Officials revealed on Monday that a Tennessee woman who died in her home in February suffered a fatal drug overdose before her 15-month-old son starved to death at the residence as a result. An autopsy report stated that Tiffany Spears’ cause of death was acute combined drug toxicity from methamphetamine and fentanyl. The Nashville Tennessean that …
A popular North Carolina teacher and coach was shot to death earlier this month when he and his brother-in-law tried to rob a Mexican drug cartel. Barney Dale Harris, 40, was found dead on April 8 in the bedroom of a mobile home in Alamance County, the Charlotte Observer said, quoting County Sheriff Terry Johnson. …
A Colorado man was arrested in Iowa this week after a gun store refused to sell him a semi-automatic rifled when he told staff he was surprised his friends didn’t think he was the shooter at a Boulder supermarket on Monday. Employees at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Ankeny, Iowa, called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, …
A Kentucky mother has been charged with murder after her 2-year-old son ingested her fentanyl while she was sleeping. First responders found the boy in respiratory distress when they responded to a call in Ludlow at about 3:300 Thursday afternoon. He was taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His mother, 33-year-old …
An Ohio woman has been put under house arrest until she is sentenced for selling drugs to another person who died from an overdose, WFMJ-TV reports. Nicoletta Robinson, 34, of Youngstown, Ohio, was convicted this week of multiple charges in connection with the 2019 death of a 32-year-old woman who died after overdosing. Jurors in …
An ex-adult film star in Australia is facing deportation as she is days away from finishing her prison sentence for transporting approximately $21 million in cocaine in 2016. According to News.com.au, Isabelle Lagace, 28, will be deported to Canada if she is released from prison this weekend. Legace and Mélina Roberge, then 23, picked up …
The wife of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera was arrested Monday at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the Justice Department said. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, is charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana to import in to the United States. Coronel, who holds dual US/Mexican citizenship, is also alleged …
Early reports indicate the teen had thought he was buying Xanax or painkillers. His parents said there is “no way” he knew he had received a much more potent drug
A Florida fire captain shot and killed by a friend earlier this month was involved in “an ongoing conspiracy” to buy and sell narcotics with that friend, according to The Palm Beach Post. Jay Rind, 63, was charged with manslaughter and improper exhibition of a firearm in the November 2 death of James Gilliard, 48, …
Arizona detectives investigating the overdose death of a 14-year-old girl in Prescott Valley say they’ve uncovered a ring of teenagers selling drugs via social media posts, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. The girl died on October 20, the sheriff’s office said, apparently after taking “suspected counterfeit pills containing fentanyl.” A task force of area …
A Connecticut woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the July 6 death of her 11-month-old son — who reportedly died after ingesting a fatal combination of cocaine, fentanyl, and morphine. Rebecca Dixon, 35, was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the infant’s death, which was deemed a homicide in early September. Dixon had called police …
The baby’s 11-year-old brother tested positive for cocaine
