Three young Indiana children “got hold” of a baggie of fentanyl pills this week and ingested them, leaving one toddler dead and two others hospitalized. Six people have been arrested in relation to the incident, including 3-year-old Kamari Opperman’s mother and grandparents. Emergency crews were called to the Evansville home Wednesday morning, the Courier & …
Three adults have been arrested after two boys’ experimentation with drugs they found in the house ended with one of them dead of an apparent overdose. An autopsy will determine the cause of death of Zackary Foster, a 13-year-old student at Washington, Missouri, Middle School, KMOV reported. Washington Police Sgt Steve Sitzes said Foster was …
The mom previously served time in prison for providing the heroin that killed her friend
US Customs and Border Protection officers last month found nearly 500 grams of methamphetamine concealed inside peanut shells at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee. The shipment of peanuts and other food preparation materials was manifested as “REGIONAL BREAD ROASTED PEANUTS REGIONAL DUST SWEET MADE OF CORN” in a shipment that began in Mexico …
A Pennsylvania woman was arraigned on Thursday for allegedly being involved in a drug trafficking ring that entailed her daughters selling drugs. The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Suleyka Santiago, 34, took over her boyfriend’s illicit drug operation after he was arrested in October for selling counterfeit Oxycodone pills laced …
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 …
