On Monday, Tennessee police arrested a woman for stuffing a man’s body in a barrel and leaving it in a motel room. WTVC reported that an anonymous tip led Chattanooga police to Jose Lopez’s body at a Motel 6. Following an investigation, Jamie May Smith, 44, allegedly admitted to putting Lopez, 30, in a barrel …
A cook at a Sonic fast-food restaurant in New Mexico is facing criminal charges after a customer allegedly found a bag of cocaine in her food this week, KOB-TV reports. On Tuesday, Celine Gonzales ordered a hot dog from the drive-thru at a Sonic location in Española, New Mexico, northwest of Santa Fe. After taking …
South Carolina deputies made a drug arrest after pulling over a couple on Interstate 85 in Anderson County and learning the “pregnant” woman inside was wearing a “rubber pregnancy belly” with cocaine taped behind it. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were conducting “proactive patrol” when they made the traffic stop of a car …
Loved ones of a California grandmother accused of leading an international fentanyl distribution ring say they were shocked to learn of her alleged secret life dealing drugs, the New York Post reports. In interviews with the news outlet, family members of 64-year-old Joanne Marian Segovia, who worked as the leader of a local police union, …
‘She’s been the grandma of the POA,’ union President Sean Pritchard said.
Louisiana authorities have detained one of two women believed to be linked to the fatal overdose of a Georgia businessman and father whose body was found wrapped in a rug and dumped in February, WVLA-TV reports. On Friday, Tiffany Ann Guidry, 27, was arrested for unlawful disposal of human remains, failure to seek assistance, and …
A New Jersey borough town councilman has been arrested on charges of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Malik D. Johnston, aka Pippin J. Folk, 46, reportedly sold quantities of the drugs to an undercover police officer, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said in a statement released Friday. She said …
Three young Manhattanites died of overdoses on the same day.
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested on Tuesday in connection with Monday’s suspected overdose of her 9-month-old child. Lehigh Valley Live reported that Easton EMS crews provided Narcan to a baby who was found not breathing due to an apparent opioid overdose. The baby was given a second dose of Narcan at the hospital, which was …
A South Carolina woman was arrested on Monday, weeks after the death of her 6-month-old daughter. Brittany Hamilton, 36, allegedly used meth and fentanyl near the infant on October 27. WRDW reported North Augusta Department of Public Safety officers responded to a residence and found a man performing CPR on the baby, who could not …
An Alabama man was indicted last month on charges stemming from a fatal overdose of fentanyl at a Florida bachelor party earlier this year. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to the party on May 14 in Santa Rosa Beach and found a man on the ground and unconscious. While they performed …
On Tuesday, a Louisiana woman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges in the death of her 2-year-old son who reportedly suffered a fatal fentanyl overdose in June. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said Whitney Ard, 29, is a drug dealer who stored narcotics in her home. They also said Ard had been reported …
