A Lake Elsinore man has been sentenced to two decades in prison after he distributed fentanyl to another man who fatally overdosed on the drug in 2022.

The increase in Lake County overdoes is not just a local issue, but a nationwide problem, Deputy Chief Steve Newton said. In 2023, the national overdose death rate topped 112,000 for the first

Four Grady Co. residents involved in distributing fentanyl were sentenced to over 33 years in federal prison after their crime lead to someone’s death.

Tera Harris, an inmate who died in Multnomah County Detention Center last October, fatally overdosed on fentanyl, according to an autopsy report released by Multnomah County officials today. Harris, who was awaiting trial on charges of running her ex-husband over with a car,

Sergio Maya was sentenced to federal prison on May 6 after Cody Richard Anderson, 33, died from an overdose in 2022.