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10-year-old Miami boy dies after exposure to fentanyl, should parents be concerned about the drug?

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The death of 10-year-old Alton Banks in Miami raised concerns about the possible presence of fentanyl in public places.  It’s not known how Banks came in contact with the drug, but he died at home after returning from the neighborhood pool.

Police officers in Ohio have also been treated after coming in contact with the drug that is mixed with heroin.  The drug is so prevalent that a woman revived a companion with naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug, in a Fairview Park McDonald’s in April.

But, should parents be concerned about fentanyl powder in public?  News 5 checked with two narcotics agencies who said exposure to the general public is extremely rare. [Read more…]

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Drugs found at Cleveland Road apartment

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Three people were arrested Tuesday and two have been charged after a Medway Drug Enforcement investigation yielded crystal meth, heroin and marijuana at a Cleveland Road apartment.

Joseph Malcuit, 30, and Samantha McLean, 31, 2700 Cleveland Road, Apt. 1A, were charged with felony aggravated trafficking in drugs in Wayne County Municipal Court.

Both have been released from jail after posting their bonds. And they both have preliminary court hearings scheduled for June 1 in municipal court. [Read more…]

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Mock trial demonstrates consequences can be deadly

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Rittman and Norwayne students got a glimpse into a real-life drug case through a mock trial with the intent on driving home the message actions have consequences, sometimes deadly ones.

The scenario laid out by Wayne County Prosecutor Dan Lutz and witness Donald Hall, director of the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency, was one in which a student was sold and given two pills, believed to be oxycodone, by a friend. The student ended up dying. It was later discovered the pills were not prescription medicine, but actually pure heroin pressed into pill form.

Lutz argued his case before Wayne County Municipal Court Judge Timothy VanSickle. Attorney David Knowlton defended “Mike Jones,” played by Rittman junior Cade Cook.

In the trial, Lutz asked VanSickle to give the defendant life in prison for trafficking in drugs, corrupting a person with drugs and reckless homicide, arguing the mere fact Jones sold and gave drugs that were illegal for him to have in his possession was reckless. [Read more…]

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Rittman, Norwayne students participate in mock trial

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Rittman and Norwayne students got a glimpse into a real-life drug case through a mock trial Tuesday with the intent on driving home the message actions have consequences, sometimes deadly ones.

The scenario laid out by Wayne County Prosecutor Dan Lutz and witness Donald Hall, director of the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency, was one in which a student was sold and given two pills, believed to be oxycodone, by a friend. The student ended up dying. It was later discovered the pills were not prescription medicine, but actually pure heroin pressed into pill form.

Lutz argued his case before Wayne County Municipal Court Judge Timothy VanSickle. Attorney David Knowlton defended “Mike Jones,” played by Rittman junior Cade Cook.

 

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Two alleged meth makers in West Salem are indicted

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Two people accused of making meth in West Salem have been indicted.

Heather A. Graham, 28, and Anthony V. Smith II, 33, both of 64 Congress St., have been charged as co-defendants in a five-count indictment that includes counts of illegal possession or assembly of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a third-degree felony, and two counts of felony child endangering.

Smith was indicted on illegal manufacturing of drugs and Graham for complicity in an offense, both first-degree felonies. [Read more…]

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