West Virginia authorities bust crime ring delivering drugs by drone into federal prison
Eleven suspects, including a juvenile, have been arrested on suspicion of using drones to transport illegal drugs into a federal prison in West Virginia. The investigation began last November when an employee at the medium-security federal correctional facility in Welch contacted McDowell County Sheriff James Muncie’s office. The facility asked the sheriff’s office for assistance […]
Federal jury indicts 17 for smuggling drugs like fentanyl into US from Mexico using fire extinguishers
A federal grand jury in California indicted 10 men on charges of smuggling fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States from Mexico by stuffing them into fire extinguishers and hiding the drugs inside tons of scrap metal. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has identified 13 cases, including 680,992 fentanyl […]
US study finds more people die smoking drugs like fentanyl than injecting them
Smoking has surpassed injecting drugs as the most common method of drug overdose deaths in the United States, a new government study suggests. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named the study published Thursday the largest study to examine how Americans ingested the drugs that led to their deaths. CDC officials decided to […]
Houston attorney sentenced to 180 days behind bars for spiking wife’s drinks with abortion-inducing drugs
A Houston lawyer has been sentenced to 180 days in prison and 10 years of probation for secretly taking abortion-inducing drugs after learning of his wife’s third pregnancy, according to reports. new york post. Mason Herring, 39, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault on a pregnant woman and injury to a child. Mr. Herring, founder and […]
K-9 thwarts attempt to hide illegal drugs | FOX 5 News
Fentanyl, oxycodone and marijuana along with a .40 caliber handgun was found in a bag hidden by a Riverdale man shortly after … source
Crisis in the Northwest: Drugs leave rural areas to rot in the shadows, ‘like playing Whac-A-Mole’
This story is part of a series examining the drug and homelessness crisis plaguing Oregon.read part 1 and part 2. McMINNVILLE, Ore. — A street on the outskirts of town, bordered by fields and the Yamhill River beyond, is lined with run-down RVs, nondescript sedans, shopping carts, bicycles, tents and tarps. Among the piles of […]
Progressive California mayors back effort to amend crime laws amid ‘rampant’ drugs and theft
Progressive mayors are backing efforts to undo certain policies from California’s decades-old crime referendum. Critics say the referendum lowers penalties for petty theft and drug possession, emboldening criminals. The 2014 law in question, Proposition 47, reclassified many felonies as misdemeanors, including retail and property theft. Under Proposition 47, petty theft of merchandise valued at less […]
Houston attorney gets 180 days for spiking wife’s drinks with abortion drugs
A Texas man who drugged his wife’s drink in order to have an abortion has been sentenced to 180 days in prison, suspended for 10 years. Houston attorney Mason Herring, 39, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of injury to a child and assault of a pregnant person. He was originally charged with grievous assault with […]
Dad beat daughter, then ate fast food and did drugs as she died in backseat of car: prosecutors allege
Harmony Montgomery was left groaning and gurgling in agony after being beaten by her father who munched on a Burger King meal and then killing himself with opioids, prosecutors said Thursday morning in opening statements at her father’s murder trial. He died while doing so. Adam Montgomery, 33, a violent felon and drug addict from […]
All roads ‘lead back to fentanyl’: City overrun with drugs sees progress after overwhelmed police get new help
Portland, Oregon – The Rose City’s addiction crisis is evident not only in the burnt foil and unconscious drug users downtown, but also in the city’s graffiti. A meth pipe graffitied on the sidewalk. The word “Hondos” was scrawled on the wall with circles and diagonal lines above it, possibly a reference to the Honduran […]