A Texas father has turned himself in weeks after his three-year-old daughter reportedly drowned in a pool at a Motel 6 in Lufkin. KTRE reports that police have accused Rondarius Smith, 26, of “staying up all night using drugs and alcohol” before he dozed off, leaving Arianna Smith to her own devices on March 20. Arianna reportedly …
A Washington emergency room nurse is accused of infecting at least two patients with Hepatitis C by using some of their narcotics for herself and injecting them using the same needle. KOMO reported that Cora Weberg, 31, was arrested Thursday night while trying to cross the Canadian border. Puyallup Police Captain Ryan Portmann said they don’t …
A U.S. veterinarian accused of sewing heroin into puppies’ stomachs as part of a Colombian drug ring will be extradited to New York more than two years after his arrest. Per Fox News, Andres Lopez Elorza, 38, was arrested in Spain in 2015 after U.S. authorities accused him of implanting liquid heroin into puppies’ stomachs so they …
The driver behind a deadly DUI crash that killed three teens on Spring Break in southern California is facing murder charges. NBC News reports that Bani Marcela Duarte, 27, pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and a DUI charge in connection to the fiery crash that killed three teenagers celebrating spring break in …
A semi trailer traveling through Washington state this week was stopped by police who found a large quantity of narcotics on board, including roughly 126 pounds of methamphetamine. According to The Olympian, the truck was also transporting products destined for Starbucks locations in Spokane when it was pulled over along Interstate 5 a short distance …
A Michigan mother who admitted to causing the death of her second baby learned her fate this week. Lisa Rae Bryan, 32, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 22 1/2 years in prison for the November 2016 death of her 1-month-old daughter, Isabella Powrozek. According to MLive, Bryan claimed she was breastfeeding Powrozek when she fell asleep and …
A California mother is accused of not calling 911 as her 16-year-old son overdosed—and ultimately died—on fentanyl-laced Xanax. KRON reported that Danielle Foernsler, 34, and her friend, Robert D. Harrison, 39, were arrested after Harrison’s roommate called 911 Monday morning and reported that the teen was having a seizure. The roommate claimed he had just awoken …
A day care worker at a Montana facility is facing criminal charges after authorities claim she transformed an area of the business into her personal “drug den.” According to Fox News, 30-year-old Autumn Sienna Heinz was working at the YMCA Learning Center in Missoula County where police found methamphetamine residue on a pipe inside a …
Three women found dead in an Akron, Ohio, home last week possibly overdosed on fentanyl, one of the women’s mothers revealed. Per the Cleveland Scene, girlfriends Ashtyn Andrade and Tara Williams had invited Courtney Collier to their home Friday to celebrate Andrade’s 20th birthday. Police found the three women dead Saturday night after Collier’s mother and boyfriend …
A Tempe, Arizona, mother was jailed Thursday after her two-year-old daughter allegedly ate macaroni and cheese made with THC butter. Per Arizona’s Family, Alaina Marie Limpert, 25, was arrested after someone in her household contacted Department of Child Safety about the child ingesting the laced mac and cheese while eating with her father on April 4. Limpert is …
An ex-Georgia officer who reportedly had ties to drug dealers is accused of seizing money from their rivals during traffic stops then splitting the money with her shady associates. Per the Atlanta Journal-Consitution, Lori Monique Johnson, 33, is accused of conducting at least two stops between April 29, 2014, and March 13, 2015, involving drug dealers. The …
A young mother on drugs who birthed her child in a bathroom then failed to seek medical attention for the baby was charged Tuesday with felony injury to a child in Kingwood, TX. According to the Midland Reporter-Telegram, Stephanie Annette Brock, 21, had taken opiates and marijuana before giving birth to a baby boy on …
