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Unlicensed Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed Pregnant Woman: Montco DA Unlicensed Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed Pregnant Woman: Montco DA
Unlicensed Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed Pregnant Woman: Montco DA A Philadelphia man is in police custody for the May crash that killed Nya Janae Stokes, according to prosecutors.  The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said 27-year-old Jabrial Terry had fentanyl, oxycodone, Benzodiazepines and cannabinoids in his system during the May 4 wreck.  Authorities said Stokes, who was nine months pregnant, was the passenger in a Toyota that Terry's Buick struck head-on on Skippack Pike in Whitemarsh.  The 24-year-old was unresponsive and taken to Abington Hospital, where she died after her baby was delivered in …

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by Mac Bullock
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West Reading Man Charged After $65K+ Drug Bust: DA West Reading Man Charged After $65K+ Drug Bust: DA
West Reading Man Charged After $65K+ Drug Bust: DA A two-month investigation ended with the seizure of more than a kilogram of drugs and one arrest in Berks County, said the District Attorney's Office on Friday.  Eric Emilio Delacruz, 36, of West Reading, is charged with multiple counts related to drug trafficking, prosecutors said.  Police began investigating drug sales at 343 Chestnut Street in April, the DA's Office said. On Thursday, June 13, county detectives executed a search warrant and said they recovered:  735 grams of cocaine with a potential street value of $36,750 744 fentanyl pills with a potential street value…

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by Mac Bullock
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'Operation Black Diamond': Feds Seek Alleged Philadelphia Fentanyl Trafficker 'Operation Black Diamond': Feds Seek Alleged Philadelphia Fentanyl Trafficker
'Operation Black Diamond': Feds Seek Alleged Philadelphia Fentanyl Trafficker Eleven members of a suspected drug trafficking organization are in custody, federal authorities say.  The group, allegedly headed by 30-year-old Wilfredo Avila, is accused of running "significant quantities" of fentanyl and cocaine throughout Philadelphia's Kensington and Fairhill sections from February 2023 through this month.  The organization also "routinely offered and sold firearms of all kinds to its drug dealer customers," said the US Attorney's Office in a release on Thursday, June 13.  Ten suspects were arrested and one more is awaiting transfer from anoth…

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by Mac Bullock
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Coatesville Parents Ran Fundraiser For Son Who Allegedly Overdosed On Their Drugs Coatesville Parents Ran Fundraiser For Son Who Allegedly Overdosed On Their Drugs
Coatesville Parents Ran Fundraiser For Son Who Allegedly Overdosed On Their Drugs The Coatesville parents charged with their son's overdose death last July launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for his funeral expenses.  The verified campaign raised $895 after it was posted on July 30, 2023.  "My name is Mousa Hawa I am asking for help to cover cost for my son Hunter Hawa," the campaign reads. "He passed suddenly 7/26/2023 we are having him cremated and then we will have a service for him(.)" Hawa and Holly Back are each charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in Hunter's July 26 overdose death, the Chester County District Attorney'…

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by Mac Bullock
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Coatesville Parents Charged In 8-Year-Old's Fentanyl Death Had Unused Narcan Doses In House: DA Coatesville Parents Charged In 8-Year-Old's Fentanyl Death Had Unused Narcan Doses In House: DA
Coatesville Parents Charged In 8-Year-Old's Fentanyl Death Had Unused Narcan Doses In House: DA Two Coatesville residents have been arrested and charged in the fentanyl overdose death of their 8-year-old son last summer, authorities said Holly Back and Mousa Hawa were each charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the July 26, 2023 overdose death of their son, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said on Tuesday, June 4. Police also said they found two unused doses of Narcan in the East Lincoln Highway home of Back and Hawa, who both denied the possibility that the boy had gotten into "their medicine," when interviewed by detectives, according to a…

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by Mac Bullock
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Stroudsburg Man Sentenced For 2023 Overdose Death: DA Stroudsburg Man Sentenced For 2023 Overdose Death: DA
Stroudsburg Man Sentenced For 2023 Overdose Death: DA A Stroudsburg man will spend up to a decade in prison for an overdose death last year, a Monroe County Court has ruled.  Edwin Burgos, 39, was sentenced to 4 to 10 years plus 12 years probation, said the Monroe County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday.  Prosecutors said Steven Nitschke was found dead from a fentanyl overdose in his Stroud Township apartment on March 18, 2023. Stroud Area Regional Police and Monroe County detectives determined he got the drugs from Burgos, his coworker.  Burgos pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, possession with the intent to…

