Westwood Man Charged With Killing High Schooler From Park Ridge With Fentanyl-Laced Pill Westwood Man Charged With Killing High Schooler From Park Ridge With Fentanyl-Laced Pill Westwood Man Charged With Killing High Schooler From Park Ridge With Fentanyl-Laced Pill
Westwood Man Charged With Killing High Schooler From Park Ridge With Fentanyl-Laced Pill 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 17-year-old Park Ridge boy was killed by a single imitation painkiller laced with fentanyl that was given to him by a Westwood man who's been charged with causing his death. The boy thought he was taking an Oxycontin pill before he overdosed last Sept. 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Officers who responded to the emergency call administered Narcan, among other life-saving measures, the prosecutor said. The high school senior was pronounced dead a short time later. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force determined during a six-month investigatio…
DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds
DC Dealer Who Killed Customer, Witness, Sentenced For Violent Drug Conspiracy: Feds A District man found complicit in killing two people, including a witness to the first murder, will spend decades in prison after being found guilty last year following a nine-day trial.  Madani Ilara Tejan, also known as “Malik,” “Mylik,” and “Dani,” 31, was convicted of using a firearm in connection with a murder and robbery and for a drug distribution conspiracy, last year, officials say. On Tuesday, federal authorities announced that Tejan has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release on drug and weapon charges. Prosecutors say that on Oct.…
Hudson Valley Guns, Drugs Trafficking Networks Busted, 7 Arrested, AG Says Hudson Valley Guns, Drugs Trafficking Networks Busted, 7 Arrested, AG Says Hudson Valley Guns, Drugs Trafficking Networks Busted, 7 Arrested, AG Says
Hudson Valley Guns, Drugs Trafficking Networks Busted, 7 Arrested, AG Says Large gun trafficking and narcotics networks were busted and seven suspects were arrested during raids in the region. The networks and suspects were operating out of Dutchess County, mostly in the Poughkeepsie area, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James. The arrests were made on Wednesday, Feb. 14 throughout Dutchess County. According to James, the gun trafficking network sold ghost guns and assault-style rifles and the narcotics trafficking network distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills containing deadly amounts of fentanyl in Dutchess County.  The takedowns recovere…
Florida Man Hacked Doctor's Info, Issued Illegal Prescriptions Across Long Island, More: DA Florida Man Hacked Doctor's Info, Issued Illegal Prescriptions Across Long Island, More: DA Florida Man Hacked Doctor's Info, Issued Illegal Prescriptions Across Long Island, More: DA
Florida Man Hacked Doctor's Info, Issued Illegal Prescriptions Across Long Island, More: DA A Florida man has been arraigned for a scheme across Long Island and multiple states that officials deemed “the most complex and technologically sophisticated drug operations.” Twenty-one-year-old Devin Anthony Magarian, from Kissimmee, Florida, was arraigned on charges that include criminal diversion of prescription medication and prescription, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. According to the DA’s Office, Magarian is said to be a leader of a multi-state conspiracy that hacked doctors’ credentials to gain access to an e-prescribing system. Once in the system, Magarian woul…
Drug Raid Turns Up Heroin, Oxy, $22K At Hudson County Home: Police Drug Raid Turns Up Heroin, Oxy, $22K At Hudson County Home: Police Drug Raid Turns Up Heroin, Oxy, $22K At Hudson County Home: Police
Drug Raid Turns Up Heroin, Oxy, $22K At Hudson County Home: Police Two Guttenberg residents were arrested following an investigation into narcotics trafficking in the Town of Guttenberg, authorities said. On Friday, Jan. 26 at 5:05 a.m., the Guttenberg Police Department's Criminal Investigations Bureau and the Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at a home on 69th Street, officers said. Detectives recovered over an ounce of suspected heroin, prescription pills believed like oxycodone, cutting agents used to manufacture controlled dangerous substances, packaging materials used to distribute narcotics and $22,000 in cash, police sai…
Tips From 2023 Result In Massive Maryland Drug Bust: Police Tips From 2023 Result In Massive Maryland Drug Bust: Police Tips From 2023 Result In Massive Maryland Drug Bust: Police
Tips From 2023 Result In Massive Maryland Drug Bust: Police Tipsters helped lead police in Anne Arundel County into making a massive drug bust in Laurel, authorities announced. Last year, narcotics detectives from the Anne Arundel County Police Department received information about possible illegal drug distribution that centered on a home in the 3500 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road. On Thursday, police say that teams executed a search warrant at the suspect home, which led to a massive seizure of drugs and ammo, resulting in the arrest of 33-year-old Reshawn Tillies, who was prohibited from possessing ammunition. Officers seized:  443 pills…
