Concealed bundles, sophisticated tunnels: How fentanyl crosses the border
There are new battles at the U.S.-Mexico border over the most dangerous narcotic law enforcement has ever seen.
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There are new battles at the U.S.-Mexico border over the most dangerous narcotic law enforcement has ever seen.
Sheriff deputies arrested Moisses Haro, a 21-year-old resident of Moreno Valley, on Thursday for selling fentanyl to Juan Jose Villasenor in April.
Chrisa Cornejo said her daughter died 11 days ago after she was sent home in an Uber because she was nodding off. Nicole Comstock reports.
The student, whose name has not yet been released, was just 17 years old. Kara Finnstrom reports.
Rick Montanez reports from Woodland Hills, where a student at El Camino Real Charter High School reportedly died of a fentanyl overdose.
Bill Bodner, the special agent-in-charge of the DEA Los Angeles, talked to Marci Gonzalez and Chris Holmstrom about the dangers of pills bought onine.
Rainbow-colored pills are "being marketed and aimed at young people," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said.
Rick Montanez provides continued coverage on the recent announcement by the Los Angeles Unified School District to tackle the fentanyl crisis plaguing students and parents. Outraged parents gathered at a board meeting to express their concerns, while across the street a vigil was held for a 15-year-old girl who overdosed and died last week.
Rick Montanez reports from Bernstein High School in Hollywood, where Los Angeles Unified School District officials laid out a plan of action in response to a recent rise in student overdoses at the hands of fentanyl, a highly-toxic synthetic opioid.
A vigil will take place today for 15-year-old Melanie Ramos, who died at her school of a drug overdose. Kara Finnstrom reports.
LA's Police Chief released these horrifying stats after a student in Hollywood was found dead on her school campus. Jasmine Viel reports.
Two teenage boys have been arrested in connection to the death of a 15-year-old girl and the overdose of another teenage girl in Hollywood Wednesday. Jeff Nguyen reports.
The Los Angeles Police Department announced in a press conference Thursday that it has arrested two subjects, one is 15-years-old and the other is 16-years-old.
Jonathan Limas-Reyes, 26, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by special agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, federal officials said Friday.
Officials gathered in Santa Clarita to warn people about the lethal effects of fentanyl disguised as prescription pills. Jasmine Viel reports.
The report found that fentanyl led to a significant rise in overdose deaths for Black, American Indian and Alaska Native people during the first year of the pandemic.
Agents seized about 1 million pills believed to contain fentanyl from an Inglewood home. Amy Johnson reports.
Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine; as little as two milligrams of the drug can be lethal.
A task force seized the drugs as part of three investigations over the past two weeks. Chris Holmstrom reports.
Department of Public Health officials have issued a warning to L.A. County parents and residents as fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths continue to increase.
According to police, Melissa Harloam-Garrison, 46, an employee at Bright Futures Academy, a school that serves students with special needs had lived in a cottage on campus while she dealt drugs to students. In a statement released Friday, the school said that Harloam-Garrison was a behavioral aide, not a bus driver nor a security guard as initially reported by police.
According to police, Melissa Harloam-Garrison, 46, a bus driver and security guard for Bright Futures Academy, a school that serves students with special needs had lived in a cottage on campus while she dealt drugs to students. Harloam-Garrison is also the daughter of the school's owner.
Melissa Harloam-Garrison, 46, was a bus driver and security guard for Bright Futures Academy, a school that serves students with special needs.
An investigation is underway after a pair of maintenance workers were found dead Thursday afternoon inside of a high-rise building in Downtown Los Angeles, after they were reportedly exposed to fentanyl. Kandiss Crone reports.
A responding LAPD officer was also hospitalized after being exposed to the drug.
