Akron 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 ArticleAkron man sentenced to 5 years for fentanyl overdose death; man’s mother says...
A Cuyahoga Falls mother doesn’t want her son to be known as an addict or a murderer. Nancy Mariola says Brock Richardson also is a victim of the heroin epidemic, though he is still alive while a man he...
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 ArticleBergen prosecutor offers addicts a new outlet for help
HACKENSACK — The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday that it will double down on efforts to treat heroin and opioid addiction as a disease rather than a crime by allowing addicts to seek...
View ArticleDrug dealer convicted of murder in fatal fentanyl sale
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A drug dealer who sold fentanyl to a woman who overdosed and immediately died was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison. It’s the first...
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 ArticleDoctor charged with selling pain pills pleads not guilty
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey doctor has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sold prescriptions for highly addictive opioid...
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 ArticleAlleged dealer charged with supplying drugs that killed man, cops say
Police found the victim dead of a drug overdose in a Kmart bathroom Gregory Koc(Ocean County Jail) TOMS RIVER -- A Toms River man has been charged with causing the death of a Berkeley Township man who...
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 ArticleDoctor Pleads Guilty To Selling Prescriptions To Drug Addicts
A 78-year-old doctor admitted in federal court to distributing prescription drugs to drug dealers and addicts for cash. Prosecutors on the case claim that...
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 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 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 ArticleDwight man gets 8 years for selling heroin to woman who overdosed
A Dwight man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for selling heroin to a 19-year-old woman who died from an overdose in southwest suburban Wilmington. Joseph P. Alksnis, 26,...
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 ArticleMan convicted of selling heroin that led to overdose death
The Camden resident was charged in 2014. WOODBURY -- A Camden man was found guilty Wednesday of causing the death of a Logan Township man who died of a heroin overdose in 2014, according to the...
View ArticleMan gets 18 years for selling heroin that let to overdose death
The victim traveled to Camden to purchase heroin and later died of an overdose. WOODBURY -- A Camden drug dealer was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for selling heroin to a Gloucester County man...
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