New Rochelle, NY
Police & Fire
3 Found Dead At Apartment Building In New Rochelle 3 Found Dead At Apartment Building In New Rochelle
3 Found Dead At Apartment Building In New Rochelle Updated story: IDs Released For 3 Found Dead At Apartment Building In Westchester An investigation is underway after three people were found dead at an apartment building in Westchester County. At about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, March 25, New Rochelle Police received a call from a male stating he was possibly overdosing and that he was with three others who were also overdosing and were "now unresponsive." According to Captain J. Collins Coyne, commander of the New Rochelle PD Criminal Investigations Division, the caller was disoriented and did not know where he was…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hackensack, NJ
News
Prosecutor IDs Paterson Pair Busted Following Young Mom's Fentanyl Death At Hackensack Mall Prosecutor IDs Paterson Pair Busted Following Young Mom's Fentanyl Death At Hackensack Mall
Prosecutor IDs Paterson Pair Busted Following Young Mom's Fentanyl Death At Hackensack Mall UPDATE: Authorities vowed to find whoever sold the fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed one of five women who overdosed on it at the Shops At Riverside mall in Hackensack. They believe they have. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on Friday, March 24, that two arrests were made in an ongoing investigation into what killed 29-year-old Michelle Edoo of Bergenfield, a nursing student and single mom who worked with three of the other victims at the Cheesecake Factory in the mall off westbound Route 4. Paterson residents Garfield Jones, a 48-year-old Jamaican national who works as a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Overdose Victim Found On Bench In Atlantic City Overdose Victim Found On Bench In Atlantic City
Overdose Victim Found On Bench In Atlantic City A report of an unconscious man turned out to be an apparent drug overdose in Atlantic City, authorities said. On Friday, March 24, at 8:32 a.m., police were dispatched to the corner of New York and Adriatic Avenues. Officers arrived to find the unconscious male lying on a concrete bench near the sidewalk in the 300 block of north New York Avenue, police said. After checking for vital signs, officers began CPR until the Atlantic City Fire Department and Emergency Medical personnel arrived and took over CPR.  The male, 60, of Atlantic City, was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. …

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by Jon Craig
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Fentanyl HazMat Situation: Man Dead; Woman, Baby Hospitalized In 'Difficult' Philadelphia Day Fentanyl HazMat Situation: Man Dead; Woman, Baby Hospitalized In 'Difficult' Philadelphia Day
Fentanyl HazMat Situation: Man Dead; Woman, Baby Hospitalized In 'Difficult' Philadelphia Day A man in his 30s who was found with fentanyl on and around him died while a 22-year-old woman and a baby were hospitalized on Friday morning, March 24 in Philadelphia, authorities said. The fire department was called to a home on the 4000 block of Teesdale Street around 10:35 a.m., where medics found the man unresponsive in the basement of a home, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said. A difficult day for the Mayfair community. We're grateful for the quick actions of our members, who responded to a medical call in the midst of a hazmat situation & ended up saving a life. Thanks t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Drug Trafficking Ring: Man Admits To Selling Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin In Central Mass Drug Trafficking Ring: Man Admits To Selling Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin In Central Mass
Drug Trafficking Ring: Man Admits To Selling Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin In Central Mass A 33-year-old man who admitted to trafficking cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl is the final person convicted in a massive drug ring run out of Worcester County.  Pedro Villot-Santiago, of Fitchburg, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 280 grams or more of crack, and 500 grams or more of cocaine, the US Attorney for  Massachusetts said.  A fatal fentanyl overdose in September 2018 sparked a police investigation that unraveled a massive conspiracy to bring …

