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Indictment: 84-year-old NM woman trafficking drugs

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:05:59 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman on an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking.

NH man accused of selling synthetic marijuana

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:01:53 -0400

DOVER, New Hampshire - Authorities in Dover, New Hampshire, say a discount beverage store owner has been indicted on charges of selling products containing "synthetic marijuana."

Ex-Adams Co. drug court head faces drug charges

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:40:12 -0400

QUINCY, Illinois - The former leader of a western Illinois county's drug court is facing federal charges that he maintained a drug house.

Officer accused of beating suspect gets probation

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:43 -0400

MEXICO, Missouri - One of the four police officers accused of beating a suspected methamphetamine maker has been sentenced to probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of peace disturbance.

Ex-Mass. lawmaker facing meth trafficking charges

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:42 -0400

BOSTON - A former Massachusetts lawmaker who more recently worked as a tutor at a Boston charter school has been held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to drug charges.

Texan could get life term, $5M fine over meth ring

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:32:04 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas - A North Texas man faces up to life in prison and a $5 million fine for his role in running a methamphetamine ring.

St. Amant church parking lot used for drug deals

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:19:20 -0400

ST. AMANT, Louisiana - Ascension Parish deputies have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly dealing prescription pills out of a church parking lot.

3 charged with meth in home near NH courthouse

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:56 -0400

LACONIA, New Hampshire - Three people have been arrested in a home directly across the street from a New Hampshire courthouse, charged with possession and intent to make methamphetamine.

Ex-Kan. doctor indictment on firearm, drug charges

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:07:47 -0400

WICHITA, Kansas - A federal grand jury has formally charged a former Kansas doctor with illegally having a handgun as a convicted felon.

Trial postponed for alleged N.O. drug ring members

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:40 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has postponed the trial of several alleged members of a violent New Orleans drug ring, including a man once described by police as one of the city's most dangerous criminals.

W. Ill. drug court supervisor facing drug charge

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:53 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Federal prosecutors have charged the supervisor of a western Illinois drug-court program with allowing his home to be used to make methamphetamine and to grow marijuana.

Injured volunteer seeks payment from lost hiker

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:07 -0400

SANTA ANA, California - A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness says he deserves restitution if the teen is convicted on drug charges.

Death of Ga. infant under investigation

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:50:05 -0400

SWAINSBORO, Georgia - Sheriff's officials say a couple has been arrested after a 4-month-old girl in their care was found unresponsive.

Toronto mayor fired from coaching job

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:19:52 -0400

TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was fired from his job as football coach at a Catholic high school Wednesday for reasons unrelated to the scandal over a video that purports to show the leader of Canada's largest city smoking crack cocaine, officials said.

Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:08:53 -0400

LA RUANA, Mexico - The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror.

Norwalk man gets 10 years in drug trafficking case

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:51:12 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - A Norwalk man who served time in prison for his involvement in the 1993 slaying of a 7-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years for his role in a ring that distributed cocaine in the southwestern part of the state.

47 indicted in Klamath methamphetamine raids

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:05 -0400

KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon - A Klamath County grand jury has returned indictments against 47 people in last week's drug raids in Klamath County.

Toronto mayor's brother delivers defense

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:40:44 -0400

TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's brother said Wednesday that Ford has told him that reports of a purported video that appears to show the mayor smoking crack cocaine are untrue and that the media is trying to destroy his brother.

Man charged with drug crime in strangling probe

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:36:06 -0400

GROSSE POINTE PARK, Michigan - A man has been charged with drug crimes in Grosse Pointe Park, and a prosecutor says his arrest is linked to the strangulation of a woman next door.

Illinois drug court official faces drug charge

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:04 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - The U.S. Justice Department says a supervisor from a western Illinois drug court program has been charged with using his home to grow marijuana and make methamphetamine.

Zimmerman wants Trayvon's pot use referenced

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:20:43 -0400

ORLANDO, Florida - An attorney for the neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is asking a judge to deny prosecutors' request that the teen's marijuana use be off limits.

Zimmerman wants Martin's pot use on the table

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:05 -0400

Williams man arrested in fatal shooting of teen

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:51 -0400

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona - Authorities in northern Arizona say a Williams man is in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of an Ashfork teenager.

South Dakota drug bust ends in arrests, dog killed

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:48:32 -0400

CHANCELLOR, South Dakota - Authorities searching a home for drugs in the southeastern South Dakota town of Chancellor during a parole check arrested three people and shot and killed a dog.

Jets' Goodson pleads not guilty to charges in NJ

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:09 -0400

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey - New York Jets running back Mike Goodson pleaded not guilty to drug and weapons charges in a court appearance in Morristown on Wednesday morning.