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Elmwood Park PD: Unknown Drug Sends High Schoolers, 17, 14, To Hospital, Prompts K9 Search
Two Elmwood Park High Schools students -- one 17 and the other 14 -- suffered what authorities believe were drug overdoses Friday, sending both to the hospital and bringing K9 units in for a search.
Both the older boy and younger girl "had the exact same reactions in different parts of the school," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "They passed out, vomited, were pale, not responsive but breathing and eventually came around and were hospitalized."
The teens were OK after being taken to the hospital, the chief said.
Meanwhile, students were sheltered in place so Bergen County Sheriff'…
Jersey Shore Pair Indicted On Charges In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death
A pair of Jersey Shore residents have been indicted in charges stemming from the overdose death of a 16-year-old boy, authorities said.
David Belk, 45, and Stephanie O’Neill, 44, both of Little Egg Harbor, were indicted by an Ocean County Grand Jury Nov. 4 on charges of strict liability drug induced death, endangering the welfare of a child, distribution of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of heroin, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
Belk and O’Neill supplied heroin and fentanyl to the 16-year-old boy, who was found unresponsive on the f…
Feds: Dealer Admits Selling Fentanyl Dose That Killed Jersey Shore Woman
A Trenton dealer admitted in federal court that she sold a Jersey Shore woman the fentanyl dose that killed her, authorities said.
Tarashanna Blake, 33, met the 39-year-old victim near her Englishtown home, where the sale was made, on May 15, 2018, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.
Englishtown police found the buyer dead of an overdose later that day, with several folds of what at first appeared to be heroin stamped “CAMEL” nearby, Honig said.
It was actually fentanyl, she said.
Blake took a deal from the government rather than face trial, pleading guilty in U.S. District Court …
Atlantic City Man Charged In OD Deaths Of UK Men In Bally's Casino
An Atlantic City man was charged in the overdose deaths of two men from the United Kingdom at Bally's Casino in March 2020, authorities said.
Tyrell Gist, 32, is accused of selling Scott P. Jordon, 43, and Simon Gamble, 40, the drugs that ultimately killed them, Atlantic City Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said.
Gist is facing two counts of strict liability homicide and multiple drug offenses.
ACPO Detective Kayla Dodge responded to Bally’s Casino room 3241 on reports of two drug related deaths March 8, 2020. There, she found Jordan and Gamble inside the room dead, authorities sa…