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by Mac Bullock
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137 Grams Of Fentanyl Seized In Reading: Authorities 137 Grams Of Fentanyl Seized In Reading: Authorities
137 Grams Of Fentanyl Seized In Reading: Authorities A "home check" on North 9th Street in Reading led to the confiscation of more than 100 grams of fentanyl on Thursday, May 2, authorities said.  Reading police and state parole officers said they recovered: Three handguns, including two with defaced serial numbers A "ghost rifle" 137 grams of fentanyl Four fentanyl pills Six ecstasy pills Marijuana Charges are pending, they added. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Philly Dealer With Berks County Ties Had More Than $8 Million In Fentanyl: DA Philly Dealer With Berks County Ties Had More Than $8 Million In Fentanyl: DA
Philly Dealer With Berks County Ties Had More Than $8 Million In Fentanyl: DA A Philadelphia man is accused of selling fentanyl and heroin in Berks County, the District Attorney's Office said Wednesday, May 1.  Ramon Alberto Jimenez-Merejildo was arrested on Perkiomen Avenue in Exeter on Tuesday, April 30, according to prosecutors.  Authorities said Jimenez-Merejildo was selling fentanyl in Philadelphia and also "transporting large amounts" to Berks for distribution. Police made several controlled buys from Jimenez-Merejildo during the two-month investigation, the DA's Office said.  During a search of Jimenez-Merejildo's residence …

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by Mac Bullock
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Trio Caught With Drugs In Monroe County Hotel Room, DA Says Trio Caught With Drugs In Monroe County Hotel Room, DA Says
Trio Caught With Drugs In Monroe County Hotel Room, DA Says Three men are in custody after police said they found syringes, a crack pipe, and fentanyl in a Bartonsville hotel room on Tuesday, April 30.  Twenty-nine-year-old Brandon Cabrera of Effort, 32-year-old Christopher Ferraro of East Stroudsburg, and 28-year-old Dylan Smith of Stroudsburg all face drug an paraphernalia charges, said the Monroe County District Attorney's Office.  According to prosecutors, Monroe County Probation and Parole Officers went to a hotel on Route 611 after receiving information that Cabrera was staying there. The 29-year-old was sought on an alleged par…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA
Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA A Morrisville man will spend up to 14 years in state prison in connection with a fentanyl death, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.  Joeshae Bussey, 43, previously pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death, possession of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and involuntary manslaughter, according to prosecutors.  Authorities said Bussey sold 37-year-old Ryan Dillon the pills that killed him on Dec. 23, 2022. Prosecutors said the pair had previously lived together in a recovery house.  Dillon was foun…

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‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Conviction Withdrawn Due Juror, Witness Interactions: DA ‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Conviction Withdrawn Due Juror, Witness Interactions: DA
‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Conviction Withdrawn Due Juror, Witness Interactions: DA A former Pennsylvania barber who appeared in "90 Day Fiance” and “90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?” who was extradited from Florida over six months after he was caught with fentanyl by US Marshals — has had one of his convictions dismissed due to contact between a juror and witness, the Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack announced on Friday, March 23, 2024.  Michael Anthony Baltimore, 44 of Carlisle, PA, had been convicted on Feb. 1, 2024, in a domestic violence case from Jan. 7, 2021,  but the charges were dismissed and the case was vacate…

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PA Doctor Accused Of Diverting 'Hundreds Of Doses' Of Fentanyl PA Doctor Accused Of Diverting 'Hundreds Of Doses' Of Fentanyl
PA Doctor Accused Of Diverting 'Hundreds Of Doses' Of Fentanyl A Luzerne County doctor is charged with 32 felony counts related to diverting narcotics, said the state Attorney General's Office Friday, March 22.  Richard Lemaster Hubbell was arraigned Thursday at a district court, prosecutors said.  Investigators believe Hubbell, while working as an anesthesiologist in Berks and Columbia counties, falsified records to show that patients were given fentanyl and Dilaudid, or hydromorphone.  Detectives said they found hundreds of vials and syringes containing the two opioids at his home in Butler Township, Luzerne County…

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by Mac Bullock