WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul. The justices took the case of Mark Pulsifer, an Iowa Florida man who was convicted of distributing at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, to settle a dispute among federal […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul. The justices took the case of Mark Pulsifer, an Iowa Florida man who was convicted of distributing at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, to settle a dispute among federal […]
Avianna “Avi” Cavanaugh, 20, died in March 2021 from fentanyl poisoning, the lawsuit said. According to police, Cavanaugh died with fentanyl and other drugs in her system.
Avianna “Avi” Cavanaugh, 20, died in March 2021 from fentanyl poisoning, the lawsuit said. According to police, Cavanaugh died with fentanyl and other drugs in her system.
A search warrant led to the arrest of four people in Citrus County on Friday, March 8, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office.
Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the state Senate that would reinstate criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of some drugs. The law, which took effect in 2021, decriminalized possession and personal use of all drugs, including small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs was passed by the Oregon Legislature on Friday, undoing a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law as governments struggle to respond to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history. The state Senate approved House Bill 4002 in a […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state House overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern because of the risk of suffocation. “This practice is dehumanizing, and it’s dangerous,” said Democratic Rep. Sharlett Mena during the vote. “And yet hog-tying is still authorized by a […]
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two California women who say they went to Mexico to see a dentist are in federal custody for allegedly trying to drive back with 72 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in their vehicle. Mireya Rodarte and Yumili Flores drove up to an inspection booth at the San Ysidro Port of […]
On Tuesday, police officers in Palmetto will release more information about a Florida man who died after he was taken into custody in November.