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 …
West Virginia police warn of ‘Rainbow Fentanyl’
A Colorado mother is speaking out about the dangers of marijuana after her teenage son died in a tragedy tied to cannabis use. According to DailyMail.com, Ann Clark, a resident of Colorado, lost her son Brant to a “sudden psychosis” that began after he smoked pot in a teepee “for hours” in 2007. DailyMail reports …
A Georgia couple was arrested this month after a deputy pulled them over and found drugs on the front floorboard next to a toddler’s discarded McDonald’s Happy Meal. The 2-year-old girl was riding in the SUV’s back seat on August 8 when a Coweta County deputy thought it was suspicious that the driver hit his …
An inmate housed at a Tennesee prison died in February after a visitor attempted to smuggle drugs to the inmate by kissing him, according to reports. Rachel Dollard was visiting Joshua Brown at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in Hickman County when she allegedly kissed Brown to give him a balloon pellet containing half an …
On Tuesday, jailed South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh and the man he allegedly paid to fatally shoot him last year were indicted on drug-related charges. Greenville News reported that Murdaugh and Curtis Smith, 61, are charged with two counts of conspiracy — one of which involves oxycodone. Smith was also charged with money laundering, forgery, …
A California man has been arrested after police found him possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people, KABC-TV reports. On Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol pulled over 60-year-old Alfonso Gomez-Santana during a traffic stop in Fullerton. Inside his vehicle, officers discovered four kilos of fentanyl and an additional 20 more kilos at his home, according …
A Pennsylvania toddler who was shot three years ago while his father used him as a “human shield” during a drug deal has died, prompting an investigation into whether his death was a direct result of injuries from the shooting, KYW-TV reports. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced on Tuesday that 3-year-old Yaseem Jenkins died. …
