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, the inconsistent dosing of fentanyl in fake oxycodone pills made in clandestine labs in Mexico poses a growing problem, said Bill Bodner, the special agent in charge of the DEA’s Los Angeles field division. Edwin Lopez, 21, of Riverside used Snapchat to arrange a deal in May 2020 to sell fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to a 20-year-old Fontana man who died of an overdose two days later, prosecutors said.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Some D.A.s are fighting fentanyl with murder charges. Why San Francisco will join them
9 months, 4 weeks ago

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

LA Times  

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 …

California task force to treat opioid drug overdoses like murders in San Francisco
1 year, 1 month ago

California task force to treat opioid drug overdoses like murders in San Francisco

CNN  

CNN — A new task force for San Francisco’s opioid crisis will empower law enforcement to investigate fatal drug overdoses as homicides, enabling prosecutors to charge dealers with murder, California Gov. The task force will treat opioid deaths in San Francisco like homicide cases in the way it documents deaths, gathers evidence and processes intelligence to map out crime syndicates, …

California task force to treat opioid drug overdoses like murders in San Francisco
1 year, 1 month ago

California task force to treat opioid drug overdoses like murders in San Francisco

CNN  

CNN — A new task force for San Francisco’s opioid crisis will empower law enforcement to investigate fatal drug overdoses as homicides, enabling prosecutors to charge dealers with murder, California Gov. The task force will treat opioid deaths in San Francisco like homicide cases in the way it documents deaths, gathers evidence and processes intelligence to map out crime syndicates, …

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis
1 year, 2 months ago

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. About 150 people from families …

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis
1 year, 2 months ago

Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Andrea Thomas had never heard of fentanyl when her daughter died after taking half of a pill she thought was prescription medication. Five years later, she’s among hundreds of thousands of families who have lost a loved one as the U.S. undergoes the deadliest overdose crisis in its history. prevention is going to be our strongest asset.” In …

Counterfeit pills involved in growing share of overdose deaths in the US, CDC study finds
1 year, 3 months ago

Counterfeit pills involved in growing share of overdose deaths in the US, CDC study finds

CNN  

CNN — Overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States in recent years, and a new report shows that counterfeit pills are involved in a growing share of those deaths. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl was involved in nearly all overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pills use, including more than two out of five deaths that were exclusively caused by …

Drug dealer who supplied heroin laced with deadly opioid jailed
1 year, 5 months ago

Drug dealer who supplied heroin laced with deadly opioid jailed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A drug dealer has been …

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills
1 year, 5 months ago

Mexican authorities raid pharmacies in inquiry into fentanyl-tainted pills

LA Times  

Pharmacies in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with illicit substances and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals. Authorities in Mexico raided several Los Cabos drugstores last month and arrested four people as part of an ongoing investigation into pharmacies selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. The raids are important, Pineda said, “because the …

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, …

Total overdose: Drug-related deaths in San Francisco up by 41% in three months
1 year, 7 months ago

Total overdose: Drug-related deaths in San Francisco up by 41% in three months

Firstpost  

200 persons died of overdoses in the city in the last three months, up from 142 in the same period last year Drug-related deaths in San Francisco have increased by 41 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, with one person dying of an accidental overdose every 10 hours, reported The Guardian. According to the reports by San Francisco’s …

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 …

Fentanyl crackdown nets 4 million pills, 217 arrests, California attorney general says
2 years, 2 months ago

Fentanyl crackdown nets 4 million pills, 217 arrests, California attorney general says

LA Times  

About 1 million fentanyl pills were seized in a raid in Inglewood in July. Rob Bonta announced Wednesday that a state Department of Justice-led task force has seized more than 4 million fentanyl pills and nearly 900 pounds of fentanyl powder and arrested 217 suspects since April 2021. In Southern California, an operation through the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police …

Rural Florida county shocked by fentanyl deaths over holiday
2 years, 5 months ago

Rural Florida county shocked by fentanyl deaths over holiday

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A small, largely rural county west of Florida’s capital experienced an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl over the July 4 weekend, with nine people dying in the latest sign that a national crisis is becoming even more far-reaching. The problem has become so acute that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration …

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 …

Two California men arrested with enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million
2 years, 8 months ago

Two California men arrested with enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million

The Independent  

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Four charged in overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams
2 years, 10 months ago

Four charged in overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams

LA Times  

A federal prosecutor says four men have been charged in the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams, above. Four men believed to be members of a drug distribution crew have been charged in the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams five months ago, authorities said Wednesday. Three defendants were scheduled to make initial appearances in Manhattan federal court …

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 …

Prosecutors want to charge fentanyl drug dealers with murder, sparking legal battle
3 years, 1 month ago

Prosecutors want to charge fentanyl drug dealers with murder, sparking legal battle

LA Times  

Alexander Neville, 14, died of fentanyl consumption after taking what he thought was an Oxycontin pill in June 2020. Some Southern California district attorneys are joining a growing national push to file murder charges against drug dealers who manufacture or sell fentanyl that ends up leading to deaths. Loyola Law professor Laurie Levenson said that to gain murder convictions, prosecutors …

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