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Maryland Wife Sought In Estranged Husband’s PA Overdose Death: Police Maryland Wife Sought In Estranged Husband’s PA Overdose Death: Police
Maryland Wife Sought In Estranged Husband’s PA Overdose Death: Police A Maryland woman is wanted in connection with the overdose death of her estranged husband in Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. Troopers were called to a home on the 300 block of Murphy Road on Sept. 26, 2023, where they found 39-year-old Clinton Douglas Hyde deceased. Evidence at the scene suggested the death was drug-related. An autopsy later determined the cause of death to be “mixed-drug toxicity,” police said. After a year-long investigation, authorities identified Heather Hyde, 41, of Street, Maryland, as the person who…
'Bad Bunny' Drug Bust: 3.3 Pounds Of Fentanyl, $25K Seized In Chesco Bust, DA Says 'Bad Bunny' Drug Bust: 3.3 Pounds Of Fentanyl, $25K Seized In Chesco Bust, DA Says
'Bad Bunny' Drug Bust: 3.3 Pounds Of Fentanyl, $25K Seized In Chesco Bust, DA Says Five Philadelphia men were arrested for their roles in what authorities are calling the "Bad Bunny Drug Trafficking Organization," officials announced. David Arroyo, 27; Miguel Jorge-Ortiz, 35; Neil Perez, 29; and Jose Guzman, 49, all of Philadelphia, were arrested on Sept. 13, according to a Tuesday, Oct. 29 news release from the Chester County District Attorney's Office.  Curtis Lake, 50, of Philadelphia, was arrested at a later date, the news release states. These arrests involved multiple law enforcement agencies executing 12 search warrants at nine different l…
'Gas Station Heroin' Killed NJ Man, Philadelphia Firm Announces 'Gas Station Heroin' Killed NJ Man, Philadelphia Firm Announces
'Gas Station Heroin' Killed NJ Man, Philadelphia Firm Announces The family of a Toms River man has filed a lawsuit claiming he was killed by a supplement known by many as "gas station heroin." The suit, filed on Thursday, Sept. 5 by the family of 32-year-old Matthew Cornier, names Neptune Resources, LLC; Super Chill CBD Products; and Hometown Market. Philadelphia-based law firm Feldman Shepherd announced the legal action in a news release on Thursday, Sept. 12. Cornier died on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, after consuming Neptune's Fix Elixir purchased from a store in Point Pleasant, the suit claimed. The product is marketed as a dietary supplement…
Trio Arrested In Pregnant Woman's Fentanyl Overdose Death, Chesco DA Says Trio Arrested In Pregnant Woman's Fentanyl Overdose Death, Chesco DA Says
Trio Arrested In Pregnant Woman's Fentanyl Overdose Death, Chesco DA Says Three arrests have been made in the June 2024 overdose death of a pregnant woman, authorities in Chester County announced. Three people have been arrested in connection with a drug overdose death of a pregnant woman in East Whiteland Township, authorities said. The unidentified woman died on June 5. She was six months pregnant according to Chester County District Attorney Christopher L. de Barrena-Sarobe. An autopsy revealed that the victim died from an overdose of fentanyl, para-fluoro-fentanyl, xylazine, and methamphetamine, the DA said on Monday, Sept. 9. Marty Jene Harrell Jr., 33, Da…
50 Years After Being Found Frozen In Pennsylvania Cave 'Pinnacle Man' Is Identified 50 Years After Being Found Frozen In Pennsylvania Cave 'Pinnacle Man' Is Identified
50 Years After Being Found Frozen In Pennsylvania Cave 'Pinnacle Man' Is Identified The body of a man found frozen in a Pennsylvania cave nearly 50 years ago has been identified, authorities said. The remains of Nicholas Paul Grubb, 27, of Fort Washington, Montgomery County, were discovered in January 1977 by two Appalachian Trail hikers who had ducked inside the cave to escape foul weather, according to the Berks County Coroner which announced the news last week. Grubb has long been known as the “Pinnacle Man,” named after the mountain peak near where his body was found. An autopsy at the time found no signs of foul play and determined that he died from a drug overdose b…
'Career Drug Dealer', PA Mom Convicted In 5-Year-Old's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: AG 'Career Drug Dealer', PA Mom Convicted In 5-Year-Old's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: AG
'Career Drug Dealer', PA Mom Convicted In 5-Year-Old's Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: AG Mom and a "career drug dealer" have been sentenced for the overdose death of her daughter, according to a release by Pennsylvania's Attorney General Michelle Henry on Wednesday, July 17.  Volaura 'Val' Askew, 28 of Johnstown, "exposed her 5-year-old daughter to fentanyl/heroin in the hours and days before the child was found dead in her Johnstown home on October 27, 2022," the Attorney General explained when Daily Voice first reported her charges in July 2023. In February of 2024, she pleaded "guilty to involuntary manslaughter and related charges, and is serving a 2-to-4-year state pri…