Officials To Hold Town Hall Meeting Over Heroin Death Concerns
The recent rash of heroin overdose deaths in our area seem to have slowed down, but residents in one local community are still concerned.
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The recent rash of heroin overdose deaths in our area seem to have slowed down, but residents in one local community are still concerned.
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Police have made more arrests in relation to a particular kind of heroin, blamed for several overdose deaths.
Early Thursday morning, agents from Pennsylvania's Office of the Attorney General and Clairton Police arrested 39-year-old Tywon Newby and charged him with heroin possession and intent to deliver.
Two people were arrested in separate drug busts Wednesday.
Police continue to make drug arrests, determined to get a deadly batch of heroin off the streets.
Allegheny County Medical Examiner Dr. Karl Williams says the stamp bags associated with the recent overdose deaths marked 'Theraflu' and 'Bud Ice' contain a mixture of both heroin and Fentanyl.
At least 22 people in Western Pennsylvania, including 15 in Allegheny County have now been killed by a deadly mix of heroin and the narcotic Fentanyl.
Four more overdose deaths in the past 24 hours have officials with the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office on high alert.
A thief looking for prescription painkillers is preying on pharmacies in the South Hills.
