts to�equip�police officers and public transit workers with naloxone�--�"the overdose antidote" -- to...
View Article'High-Level' Drug Dealers Charged, under Investigation for Fatal Overdoses...
(Source: Lancaster County, PA) A collaborative effort between Lancaster County and Berks County Drug Task Forces and Ephrata police resulted in arrests this week of a major drug supplier and his wife....
View ArticleThousands of drug inmates approved for early prison release
Drug criminals once described by prosecutors as unrepentant repeat offenders are among those poised to benefit from new sentencing...
View ArticleMcGovern, Neal Announce $100,000 Grant to Help Fight Opioid Crisis in Rural...
(Source: James McGovern) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01) announced a $100,000 Rural Opioid Overdose Reversal (ROOR) Grant from the...
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