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Five Hospitalized After Mass Overdose At Virginia House Party: Sheriff Five Hospitalized After Mass Overdose At Virginia House Party: Sheriff
Five Hospitalized After Mass Overdose At Virginia House Party: Sheriff A house party in Stafford County turned into a chaotic mass overdose scene early Sunday morning, after several people collapsed and needed emergency treatment after ingesting suspected controlled substances, authorities said. Deputies and first responders rushed to a home on Edison Lane at 12:16 a.m. on March 9, where they found an unresponsive man, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said.  As paramedics began treatment, four more partygoers overdosed in front of them, requiring immediate intervention. All five victims were rushed to the hospital and are expected to survive, officia…
First-Grade Teacher Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death Of District Man: Police First-Grade Teacher Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death Of District Man: Police
First-Grade Teacher Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death Of District Man: 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…
Trafficker Bringing Fentanyl From LAX To DMV In Laundry Products Gets 10+ Years In Prison: Feds Trafficker Bringing Fentanyl From LAX To DMV In Laundry Products Gets 10+ Years In Prison: Feds
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…