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First-Grade Teacher In Maryland Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death: Police
A first-grade teacher in Maryland has been arrested in connection to the fentanyl-related death of a District resident earlier this year, police in Montgomery County announced. Sarah Katherine Magid, an educator with the county's public schools, was arrested on Monday following a search and seizure warrant by the DEA and local police at her Burtonsville home following an investigation into a March 2024 overdose. An autopsy later determined that the DC man's cause of death was fentanyl toxicity. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, following the man's death, it was deter…
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Dealer Who Sold Pill Leading To Fatal Overdose In Maryland Gets Prison Time: State's Attorney
The dealer who provided the fentanyl-laced pill that led to the death of a 20-year-old man in Montgomery County is heading to prison, according to the state's attorney's office. A judge sentenced Gaithersburg resident Eric Turner, 32, to 10 years in prison with all but six years to serve after pleading guilty to his role in the death of Shanon Cole, who overdosed in July 2022 after ingesting a pill he received from him. Shannon Cole Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office Turner pleaded guilty in June to involuntary manslaughter. On the night of his death, court documents…
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Trafficker Bringing Fentanyl From LAX To DMV In Laundry Products Gets 10+ Years In Prison: Feds
A 23-year-old Maryland man who was one of two dozen charged in connection to a massive cross-country fentanyl smuggling ring will spend more than a decade in prison. Temple Hills resident Andre Edmond - also known as "Draco" - was sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role in the drug ring that shipped hundreds of thousands of fake Oxycodone pills from Southern California to the East Coast. Prosecutors say that the pills were shipped from LAX in California to Dulles International Airport in laundry product bottles. The probe into Edmond and his cohorts was launched in Washington, DC wh…
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Siblings Sentenced Together For Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Woman With Previous OD In DC
The family that deals together spends time behind bars together. Larry Jerome Eastman, 23, of Temple Hills, and his sister, DC resident Justice Michelle Eastman, 26, have been sentenced after admitting to selling fake prescription pills that led to the fatal overdose of a 20-year-old woman in 2021 who had a history of drug problems. Larry Eastman was sentenced to 140 months, and his sister was hit with 37 months behind bars. Both were also ordered to serve 36 months of supervised release when they get out of prison. Prosecutors said that the Eastmans were linked to the fat…
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Middle School Student May Have OD'd, Charles County Sheriff Says
A possible overdose at a Charles County middle school is under investigation. Shortly before dismissal on Thursday, April 27, a School Resource Officer from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office assigned to General Smallwood Middle School were advised that a student ingested a possible marijuana gummy. Officials say that the edible, which was given to him by a different student, contained suspected THC. The student fell ill and went home, and later had to be taken to an area hospital for evaluation. His condition was not immediately available on Friday, April 28. “As officers continue their…
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Former
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rea 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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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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School Resource Officer Falls Ill Assisting With Student Overdose In Maryland, Sheriff Says
A Maryland student and school resource officer were both hospitalized during an investigation into a possible drug overdose, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced. Authorities say that a school resource officer at the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center was assisting staff with a student having a medical emergency as a result of a possible overdose, at which point he fell ill. Officials said that the officer locked packaged pills and suspected marijuana in the student’s backpack, and after locating the drugs, he began to feel sick. Both the student and officer were transported to …
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Trio Believed Dead Of Overdose Outside Maryland Apartment Building: Police
Three men died in what Hyattsville police say was a drug overdose this week. EMS personnel responding to a 911 call placed by residents on the 5700 block of Queens Chapel Road found the men unconscious and not breathing around 11 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, local police said. Medics administered Narcan and performed CPR but were unable to revive the men. There was no visible evidence of trauma to their bodies. Anyone with information is urged to call the City of Hyattsville Police Department at 301-985-5060.
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Investigation Launched After Alleged OD Victim Restrained By Police Dies
An investigation into a questionable death of a man who was suffering an alleged overdose while police handcuffed him has begun, authorities say. Police responded to a call in the 2400 block of Sherwood Avenue around 11:17 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 4 where they found an unidentified man being restrained by a bystander in the roadway, according to the office of the Maryland Attorney General. The man was allegedly suffering from an overdose and a second bystander administered Narcan to the man before medics arrived, say multiple outlets. An officer then handcuffed and put leg restraints on the ma…
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