Alleged 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 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 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 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...
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 Article3 indicted on charges they sold drugs that led to overdose deaths
The three overdose victims died in 2016. WOODBURY -- Three men have been indicted on charges that they sold drugs that led to overdose deaths in Gloucester County. The cases against the three men are...
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 ArticleCloster man sentenced for selling heroin that led to Emerson woman's overdose
After a county prosecutor declared that his case should be a “cautionary tale” to any would-be drug dealer, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Closter man to six years in state prison for selling the...
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 ArticleProsecution trend: After fatal OD, dealer charged with death
LITTLETON, N.H. (AP) -- He knew he was in trouble even before he read the text message: "Did u hear what hapnd 2 ed?" Ed Martin III had been found dead in the bathroom of a convenience store, slumped...
View ArticleWhy States are Taking a Fresh Look at Drug-Free Zones (The Pew Charitable...
(Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts) In the late 1980s, every state and the District of Columbia had laws that imposed harsh penalties on drug offenses committed near schools. The idea behind the...
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