State Police: Carlisle Man Arrested For Fatal Overdose Of Shippensburg Student State Police: Carlisle Man Arrested For Fatal Overdose Of Shippensburg Student
State Police: Carlisle Man Arrested For Fatal Overdose Of Shippensburg Student After 10 months police have made an arrest in connection to a fatal overdose of a Shippensburg University student. Angel Rodriguez Leon, 21, of Carlisle, was arrested on Saturday after a police investigation linked him to the crime via social media posts stating that he had delivered fentanyl to the student. The student was living in off-campus housing at the time. His identity has not been made public. At the time of the overdose, pills were found at the scene and testing  determine the pills were fentanyl. Rodriguez Leon has a criminal record including a violent domestic assault…
DA: Reading Man Arrested For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Sold Drugs To Fatal Overdose Victim DA: Reading Man Arrested For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Sold Drugs To Fatal Overdose Victim
DA: Reading Man Arrested For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Sold Drugs To Fatal Overdose Victim A Reading man arrested on suspected heroin and fentanyl trafficking was arrested on additional charges after learning he sold drugs to a routine customer who fatally overdosed in 2020, authorities said. In February 2020, the Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force initiated a drug investigation into Ramon Belen, 59, and obtained search warrants for him and his two addresses in the 600 block of Bingaman Street, according to Berks County Detectives. On Feb. 26, detectives served the search warrants and seized approximately 1,000 packets of heroin/fentanyl, nine firearm…
Overdose Death Leads To 10 Year Prison Sentence For York County Drug Dealer Overdose Death Leads To 10 Year Prison Sentence For York County Drug Dealer
Overdose Death Leads To 10 Year Prison Sentence For York County Drug Dealer A 26-year-old in York has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of murder for an overdose in 2017. Luis "Cito" Minier, of York, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced after being found guilty of conspiring to distribute over a kilogram of heroin-- equivalent to approximately 40,000 individual doses-- and five kilograms of cocaine. The charges stem from a Dec. 2017 investigation into a death by heroin overdose. Fentanyl sold by a co-defendant Lamar Johnson was a contributing factor, according to an autopsy. An investigation determined that Minier was bringing kilogram qua…
Off-Duty Police Officer Saves Overdose Victim In Area Off-Duty Police Officer Saves Overdose Victim In Area
Off-Duty Police Officer Saves Overdose Victim In Area A man was saved from an overdose death by the quick actions of a police officer in the area. The incident took place on Friday, June 4, in Orange County. Port Jervis Police Officer Ryan Kievit, while off duty, was traveling in his personal vehicle on Route 6 and observed a pick-up truck stopped perpendicular in the roadway blocking both lanes of travel near a curve in the road, said Chief William Worden. Kievit got out of his vehicle and approached the truck to check on the driver and found a 25-year-old man who was unresponsive inside the vehicle and a hypodermic needle in view. Fearing …
Long Island Man Charged For Fatal Overdose, Police Say Long Island Man Charged For Fatal Overdose, Police Say
Long Island Man Charged For Fatal Overdose, Police Say A local man has been arrested in connection with the alleged fatal overdose of a Long Island resident. Joseph Demm, age 29, of Hicksville, was arrested around 4:20 p.m., Tuesday, May 25, said the Nassau County Police. According to Narcotics/Vice Squad detectives, an investigation into a fatal overdose of a Nassau County resident led to the arrest of Demm. Demm was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal sale of a controlled substance. He will be arraigned on Wednesday, May 26 in Mineola.
