California man charged with distributing fentanyl that led to death of Denver man
3 months, 1 week ago

California man charged with distributing fentanyl that led to death of Denver man

LA Times  

Denver authorities have charged a California man with distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Colorado resident. The Denver District Attorney’s Office alleged in a news release Friday that Jamal Gamal bore responsibility for the death of Denver resident Collin Walker by selling the 28-year-old fentanyl in November 2023 that led to his death. According to KDVR TV in Denver, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death is a charge first created in Colorado in 2022 and the local district attorney has made a push to prosecute drug dealers. “Collin Walker’s death is yet another tragic example of the devastation that fentanyl continues to cause in our community,” Denver Dist.

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Another California fentanyl dealer heads to prison for murder after buyer’s overdose
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Another California fentanyl dealer heads to prison for murder after buyer’s overdose

LA Times  

Carson David Schewe, 23, stands in Placer Superior Court in Auburn on Tuesday after being found guilty of murder for selling fentanyl-laced pills to 20-year-old Kade Kristopher Webb. According to the Placer County district attorney, the case against Schewe is California’s second fentanyl-related murder conviction by jury trial. Rohan Beesla, Schewe’s attorney with the Placer County Public Defender’s Office, is …

California overdose death linked to opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, federal prosecutors say
1 month ago

California overdose death linked to opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, federal prosecutors say

LA Times  

A Santa Clarita man was charged this week in what federal prosecutors believe is the country’s first death due to a synthetic opioid three times stronger than fentanyl. Benjamin Anthony Collins, 21, is being held without bond for allegedly selling pills containing protonitazene to a 22-year-old man and resident of Stevenson Ranch, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news …

Man who sold fentanyl-laced pill liable for $5.8 million in death of young female customer
3 months ago

Man who sold fentanyl-laced pill liable for $5.8 million in death of young female customer

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — In 2019, Brandon McDowell was contacted by a sophomore in college who asked to buy Percocet, a prescription painkiller. “We still have a long ways to go in terms of holding drug dealers accountable for deaths.” Baruch Cohen, the Capeloutos’ lawyer, said this was the first time a drug dealer has been held liable civilly for someone’s …

Worker’s death at California federal prison investigated for possible fentanyl exposure, AP learns
4 months, 1 week ago

Worker’s death at California federal prison investigated for possible fentanyl exposure, AP learns

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons said an employee at the prison “began feeling unwell following an exposure to mail saturated in an …

Ventura County man charged with murder in fentanyl overdose death
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Ventura County man charged with murder in fentanyl overdose death

LA Times  

On Sept. 23, 2023, authorities allege that Oxnard resident Rodney Rey Yanez sold fentanyl to Dylan Rusch at the Oxnard gas station where Rusch worked. An Oxnard man has been charged with murder following the fatal overdose of a gas station worker to whom he allegedly sold fentanyl, authorities said Thursday. This marks the first time the Ventura County district …

In the fentanyl crisis, infants and toddlers become unsuspecting victims
5 months, 1 week ago

In the fentanyl crisis, infants and toddlers become unsuspecting victims

LA Times  

Soluna Lora and her children console one another on June 5 after they unveiled the gravestone of their late son and brother, 2-year-old Ezekiel Rivera, who died in 2023 of fentanyl toxicity in Bakersfield. Soluna Lora, along with her family and friends, release balloons June 5, 2024, at a gravestone unveiling ceremony in Bakersfield for Lora’s child who died from …

Some D.A.s are fighting fentanyl with murder charges. Why San Francisco will join them
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Some D.A.s are fighting fentanyl with murder charges. Why San Francisco will join them

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed, right, with Dist. In an October statement announcing the initiative, Breed said people selling the synthetic opioid are “on notice that pushing this drug could lead to homicide charges.” Jenkins said the effort would make it easier to hold dealers “accountable for the true dangerousness of their conduct.” It’s a remarkable shift in rhetoric and …

