Authorities in New Jersey say a police chief was arrested this week on suspicion of purchasing narcotics online and negotiating a plan to delivery it to an area post office. According to the North Jersey Record, 43-year-old Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola allegedly placed the order through the internet and went to pick …
An emergency treatment for drug overdoses was implemented this week at an Oregon jail when a police canine reportedly ingested heroin. According to Fox News, Abbie, the mix between a German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois who provides her services for the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, encountered the illicit drug on Tuesday evening after an individual …
An Indiana father is accused of forgoing medical treatment for his 8-year-old son who ingested his meth and ultimately died of an overdose. According to The Tribune, a toxicology report released Thursday revealed Curtis Collman III had 18,000 nanograms of methamphetamine—180 times the lethal limit—of methamphetamine in his bloodstream when he died June 21. The 8-year-old reportedly …
By MANUEL RUEDA, Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — This is the story of a drug dog with a bounty on its head. Sombra, a six-year-old German shepherd, has helped Colombia’s police detect more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine hidden in suitcases, boats and large shipments of fruit. But as the dog sniffs her way toward …
Authorities in Indiana say a mother and her girlfriend used marijuana to reward or punish a boy in their custody. According to Fox News, 36-year-old Milissa Burton and her partner, 36-year-old Susan Glascock, admitted to giving the child marijuana as a reward for good behavior. The minor reportedly told police that he had received the …
An Ohio woman stands accused of leaving her boyfriend’s body to rot in a motel room for days after he reportedly overdosed on heroin. According to WKRC Cincinnati, 34-year-old Kathryn Carmen allegedly told authorities that nothing was amiss when they initially responded to report of a foul odor in the room, located at Crossland Motel …
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The mother of a Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck is back in jail, accused of taking drugs in violation of the conditions of her release on bond. Tonya Couch was booked into a Fort Worth jail on Thursday. The arrest warrant issued Wednesday …
The mother and grandparents of a 9-month-old New York boy were recently arrested after the infant reportedly choked on a plastic bag containing drugs and nearly died while in their care. Police responded to the Rochester home at 2 p.m. Sunday, following reports of an unresponsive baby. Upon arrival, first responders performed CPR on Prince DeJesus …
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A New Hampshire couple is facing multiple criminal charges after their 20-month-old child died at their apartment last week. According to Fox News, Manchester police conducted a search of the apartment occupied by 31-year-old Joshua Garvey and 33-year-old Christen Gelinas. https://www.facebook.com/ManchesterNHPolice/posts/1054566798025608 Reports indicate investigators seized a variety of illicit drugs including about an ounce of …
Bodycam footage reportedly captures the moment Florida officers rescued two young children after their mother allegedly dragged them onto a second-floor apartment ledge. Delray Beach Police Department uploaded the video to Facebook Wednesday, which they said showed a 23-year-old woman acting “erratically” while on the narrow ledge with her two young children, ages 1 and 3, who …
A Florida couple was arrested Wednesday after their 8-month-old son died of an apparent fentanyl and cocaine overdose. According to WKMG, David Williams Chappele Jr., 29, and Jessica Marie Strickland, 27, were arrested eight months after officers found their son, Tanner, unresponsive at their Brevard County home on September 6, 2017. The child was pronounced dead …