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by Josh Lanier
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
ROUTE 208 CRASH: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall ROUTE 208 CRASH: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall
Route 208 Crash: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall Two drug overdose victims were revived after their SUV slammed into a concrete wall on a Route 208 overpass, Wyckoff police said. Police responding to the Russell Avenue overpass shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, found both the driver of the 2019 Lincoln MKC and his passenger unconscious, Lt. Kevin Kasak said. The vehicle had crossed over the double-yellow line and before hitting the wall, the lieutenant said. Inside officers found an empty wax fold in which drugs apparently had been packaged, he said. The officers administered Narcan to both the 38-year-old driver from Montvill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
'Prolific Pill Pusher': Gang Member Who Tricked People Into Buying Fentanyl, Meth Gets 10 Years 'Prolific Pill Pusher': Gang Member Who Tricked People Into Buying Fentanyl, Meth Gets 10 Years
'Prolific Pill Pusher': Gang Member Who Tricked People Into Buying Fentanyl, Meth Gets 10 Years A Middlesex County member of a violent street gang that police say is responsible for several drug overdoses was sentenced to 10 years behind bars, authorities said.  Vando Gvozdarevic, 30, of Chelmsford, pleaded guilty last year to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 40 grams or more of fentanyl and was sentenced on Wednesday, March 15, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Gvozdarevic, a member of the gang Gangster Disciples, was arrested in 2021 with 12 others as part of a larger drug conspiracy that funneled narcotics into …

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by Josh Lanier
Paramus, NJ
News
Woman Hospitalized After Fall From Paramus Mall Escalator Woman Hospitalized After Fall From Paramus Mall Escalator
Woman Hospitalized After Fall From Paramus Mall Escalator A woman suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries when she fell from an escalator at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus. The 19-year-old victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after falling an estimated 25 feet at Macy's shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, responders said. She sustained back, neck and facial injuries, they said. Borough police were investigating. ****** ALSO SEE: Four women who work at The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack were hospitalized -- one of them in serious condition -- after an apparent group drug overdose in a lower park…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
News
UPDATE: Four Women Hospitalized, One Serious, From Fentanyl ODs At Riverside Square Mall UPDATE: Four Women Hospitalized, One Serious, From Fentanyl ODs At Riverside Square Mall
Update: Four Women Hospitalized, One Serious, From Fentanyl ODs At Riverside Square Mall UPDATE: Four women who work at The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack were hospitalized -- one of them in serious condition -- after an apparent group drug overdose in a lower parking garage early Wednesday evening. Fentanyl was to blame, city officials said.  Responders administered Narcan to five women in all -- ages 29 to 41 -- and conducted CPR on the most seriously injured victim, who'd apparently staggered toward the middle of the lot before collapsing. She remained unresponsive despite efforts to revive her -- first by passersby who include a nurse practitioner, then by police an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
Former DMV-Area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials Former DMV-Area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials
Former Dmv-area Doctor Gets Prison Time For Prescribing Pills Leading To Fatal OD: Officials A Louisiana doctor who used to practice in DC and Falls Church, Virginia, will spend more than a year in jail for illegally distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone to a Fairfax County man who later died of an overdose. Dr. Robert Cao, 39, was sentenced in US District Court for the District of Columbia to 15 months in prison on five felony counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the scope of his professional practice, federal officials announced. According to court documents, Cao, who was licensed to practice medicine in the District of Columbia and Virginia wrote mu…

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by Zak Failla
Waldorf, MD
Schools
OD Reported, Edibles Seized From Student In Separate Charles County High School Incidents OD Reported, Edibles Seized From Student In Separate Charles County High School Incidents
OD Reported, Edibles Seized From Student In Separate Charles County High School Incidents Edible marijuana gummies were seized from a Charles County high school student on the same day after a second teen reportedly overdosed inside a different school building. School Resource Officers (SRO) from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office assigned to the La Plata and St. Charles high schools have been busy this week, as they attempt to keep drugs out of the hands of teen students. On the morning of Wednesday, March 8, the nurse at La Plata High School requested the SRO’s assistance with a student that was hyperventilating and exhibiting abnormal behavior, according to a spokesperson fr…

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by Zak Failla
Cherry Hill, NJ
News
NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown
NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown A manager of a major New Jersey drug ring who's awaiting trial for shooting two undercover detectives must spend 13 years in federal custody after taking a plea deal from the government in a separate case. Juan Figueroa, 25, was the last of 19 members of the Bloods-related group who were convicted following a federal assault on an open-air drug market in Camden that provided walkup and drive-by service to its customers. Figueroa and two associates were also charged in state court with ambushing two Camden County Police detectives who were investigating the ring, which peddled heroin, crack,…

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by Jerry DeMarco