Ecstasy 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 ArticleIrish man murdered in London by attacker high on synthetic drug
A Tesco worker has been found guilty of smashing in a stranger’s head with a brick while high on a synthetic drug. Malachi Lindo, 27, had taken ethylone before he attacked 51-year-old Philip Steels in...
View ArticleBayonne man charged with trying to sell drugs in front of church: police
A 19-year-old city man has been accused of intending to distribute marijuana, ecstasy and methylone near a school and park, police said. BAYONNE -- A 19-year-old city man has been accused of intending...
View ArticleChristmas comes early to Byres Road (Glasgow City Council)
(Source: Glasgow City Council) Christmas comes early to Byres Road this year, when on the evening of 8 December 100 children from local primary schools sing carols before going to a celebration at...
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 ArticleNEW - FHP: Drunken driver hits trooper, two patrolcars
MANATEE COUNTY - A 69-year-old Bradenton woman is accused of driving drunk and hitting two law enforcement vehicles and a Florida Highway Patrol trooper with her car. Enlarge | Dianne K. Perry Manatee...
View ArticleEmergency 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 ArticleDrug-drive changes and "drugalysers" come into force
New regulations aimed at stopping people driving while on drugs have come into force in England and Wales. For the first time, motorists face prosecution if they exceed limits set for the presence of...
View ArticleDrug-impaired Syracuse man flees crashed car, tries to hide in swamp, police say
VIRGIL, N.Y. -- A Syracuse man is facing charges after speeding along a Cortland County highway, crashing his car, fleeing the burning wreckage and trying to run into a swamp, according to State...
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 ArticleMore than 130 people questioned in Glasgow shooting probe
15 May 2015 From the section Glasgow & West Scotland The shooting incident took place on Royston Road Police investigating a shooting and an unrelated attack in Glasgow have spoken to more than 130...
View ArticleA Man in California Is Fighting a Caffeine DUI, and the State Won't Back Down
A California man is in the midst of a lengthy legal battle following a driving under the influence charge that was issued almost 18 months ago for operating a car while under the influence of caffeine,...
View ArticleCarrbridge drink driver jailed for causing friend's death
A drink driver who caused the death of a friend in a crash has been jailed for three years and nine months at the High Court in Edinburgh. Daniel Ritchie, 25, of Carrbridge, had earlier admitted...
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 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 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 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 ArticleCalifornia man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine
Attorney for Joseph Schawb, charged with driving under the influence of a drug when his blood test showed only caffeine, calls the charge unheard of...
View ArticleLand Rover driven into Glasgow man’s car in ‘targeted attack’
A MAN was chased and assaulted after a Land Rover was driven into his car in what police say was a "deliberate, targeted attack”. The 26-year-old was in his black Volkswagen Golf...
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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