Man With Ammo, High Capacity Mags Admits Selling Cocaine From Jersey Shore Business: Prosecutor Man With Ammo, High Capacity Mags Admits Selling Cocaine From Jersey Shore Business: Prosecutor Man With Ammo, High Capacity Mags Admits Selling Cocaine From Jersey Shore Business: Prosecutor
Man With Ammo, High Capacity Mags Admits Selling Cocaine From Jersey Shore Business: Prosecutor A man is facing more than a decade in prison after he was accused of using an Asbury Park store and a Brick Township home to sell cocaine, authorities said. Henry Burns, 56, of Brick Township, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine in an amount greater than five ounces with intent to distribute and being a certain person not to possess a weapon. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced the guilty plea on Monday, Jan. 22. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), along with narcotics officers from Ocean and Monmouth counties, conducted an investigation in April and May 2023. I…
Trio Nabbed For Narcotics Sale At CT Bus Station: Police Trio Nabbed For Narcotics Sale At CT Bus Station: Police Trio Nabbed For Narcotics Sale At CT Bus Station: Police
Trio Nabbed For Narcotics Sale At CT Bus Station: Police Three CT residents were arrested when a sharp-smelling K-9 officer discovered loads of narcotics hidden on a bus, police said. The Hartford County incident happened on Friday, Jan. 12 in the city of New Britain, according to Connecticut State Police. At about 9 a.m. that day, troopers at the New Britain CTFastrak bus station allegedly observed what appeared to be hand-to-hand narcotics sales. Three people, all from Hartford County, were caught at the scene, but additional suspects attempted to flee by getting on a bus and hiding the drugs. A K-9 officer named General found that under …
Ex-Dedham Nurse Stole Patients' Painkillers, Refilled Syringes With Saline: Feds Ex-Dedham Nurse Stole Patients' Painkillers, Refilled Syringes With Saline: Feds Ex-Dedham Nurse Stole Patients' Painkillers, Refilled Syringes With Saline: Feds
Ex-Dedham Nurse Stole Patients' Painkillers, Refilled Syringes With Saline: Feds A former nurse at a Dedham rehabilitation center has pleaded guilty to tampering with liquid oxycodone syringes. Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham, pleaded guilty on Jan. 5 to one count of tampering with a consumer product, the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said. She worked as a registered nurse at the center, where she allegedly took liquid oxycodone from syringes meant for patients between February and May 2020. McQueen would use the oxycodone herself and refill the syringes with saline before putting them back on the medication carts where they were given to patients, accord…
MD Woman Working In DC Fentanyl Pill-Pressing Operation Gets Prison Time MD Woman Working In DC Fentanyl Pill-Pressing Operation Gets Prison Time MD Woman Working In DC Fentanyl Pill-Pressing Operation Gets Prison Time
MD Woman Working In DC Fentanyl Pill-Pressing Operation Gets Prison Time A Maryland woman working in a fentanyl pill-pressing operation in DC is heading to prison. Laura Garvin, 30, of Annapolis, was sentenced Friday, Jan. 12 to 24 months in prison for her role in a drug-trafficking group “running a fentanyl pill-pressing operation in and around Washington, DC and Maryland,” US Attorney Matthew Graves announced. The FBI launched an investigation into a drug-trafficking group running a fentanyl pill-pressing operation in and around Washington, DC and Maryland in August 2021.  Investigators found that the group had at least three presses, including an indust…
Tip Helps Nab 25-Year-Old With Illegal Gun, Drugs, Over $20K In Capital Region, Police Say Tip Helps Nab 25-Year-Old With Illegal Gun, Drugs, Over $20K In Capital Region, Police Say Tip Helps Nab 25-Year-Old With Illegal Gun, Drugs, Over $20K In Capital Region, Police Say
Tip Helps Nab 25-Year-Old With Illegal Gun, Drugs, Over $20K In Capital Region, Police Say A man from the region is facing drug and weapons charges thanks to an anonymous tip to police. In Rensselaer County, Richawn McClain, age 25, of Troy, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 9. Troy Police officers were called to the area of River and Rensselaer streets after someone submitted an anonymous tip on the agency’s website reporting suspicious activity. During their investigation, detectives identified McClain as the suspect. A surveillance team spotted him a short time later and arrested him without incident. McClain was found with oxycodone pills and an illegal handgun loaded with 13 roun…
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized
Mass Pill Mill Raid: 35 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Fake Tablets Seized Nearly 35 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine-laced fake Adderall and Xanax pills were found during a state police bust of a drug lab in Whitman. Andrew Billings, 39, of Plymouth, was arrested on Dec. 21, 2023, at his workplace, while the makeshift lab and his SUV on Essex Street in Whitman were searched by state police. Troopers found large amounts of white powder, thousands of counterfeit prescription pills, a pharmaceutical-grade pill press, and related drug paraphernalia, police said. “The property was so badly contaminated with strewn drug material, that Troopers evacuated the addr…