Emergency services warn Canberra revellers of New Year's Eve drug dangers
Paramedics have urged Canberra's Gen Y revellers to steer clear of potentially lethal concoctions of party drugs as they ring in the new year. The ACT's emergency services will bolster patrols at busy...
View ArticleMan charged with DUI manslaughter from fatal June crash
In the hospital emergency room, Joshua Stein told police he was diabetic, had gotten dizzy and blacked out while driving, causing a fatal Pompano Beach crash in June. But when homicide detectives asked...
View ArticleFormer FIU student faces prison for smuggling Molly from China
David McConnell says he didn’t dream of becoming a drug dealer. After all, he graduated from the collegiate high school at Miami Dade College and nearly completed his business degree as an honors...
View ArticleTwo people held over assault on Glasgow to Alloa train
A man and woman have been arrested after three passengers were assaulted on a train. The incident happened on the 22:48 service from Glasgow Queen Street to Alloa Railway Station on 1 August. It took...
View ArticleKilled wharfie affected by 'cocktail of drugs'
A wharfie killed in a ship's hold in Lyttelton late last year was affected by a cocktail of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs, an inquiry has found. Warren John Ritchie, 49, received fatal crush...
View ArticleHeber Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Conspiracy Charge (United...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas) August 22, 2014 Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and...
View ArticleEcstasy can cause a variety of adverse health effects in users
The reasons why Ana Hick fell seriously ill on the street outside a nightclub and subsequently died have not been confirmed, but deaths in similar circumstances have in the past been linked to the use...
View ArticleFlakka is the next designer drug to surface
Police in the city are keeping an eye out for a new designer drug making recent scary and bizarre headlines south of the border. Flakka — also known as alpha-PVP — emerged in Florida this spring but...
View ArticleUmbrella killer Gerald Rowatt admits attack in prison
A killer who stabbed a man to death with an umbrella has had his jail term increased for an attack in prison. Gerald Rowatt, 42, admitted punching fellow inmate Christopher Mason at Low Moss Prison,...
View ArticleHampshire police gets new kit as drug driving legislation goes live (East...
(Source: East Hampshire District Council) Monday 2nd March 2015 Police officers across Hampshire and the Thames Valley will be receiving specialist training to help enforce new drug driving legislation...
View ArticlePaul Boyle jailed for life for Kenneth McNeill murder in Glasgow
An intruder who fatally stabbed a man at a flat in Glasgow has been jailed for life for murder. Paul Boyle, 38, repeatedly stabbed 52-year-old Kenneth McNeill at the flat in Dumbarton Road, Yoker, on...
View ArticleVital information on Glasgow shooting sought
23 May 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland The shooting incident took place on Royston Road Police investigating a Glasgow shooting have said they believe people with vital information...
View ArticleRoadside drug testing shouldn't ignore the commonly used drugs that impair...
Having a motor vehicle licence isn't a right, it's a privilege. If you drive under the influence of alcohol then you lose the privilege of having a driver's licence. There is nothing special about...
View ArticleSan Jacinto bans sale of synthetic drugs bath salts, 'Spice'
The city of San Jacinto has banned the sale and distribution of synthetic drugs such as bath salts and "Spice" in an effort to curb its use among teens, officials said. Anyone caught selling or...
View ArticleWife murder accused Neil Clark, 86, died of heart disease
7 April 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland Mr Clark died after falling ill at Low Moss Prison in Bishopbriggs A man who died while awaiting trial for the murder of his wife was suffering...
View ArticlePossible ecstasy link after man dies in Kirkintilloch
A 24-year-old man has died and two others are in a serious condition after they were suspected of taking Ecstasy at a house in East Dunbartonshire. Emergency services were called to the house in...
View ArticleCloud 9 Drug Gaining Popularity With Teens: What Parents Need To Know
What is Cloud 9? The drug is a relatively new form of the group of unregulated designer drugs that goes by the slang term “bath salts.” They are available in solid or liquid forms and are readily...
View ArticleNotification of Arrestee Death (Santa Barbara County, CA)
(Source: Santa Barbara County, CA) Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Kelly Hoover Date: 8/4/2016 Public Information Officer Time: 5:25 p.m. (805) 681-4192 News Release Notification of Arrestee...
View ArticleNotification of Arrestee Death (Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office)
(Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office) Notification of Arrestee Death Santa Barbara - August 4th, 2016 At approximately 1:30 a.m. this morning, August 4, 2016, an arrestee of the Santa Barbara...
View ArticleFatal lorry crash driver was heroin addict for 19 years
A lorry driver who died after crashing into the back of a stationary motorway warning lorry had told paramedics he had taken a bag of heroin the night before the crash. John Paul Pratt was fatally hurt...
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