Man who sold man drugs before deadly overdose sentenced for murder
A 27-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to murder in connection to a fatal overdose from last year.
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A 27-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to murder in connection to a fatal overdose from last year.
Instead of relieving pain, these potent pills continue to inflict irreparable harm on Minnesota families.
A 17-year-old boy was charged for allegedly selling a 15-year-old girl drugs that killed her earlier this year.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, state lawmakers, law enforcement and more shared their stories—many of them personally touched by the crisis.
A record number of Minnesotans died from drug overdoses last year. That's why the state health department is sounding the alarm. As Caroline Cummings reports, Minnesotans who lost loved ones to the drug say enough is enough.
A man and woman have been arrested after the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force seized suspected meth and fentanyl on Thursday.
Three people have been arrested after a package of 5,600 fentanyl pills bound for a residence in St. Cloud was intercepted.
Court documents alleged he was sending drug-soaked papers to state prisons, papers that would produce hallucinogenic effects when consumed. The substance was MDMB-4en-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid.
Two people face several criminal charges one month after the overdose death of a 19-year-old woman in central Minnesota.
After losing their 22-year-old son, a Minnesota family is turning the pain into a message that they hope will save lives.
The Dakota County Medical Examiner's Office listed Carlson's cause of death as "positional asphyxia complicating acute fentanyl toxicity."
First responders were called to the apartment on Dec. 7, 2020 on a report of a child not breathing. The child was rushed to Children's Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities in the St. Cloud metro area say one person died and eight others were sickened from drug overdoses involving fentanyl over a two-day period.
Two men are facing federal charges for their alleged involvement in trafficking fentanyl onto the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota earlier this year.
A Minneapolis man was charged along with 3 others for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney W. Anders Folk announced Wednesday.
In a statement Tuesday, Lt. Jeff Wersal, the commander of the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force, said there have been numerous overdoses in the Mankato area this month, with four of them fatal.
A 26-year-old man is in the Blue Earth County jail in connection to the overdose death of Jesse Barnhart back in May in Mankato.
A man and woman from Minnesota were arrested in Nebraska last month for their alleged involvement in trafficking fentanyl.
The opioid epidemic led to a record number of drug overdoses in the United States last year. The spike is happening in Minnesota, too.
According to the task force, the pills were linked to overdoses of people who thought they were buying Oxycodone.
Drug overdose deaths increased 27% in Minnesota last year, health officials announced Monday. More than 1,000 people died of overdoses during a year that brought the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest stemming from the murder of George Floyd.
Jennifer Mayerle spoke with an addiction expert about the prevalence of fentanyl in our community.
Alphones Latrese Herron Jr., 34, faces three first-degree counts of aggravated controlled substance crime.
A 33-year-old Minneapolis man has been charged with smuggling heroin into the Hennepin County Jail and giving it to three inmates who overdosed, but did not die.
Jason Slattum, 41, has been charged in Dakota County with third-degree murder in connection to the overdose death of a 50-year-old Hastings woman.
