Feds get fourth guilty plea in smuggling ring that mailed fentanyl in stuffed animals
Federal prosecutors have secured a fourth guilty plea in a drug smuggling ring that mailed a record amount of fentanyl pills from Arizona to the Twin Cities hidden in stuffed animals.
DEA: Anti-fentanyl campaigns in New Mexico are working but more work is needed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tapping the brakes on claims of success by President Biden, President-elect Trump and partners in the Middle East that a ceasefire and hostage release deal has been achieved to pause 15 months of war. Netanyahu has so far delayed a vote in Israel’s security Cabinet to accept the ceasefire…
Des Moines man sentenced to 17 years after selling fentanyl pills that killed 1-year-old
Kenneth Quinn, 23, of Des Moines was sentenced to 17 years in prison after selling fentanyl pills that led to the death of a 1-year-old child in 2023.
St. Paul mother pleads guilty in baby’s fentanyl overdose death
A St. Paul woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the fentanyl overdose death of her 1-year-old daughter.
Twin Cities mom agrees to 4-year sentence for fentanyl overdose death of girl, 1
A St. Paul woman has admitted that she is responible for the fentanyl overdose death of her 1-year-old daughter. Tessa Jean Vorlicky, 21, agreed Thursday in Ramsey County District Court to plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death in December 2023 of Mi’Vida Vorlicky.
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Saginaw man’s fatal overdose of fentanyl, cocaine likened to ‘Russian roulette’ leads to friend’s conviction
"Over 90% of the cocaine the Michigan State Police tests contain fentanyl," said Saginaw County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Blair N. Stevenson.
Suspected fentanyl dealer faces murder charge after St. Cloud overdose
A St. Cloud man overdosed on fentanyl this past November. Now, a suspected drug dealer from Holdingford is charged with murder.
Man pleads guilty for role in Minnesota's largest fentanyl bust in history
Robiel Williams pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl after authorities seized more than 280,000 fentanyl pills in early 2023.
2-year-old dies from overdose on fentanyl and xylazine, Florida cops say. Mom charged
A mom tested positive for fentanyl the same day her 2-year-old son died of a fentanyl and xylazine overdose, Florida authorities said. Melissa Rae Harper, 43, has now been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Jan. 17.
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Woman linked to 10-month-old's fentanyl death sentenced to 24 years in prison
Samantha Yi, 31, of Palm Beach County, has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that led to the death of a 10-month-old infant in Boynton Beach in 2022.
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Fentanyl, cocaine and more than $33,000 seized in Orleans Parish drug investigation
Local and federal authorities conducting an investigation into drug trafficking in Orleans Parish arrested two men and seized guns, a cache of illegal narcotics including fentanyl and more than $33,000.
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Texas State secures $1.8M grant to help area schools with fentanyl awareness
Texas State University has received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to combat fentanyl use in Hays County schools.