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Cops: Fentanyl ‘not a factor’ in suspected overdoses at Riverhead High School
Riverhead Police detectives have determined that none of the recent suspected overdoses at Riverhead High School involved the deadly synthetic opioid Fentanyl, police said in a press release this afternoon.
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D.A. warns of ’emerging trend’ of counterfeit Adderall made of meth circulating in Suffolk
Counterfeit prescription pills made of other illicit substances including methamphetamine and fentanyl are circulating in Suffolk County, District Attorney Tim Sini warned yesterday.
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Suffolk cops warn of counterfeit oxycodone pills that contain fentanyl
The counterfeit pills bear the markings of 30 mg oxycodone and may not be distinguishable from authentic prescription oxycodone, police said. Ingestion of fentanyl may result in overdose and death.
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Man convicted of conspiracy in sale of deadly heroin/fentanyl mix gets 2-4 year sentence
Lashawn Lawrence, the Greenport man convicted last month of conspiracy for his role in the September 2018 overdose death of a Riverhead man, was sentenced yesterday to two to four years in state prison.
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Riverhead drug dealer pleads guilty to manslaughter, heroin sale in fatal overdose
John Brophy, 49, who with LaShawn Lawrence, 35, of Greenport, was accused of dealing heroin cut with fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a man in Riverhead last September, pleaded guilty last week to criminal sale of a narcotic drug and second-degree manslaughter.
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DA Sini brings manslaughter charges in overdose death of Riverhead man
Three men accused of dealing heroin cut with fentanyl are facing multiple narcotics charges, with two of them charged with manslaughter in the overdose death of a Riverhead man in September.