Tag: Drug-related crime
California prosecutor: SWAT team saved 4th slasher victim
LOS ANGELES — When Ryan Scott Blinston was arrested last year, authorities say he was trying to smash in a door with a hatchet...
US seeks extradition of former head of Honduras’ police
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The United States has requested the extradition of a former chief of the Honduras National Police on drug and weapons charges,...
New Washington state law makes drug possession a misdemeanor
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed a measure overhauling the state’s approach to drug possession, after the Washington Supreme Court...
Prosecutors in LA announce sweep in fentanyl overdose deaths
LOS ANGELES — At least 11 suspected drug dealers face charges in Southern California that they sold fentanyl and other opioids that led to...
Mexico, US stress attacking cartels’ business models, guns
MEXICO CITY — A security meeting between Mexican and U.S. officials on Thursday stressed attacking drug cartels’ business interests, the guns they use and...
Law to police doping in horse races not in play ’til 2022
For five years, a bill that would place the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in charge of fighting illicit drug use in horse racing went nowhere...
Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge because...
Texas officials back pardoning Floyd for 2004 drug arrest
HOUSTON — Top leaders in the Texas county where George Floyd grew up supported a resolution Tuesday calling for him to be posthumously...
8 years for dad of Saints ‘super fan’ in charity, drug case
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man whose seriously ill son gained fame in New Orleans for his devotion to the Saints football team was...
