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Greencastle man wanted in 2011 armed robbery is arrested on drug charges
A former Hagerstown man wanted in a 2011 armed robbery was arrested this week on drug charges by the Washington County Narcotics Task Force, according to District Court records. Dwight Orin Lewis Jr., 35, whose address was listed as 5708 Montgomery...
Tags: Valium (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Crimes, Drug Trafficking
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Two charged in burglary at Funkstown residence
Two Hagerstown residents were charged with burglary and other counts in connection with a breakin at a home in Funkstown on Sunday night, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. Paul Tierney, 24, of no fixed address, was charged with one count...Tags: Prosecution, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Two Hagerstown people taken into custody on drug-trafficking charges
dona@herald-mail.comTwo people were in the Washington County Detention Center Friday after being taken into custody on drug-trafficking charges involving crack cocaine and heroin a day earlier, according to Washington County District Court records. Adrien Odell Love, 23,...Tags: Edgewood, Prosecution, Cocaine, Heroin, Drug Trafficking
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Hagerstown man sought in connection with armed robbery
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man wanted in connection with a September armed robbery on Pinehill Drive in Hagerstown.
A arrest warrant was issued last week for Dwight Orin Lewis Jr., 34, of 843 Lanvale St., Hagerstown.
He...Tags: Crimes, Theft, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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FDA orders lower doses in prescription painkillers
Federal health regulators are limiting a key ingredient found in Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers that have been linked to thousands of cases of liver damage each year. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will cap the...Tags: Politics, Hydrocodone (drug), Abbott Laboratories, Vicodin (drug), OxyContin (drug)
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Richmond man convicted in Hampton armed robbery
Daily PressA 27-year-old Richmond man was convicted in federal court Thursday in connection to an armed robbery at a Walgreens in Hampton in August. A federal jury convicted Marcellus Edward Cheatham, III, of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, OxyContin (drug), Theft, Firearms
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Accused pill-mill docs keep getting wrist slaps
Last summer, after I wrote about prosecutors cutting a sweetheart deal with a doctor accused of writing prescriptions for more than 500,000 oxycodone pills, I heard from a lot of grief-struck parents. One woman mourned the suicide of her son, whose...
Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Pam Bondi, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Central Kentucky drug addicts turning to heroin
smojica@amnews.comNow that law enforcement officials and doctors have cracked down on the abuse of prescription painkillers, a growing number of central Kentucky drug addicts are turning to heroin. “We’ve been finding heroin here, and officers in Lincoln...Tags: Hydrocodone (drug), Prisons, Vicodin (drug), OxyContin (drug), Heroin
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Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year
Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show. According to a research letter published Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United...
Tags: Valium (drug), Lorazepam (drug), Methadone (drug), OxyContin (drug), Heroin
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Doctor from Lowry City is charged with writing prescriptions without state permit
ghartley@schurz.comOSCEOLA, Mo. -- A family doctor from Lowry City is accused of writing prescriptions for more than two years without having a valid state permit to do so. The St. Clair County prosecuting attorney filed 16 felony charges against Dr. John Ure on Monday...Tags: Dilaudid (drug), Valium (drug), General Practitioners, OxyContin (drug), Trials
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Bel Air man who sold Oxycodone gets 10 years in prison
A Bel Air man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to selling prescription drugs on dozens of occasions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Ronnie Stocks, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and...
Tags: Defendants, Justice System, Prisons, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic
For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health Insurance Cost, OxyContin (drug), Heroin, First Aid
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