Five Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses Reported In 15-Hour Span In Hartford, Police Say
The opioid crisis came to a head in Hartford this week, as police responded to multiple fatal overdoses in just a 15-hour stretch, police said.
Officers from the Hartford Police Department reported that between approximately 8 p.m. on Monday, June 3 through noon on Tuesday, June 4, officers were dispatched to five fatal fentanyl overdoses throughout the city.
According to police, the fatal overdoses were different, and officers found fentanyl in pill form, powder form, mixed with heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.
The fatal overdoses came hours after officers seized 100 bags of heroin/fent…
3 Charged In Takedown Of Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Linked To 84 Deaths
Three people were charged in connection with the takedown of a Hudson County heroin and fentanyl mill that was linked to 227 overdoses including 84 deaths, authorities said.
Timothy Guest, 45 of Irvington, William Woodley, 27 of Belleville, and Selionel Orama, 25 of Cedar Grove, were arrested in connection with the Harrison drug mill in which authorities seized 32,500 doses and four kilos of fentanyl and heroin, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a release.
The investigation was headed up by the New Jersey State Police Opioid Enforcement Task Force with …
