Drug dealer sent to prison for 10 years in OD death
A drug dealer will spend the next decade in jail — the first person convicted by a Clark County jury of involuntary manslaughter for selling drugs that led to an overdose death. Lucas Fowler, 25, of...
View ArticleSaving lives should be priority, not making drug arrests
Follow @csteditorials Prosecutors across the nation have begun charging people with murder if they shared illegal drugs such as heroin with a friend or family member who died as a result. Now there’s a...
View ArticleAkron man, Kevin Ecker, gets 21 years for selling drugs that killed addict
An Akron man will spend 21 years in prison for selling a drug addict the highly potent fentanyl that killed her when she overdosed in March 2015. Kevin Ecker’s case was the 22nd drug-related...
View ArticleFederal prosecutor cites pregnant Camillus woman's fentanyl death as warning...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The top federal prosecutor for Central New York cited the death of a pregnant Camillus woman last year as a warning to all dealers putting addicts at risk with potentially lethal...
View ArticleTwo men sentenced for selling heroin that led to SUNY Oswego student's death
OSWEGO, N.Y. -- Two men were sentenced to prison Tuesday in connection with a SUNY Oswego student's fatal overdose on heroin. Gabriel A. Gonzalez, 24, and Brian T. Tumolo, 23, were both sentenced in...
View ArticleSheriff: Cheaper drug that's 50x stronger than heroin slams Syracuse's suburbs
Syracuse, NY -- There's a new drug in town that's 50 times stronger than heroin and more profitable for drug dealers, Onondaga County Sheriff Gene Conway warned. It's called fentanyl, and it's hitting...
View ArticleMan gets 21 years for selling drugs that killed addict
An Akron man will spend 21 years in prison for selling a drug addict the highly potent fentanyl that killed her when she overdosed in March 2015. Kevin Ecker’s case was the 22nd drug-related...
View ArticleMan accused of selling heroin that led to death indicted
Christopher T. Brown, 38, of Irvington, charged in August in connection with the death of a Raritan Township man, has been indicted, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns, III announced on...
View ArticleSon of ex-Chirlane McCray aide is a drug dealer: prosecutor
The son of a former top City Hall aide is a drug dealer who fatally stabbed a teen in a dispute over money, prosecutor said in court Tuesday. Khari Noerdlinger, 19, and victim Savion Lewellen, 16,...
View Article2 charged with supplying drugs that led to OD deaths
The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office announced the arrests Friday. WOODBURY -- Authorities have charged two men with selling drugs that led to two overdose deaths, according to the Gloucester...
View ArticleJudge sentences 4 for selling heroin that led to Longmont death
All four admitted guilt A federal judge in Denver has handed down sentences of up to 10 years in prison to three people who pleaded guilty to distributing heroin connected to a 2013 fatal...
View ArticleJudge sentences 4 for selling heroin that led to Longmonth death
All four admitted guilt A federal judge in Denver has handed down sentences of up to 10 years in prison to three people who pleaded guilty to distributing heroin connected to a 2013 fatal...
View Article2 plead not guilty to causing man's death with heroin, report says
The pair were offered sentences of 10 years and seven years in exchange for guilty pleas, according to the report The Sussex County Judicial Center in Newton. (Star-Ledger file photo) NEWTON -- Two...
View ArticleN.J. man accused of selling heroin that led to death
Christopher T. Brown, 38, of Irvington, was charged Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, with first-degree strict liability for drug induced death. He allegedly sold heroin to a man in Raritan Township who later...
View ArticleMan charged with selling drugs that led to fatal overdose of Mantua man
He allegedly sold heroin laced with the painkiller fentanyl to a Mantua resident. WOODBURY -- Authorities have charged a Camden man with selling heroin laced with a powerful painkiller to...
View ArticleWhat's behind growing push to punish dealers in fatal ODs?
Faced with an alarming increase in opioid addiction, a growing number of prosecutors are charging dealers not just for selling but for the deaths of customers who overdose on heroin or fentanyl. Here...
View ArticleHow OxyContin became America’s most widely abused prescription drug
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — The drugmaker Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin two decades ago with a bold marketing claim: One dose relieves pain for 12 hours, more than twice as long as generic...
View ArticleThe other tragedy behind Prince's death
(CNN)So the recent report from the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office made it official -- Prince Rogers Nelson died in his residence April 21, 2016, from an accidental overdose of the prescribed opioid,...
View ArticleThe suburbs are the latest battleground for heroin. Can this video game-like...
The scene: It is dusk. The setting is a video game-like depiction of a typical suburban house. In a messy bedroom upstairs, a soccer ball leans against an unmade bed while digitally animated teenagers...
View ArticleInhalants — The Easy to Acquire but Deadly Drug That Nobody Talks About
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - Ever since he was a kid, Steven Allen liked to take things apart, see how they worked and put them back together again. “He made a...
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