Former California first responder sentenced for selling fatal dose of fentanyl to hospital co-worker
1 year, 6 months ago

Former California first responder sentenced for selling fatal dose of fentanyl to hospital co-worker

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California first responder who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to a co-worker was sentenced Wednesday to 29 years and four months in prison, federal prosecutors said. Cruz Noel Quintero, 43, was convicted last September of distributing fentanyl resulting in death, along with multiple felony weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news …

13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses
1 year, 7 months ago

13 arrested in connection with fentanyl-laced drugs that led to fatal overdoses

LA Times  

A sheriff’s deputy stands in front of a photo of fentanyl-laced pills during a 2021 announcement in Los Angeles of federal charges against suspected drug dealers. Thirteen people suspected of selling fentanyl-laced drugs that caused at least a dozen fatal overdoses in Southern California have been arrested, federal authorities said Tuesday. One of the men arrested, Dominick Kingdiamond Alvarado, 22, …

As fentanyl overdose deaths keep rising, efforts to reverse trend meet liability fears
1 year, 11 months ago

As fentanyl overdose deaths keep rising, efforts to reverse trend meet liability fears

LA Times  

As fentanyl overdose deaths rise unabated, California is at the forefront of the fight to reverse the grim trend. In a perfect world, she’d erect stands or boxes containing naloxone — she likened them to “Little Free Library” boxes, but with opioid reversal medication instead of tattered paperbacks — in homeless encampments and other places where drug users congregate. A …

Three men found dead in downtown L.A. after ingesting fentanyl, police say
2 years, 7 months ago

Three men found dead in downtown L.A. after ingesting fentanyl, police say

LA Times  

A crime scene investigator at the scene of a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex where three men were found dead from a fentanyl overdose Thursday morning. Three men were found dead in a downtown Los Angeles apartment early Thursday after ingesting fentanyl, the latest instance in what officials say is a nationwide epidemic of overdoses and deaths related to the …

Seven charged with distributing fentanyl that killed 10 in Orange County
2 years, 8 months ago

Seven charged with distributing fentanyl that killed 10 in Orange County

LA Times  

Bill Bodner, shown here in 2020, leads the DEA’s Los Angeles Field Division, which investigated a spate of fatal overdoses attributed to fentanyl. Federal prosecutors have charged seven people with distributing fatal doses of fentanyl that killed 10 people over the last several years in Orange County. William Dick Jr., 40, is charged with selling drugs to four people at …

Prosecutor: Fentanyl likely killed 5 in Colorado apartment
2 years, 10 months ago

Prosecutor: Fentanyl likely killed 5 in Colorado apartment

Associated Press  

DENVER — Preliminary evidence suggests that five people found dead in an apartment in suburban Denver overdosed on fentanyl while taking what they believed to be cocaine, the district attorney said Monday. Drug tests done at the apartment in Commerce City, about 7 miles northeast of Denver, found an “overwhelming amount” of fentanyl and cocaine, 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian …

Mother, father charged after child dies from fentanyl overdose
3 years, 1 month ago

Mother, father charged after child dies from fentanyl overdose

LA Times  

Adler Metcalf, 22 and Sandy Acuna, 20, was charged with murder in the death of a 15-month-old child. The mother of a 15-month-old child has been charged with murder and the father with child endangerment after a Riverside County sheriff’s investigation determined their child died of a fentanyl overdose in Jurupa Valley two months ago, a Riverside County district attorney’s …

Suspected Southern California drug dealers charged in 11 overdose deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Suspected Southern California drug dealers charged in 11 overdose deaths

LA Times  

Federal authorities in Los Angeles have charged 11 people with supplying drugs that caused fatal overdoses — mostly fake oxycodone pills laced with dangerous quantities of fentanyl. Federal agents fanned out across Southern California this week to arrest suspects charged with supplying drugs that caused 11 fatal overdoses amid a rising danger from black-market pills laced with fentanyl. In California, …

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