Two Narcan Saves In One Weekend: Good Samaritans, EMS Assist Emerson Police Two Narcan Saves In One Weekend: Good Samaritans, EMS Assist Emerson Police
Two Narcan Saves In One Weekend: Good Samaritans, EMS Assist Emerson Police HEROES: Two good Samaritans helped police rescue an overdosing driver in one of two Narcan saves made in Emerson over the weekend, authorities said. The civilians had pulled the lifeless 30-year-old Lodi driver from his Ford sedan, which was stopped in the middle of Ackerman Avenue, shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Capt. Michael McDermott said. Sgt. Joseph Alasio assisted them with CPR and got a pulse, McDermott said. The driver was speaking with the sergeant when he lost consciousness again, McDermott said. Backup Officer Anthony Mazzo then joined the two civilians in CPR before members o…
Driver ODs, Crashes, Revived By Glen Rock Police Driver ODs, Crashes, Revived By Glen Rock Police
Driver ODs, Crashes, Revived By Glen Rock Police Glen Rock police revived a driver who’d overdosed behind the wheel and crashed, damaging a resident’s lawn, in the middle of the afternoon. Officers responding to a 911 call of an unconscious driver forced their way into the locked 2016 Mercedes SUV on Midwood Road, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. They pulled the driver out and administered Narcan, which brought him around, Ackermann said. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took over, then brought the driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, he said. One of the officers sustained minor injuries as they forced their wa…
Camden Dealer Admits Selling Fatal Fentanyl-Cocaine Dose To Maple Shade Woman, Prosecutor Says Camden Dealer Admits Selling Fatal Fentanyl-Cocaine Dose To Maple Shade Woman, Prosecutor Says
Camden Dealer Admits Selling Fatal Fentanyl-Cocaine Dose To Maple Shade Woman, Prosecutor Says A 23-year-old man from Camden has admitted to selling fentanyl-laced cocaine that caused the overdose death of a Burlington County woman, authorities said. Marquese Smith pleaded guilty on Thursday in Superior Court to first-degree strict liability for a drug-induced death, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Under a plea agreement, Smith faces eight years in state prison when he is sentenced on Aug. 12, Coffina said. An investigation began in June 2019 when Maple Shade police responded to the Ryan Run West Apartment Complex and found the body of 33-year-old Kristi Ven…
Rapper DMX Hospitalized In Westchester In Grave Condition Rapper DMX Hospitalized In Westchester In Grave Condition
Rapper DMX Hospitalized In Westchester In Grave Condition The rapper DMX is hospitalized in his native New York in Westchester County in grave condition, according to a report by TMZ. DMX, age 50, whose birth name is Earl Simmons, suffered an overdose around 11 p.m. Friday, April 2, which led to a heart attack, according to TMZ. He is hospitalized in the critical care unit in White Plains, the report said. Simmons is a Mount Vernon native who grew up in Yonkers. Simmons lived near the Bedford border on McLain Street in Mount Kisco with his now-estranged wife Tashera Simmons before putting the home into foreclosure in 2016 after filing for bankru…
Trenton Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl That Killed Monmouth Woman Trenton Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl That Killed Monmouth Woman
Trenton Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl That Killed Monmouth Woman A Trenton man admitted selling fentanyl packaged to look like heroin that killed a Monmouth County woman. The 39-year-old victim bought the fatal dose – in a package stabbed “CAMEL” – from Quasaan Bethea, 33, and others in May 2018, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Englishtown police responded soon after to a report of an overdose death and found several folds of “CAMEL” along with some empties, Honig said. An autopsy found that she died of “acute fentanyl toxicity,” the U.S. attorney said. Rather than go to trial, Bethea pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton to possession…
Suspect Nabbed In Connection To Fatal Fairfield County Overdose Suspect Nabbed In Connection To Fatal Fairfield County Overdose
Suspect Nabbed In Connection To Fatal Fairfield County Overdose A Connecticut man has been arrested in connection with the 2020 overdose death of a Fairfield County man. Luis Rivera, age 34, of Naugatuck, was arrested on Thursday, March 11, by the Fairfield Police Department Quality of Life Unit following an investigation into the 23-year-old's death in December, said Lt. Antonio Granata. According to Granata, Rivera allegedly sold the deceased narcotics on the day of his fatal overdose.  Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Rivera and he was arrested during a motor vehicle stop. Rivera was charged with the sale of a narcotic substance and p…
Upland Police: Good Samaritans Aid Crying Child, 4, In Car After Dad ODs Driving Upland Police: Good Samaritans Aid Crying Child, 4, In Car After Dad ODs Driving
Upland Police: Good Samaritans Aid Crying Child, 4, In Car After Dad ODs Driving A Chester dad was charged with child endangerment after overdosing behind the wheel -- his 4-year-old child in the car, police said. Upland officers found the crying child in the company of two strangers, who were standing outside of a vehicle on Upland Avenue in 30-degree weather around 1:20 p.m. March 2, authorities said. The child's dad, Aaron Michael Powers, 25, of Chester, was found in the car suffering an overdose, police said. Powers was transported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center for treatment and the child was turned over to family members.  Powers was charged with one coun…