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Fentanyl Overdose
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PA Woman Pleads Guilty To Delivering Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl: Prosecutors
A Harleysville woman was convicted of bringing a 56-year-old the dose of fentanyl that killed them nearly two years ago. Valerie Benatti, 29, pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death on Wednesday, May 1, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Authorities said they were called to a home on the 100 block of Slackwater Road in Conestoga Township for a suspected overdose on Aug. 20, 2022. An autopsy later revealed the victim died from acute fentanyl toxicity, the DA's Office said. Witnesses later told police that Benatti pr…
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Fellow Inmate Charged In Dad's Death In Dauphin County Prison
The cause of death of a Pennsylvania father and inmate has been revealed and new charges have been filed, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Tuesday. Michael Howard Butler II, 37 of Gratz, died following a "medical emergency" in his bunk in the Dauphin County Prison at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2024, as Daily Voice previously reported. It is now known that the emergency was caused by a fentanyl overdose from what Richard Leonard Weikel thought was heroin which he had smuggled into the prison in his shoe, the DA explained in the release on March 26.&n…
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Fentanyl-Formula Elixir That Killed Infant Lands Parents In Prison
The Maryland mom who accidentally contaminated her baby's bottle with fentanyl leading to his death will be joining her husband behind bars. Heather Marie Frazier, 35, of Mount Airy, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but five years suspended after pleading guilty over the summer to involuntary manslaughter, according to the Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith's Office. She will also serve five years of supervised probation upon her release. Her husband, Jeremy Whitney Frazier, 35, also pleaded guilty in March to the same offense and received the same sentence. On Ju…
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Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say
Yet another post by someone claiming she suffered a fentanyl overdose simply by picking up a dollar bill has triggered a viral panic, and once again those who know better are left shaking their heads. “It's not possible to overdose on fentanyl by touching it,” said Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. “If it was absorbed well through the skin, people wouldn’t inject it and snort it in order to get high.” Higher doses and several hours of time are required for an actual user to overdose on the deadly synthetic opioid, Dr…
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MontCo Man Sold Berks Victim Drugs He OD'd On At Work: Police
An alleged drug dealer from Montgomery County has been charged in the death of a Berks County man who fatally overdosed at work last month, authorities said. Kevin Daley, of Harleysville, was arrested on Jan. 26 and charged with possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of communication facility, and intentional possession of a controlled substance, Upper Gwynedd police said. An investigation began on Dec. 27, 2020, after Upper Gwynedd police responded to the Merck & Co. Inc. building on Sumneytown Pike on a report of an unconscious subject, authorities said. Offic…
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