Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Causing Fatal Overdose: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Causing Fatal Overdose: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Indicted For Causing Fatal Overdose: Prosecutor A Monmouth County man has been indicted for manslaughter and numerous drug charges in connection with a fatal overdose, authorities said. A Grand Jury returned a 37-count indictment against Robert M. Clayton, 39, of Belmar, according to county Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. On Jan. 2, 2021 at 1:21 p.m., Belmar police were dispatched to Third and River Avenues for a call reporting an overdose in the front seat of a car.   One of the responding Belmar officers immediately administered two doses of Narcan to an adult male, later identified as Jonathan Amato…
Overdose Leaves One Child Dead, Another Hospitalized In Fairfax County: Police Overdose Leaves One Child Dead, Another Hospitalized In Fairfax County: Police
Overdose Leaves One Child Dead, Another Hospitalized In Fairfax County: Police One juvenile was dead and another hospitalized after both overdosed over the weekend in Fairfax County, authorities said. The juveniles were found unconscious and foaming a the mouth inside of a car on the 5700 block of Columbia Pike in Falls Church on Sunday, June 25 around 7:20 p.m., county police said. Officers immediately began performing life-saving measures by administering multiple doses of Narcan and performing CPR. Both juveniles were taken to local hospitals, where one juvenile was pronounced dead. The other juvenile remains hospitalized in critical condition. Detectives are…
HEROES: Ingenuity Helps Elmwood Park Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Route 46 Hotel Bathroom HEROES: Ingenuity Helps Elmwood Park Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Route 46 Hotel Bathroom
Heroes: Ingenuity Helps Elmwood Park Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Route 46 Hotel Bathroom An overdosing heroin user was blacked out and gasping when Elmwood Park police were called to a Route 46 hotel. Unfortunately, the 32-year-old overdose victim was wedged between the bathroom door and toilet, making it impossible for them to get to him, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Time, meanwhile, was ticking. The walls at the Red Carpet Inn are made of sheetrock, the chief said, so Lt. Robert Centkowski fetched some breaching tools. First he cut a hole in the wall big enough for Officer Anthony Ingraffia to reach in and administer two doses of Narcan, Foligno said. The lieutenant …
ODing Toddler Revived, Women With Warrants Arrested In Northern Virginia ODing Toddler Revived, Women With Warrants Arrested In Northern Virginia
ODing Toddler Revived, Women With Warrants Arrested In Northern Virginia Two women each wanted on various warrants were arrested after a 2-year-old child in the same house overdosed over the weekend, authorities said. Ashley Polzer, 33, of Prince William County, and Savannah Jones, 26, of  Manassas Park, were each inside the Blackhawk Court when Manassas Park police officers and firefighters arrived on reports of an unresponsive child around 8:35 p.m. Friday, April 14, Manassas Park police said. Repsonders began lifesaving measures and administered Narcan, reviving the child. The child was transported to Prince William Hospital and subsequent…
HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl
Heroes: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl UPDATE: A trio of Fairview police officers weren't about to wait for an ambulance after a 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was brought into headquarters. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, and the mother showed up at Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. The infant wasn't conscious, didn't have a pulse and had trouble breathing, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said. A group of officers who were t…
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers A 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was revived with Narcan thanks to a fast-acting group of Fairview police officers, Daily Voice has learned. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being identified as the individual responsible, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 31. Colon and the mother had come to Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. She…
Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver
Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver HEROES: An unconscious 28-year-old driver from East Rutherford was revived by Waldwick police after overdosing and crashing his car into a median on Route 17, authorities said. It was moments after midnight when the crash occurred near Sheridan Avenue early Wednesday, March 22, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Sgt. Michael Sinclair and Officers Tom Zachmann and Anthony LoPrinzi had to break a window to get to the unresponsive driver and pull him out, Seifert said. He regained consciousness after they administered Narcan, then was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by the Waldwick Volun…
ROUTE 208 CRASH: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall ROUTE 208 CRASH: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall
Route 208 Crash: Overdosed Driver, Passenger Revived With Narcan After SUV Rams Overpass Wall Two drug overdose victims were revived after their SUV slammed into a concrete wall on a Route 208 overpass, Wyckoff police said. Police responding to the Russell Avenue overpass shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, found both the driver of the 2019 Lincoln MKC and his passenger unconscious, Lt. Kevin Kasak said. The vehicle had crossed over the double-yellow line and before hitting the wall, the lieutenant said. Inside officers found an empty wax fold in which drugs apparently had been packaged, he said. The officers administered Narcan to both the 38-year-old driver from Montvill…
CT Man Stabs Victim, Injects Self With Fentanyl, Police Say CT Man Stabs Victim, Injects Self With Fentanyl, Police Say
CT Man Stabs Victim, Injects Self With Fentanyl, Police Say A Connecticut man allegedly stabbed another man and then injected himself with a vial of fentanyl attempting to commit suicide. The incident took place in Hartford County around 10 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at 456 Elm St., in Windsor Locks. Officers responded to the home on a reported stabbing. As they arrived they were informed that the offender, identified as Sean Colgan, age 43, of Windsor Locks, was attempting to overdose on fentanyl and that he would attack police if he were still alive upon their arrival, said Lt. Paul Cerniack. The victim, a 31-year-old came out of the front do…
Dealer Sold Deadly 'Fetty Mix' To Long Island Woman Who Overdosed, DA Says Dealer Sold Deadly 'Fetty Mix' To Long Island Woman Who Overdosed, DA Says
Dealer Sold Deadly 'Fetty Mix' To Long Island Woman Who Overdosed, DA Says An accused drug dealer is facing multiple charges in connection to a Long Island woman’s overdose death. Jaquan Casserly, age 34, of Holbrook, was arraigned in Suffolk County Court Friday, Jan. 27, months after allegedly selling fentanyl to a Lake Grove woman who later died, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Police were called to the woman’s home on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 with reports of an apparent overdose. The woman’s mother found her unresponsive in a bathroom, according to investigators. Officers administered Narcan, which is used to reverse the effects of a…
State Trooper Suffers Opioid Exposure After Overdose Crash On NY Highway, Police Say State Trooper Suffers Opioid Exposure After Overdose Crash On NY Highway, Police Say
State Trooper Suffers Opioid Exposure After Overdose Crash On NY Highway, Police Say A New York State Police trooper was hospitalized for possible opioid exposure while responding to a suspected overdose crash on a state highway. State Police on Long Island were initially called at around 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, with reports of an erratic driver in Hempstead, heading southbound on the Wantagh State Parkway near Hempstead Turnpike. When troopers arrived, they found the vehicle disabled after a crash. The driver, 35-year-old Jaqueline Ann Morales, of East Meadow, was unresponsive and suffering symptoms believed to be an opioid overdose, police said. The troopers admini…
Police Officer Revived By Narcan After Possible Fentanyl Exposure At HQ In Yonkers Police Officer Revived By Narcan After Possible Fentanyl Exposure At HQ In Yonkers
Police Officer Revived By Narcan After Possible Fentanyl Exposure At HQ In Yonkers A police officer in Westchester County was hospitalized after being exposed to a substance believed to be fentanyl at police headquarters. The incident happened on Thursday, Jan. 12, around 4 p.m., when a Yonkers Police Detention Officer working in the central booking facility at the department's headquarters located at 104 South Broadway came in contact with a piece of prisoner clothing and had a medical emergency, according to Yonkers Police.  It is currently believed that the substance was fentanyl.  The officer, who has been with the department for 10 years, was given three d…