It took less than a week for Indiana’s first-ever naloxone vending machine to need a restock.
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In light of an increase of relapses and overdose numbers, the Indiana Department of Correction this month announced it would start offering naloxone, an agent used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, to every offender released from a DOC facility.
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The biblical words “love is patient, love is kind,” have significant meaning to close friends Lonisha Johnson and Kristy Johnson, both of whom are incarcerated at the Clark County Jail.
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Although many may be skeptical of parents whose children are removed from their care, statistics show that nearly 67% of Hoosier youths exit foster care and are successfully reunited with their moms and dads. Those stories of resilience inspired the Marion Superior Court Juvenile Division and the Marion County Public Defender Agency to celebrate National Reunification Month for the first time in Indiana.
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Richard Garner III, 38, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Raul Martinez, 50, was sentenced for selling cocaine on six separate occasions from October 2021 to July 2022.
The drug trafficking operation based out of Mexico distributed across a wide swath of Indiana, authorities said.
U.S. District Judge Richard Young sentenced Javier Moreno-Garibaldi, 38, of Mexico to five and a half years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after he pleaded guilty to distribution of more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Andrew Ramirez sentenced Jeffery Allen, 48, after he pleaded guilty to dealing in a narcotic drug, dealing in cocaine and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
The four men worked together to distribute fentanyl pills throughout the Michigan City area between October 2023 and July 2024, authorities said.
One measure increases the penalties for crimes involving fentanyl and says a court must consider requiring a person charged with domestic violence to wear a monitoring device as a condition of bail.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Melvin Green, 35, to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indiana’s Northern District.
U.S. District Judge Cristal Brisco sentenced Antonio Curiel, 44, of San Ysedro, California, after he pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine.
An Evansville man’s convictions in district court on several drug and gun possession offenses were based on overwhelming evidence and methamphetamine seized from his house fell within the legally permissible scope of a police search warrant, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday
U. S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Kortney Moore, 27, of West Akron, Ohio, after Moore pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Under the deal members of the Sackler family would give up ownership of the company in addition to contributing money over 15 years with the biggest payment up front.
An Indianapolis drug dealer was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison on various drug and gun offenses, including being in possession of a gun used to kill a man in March 2023.
The recent round of clemency gives Biden the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued.
Authorities said the convictions are tied to defendants’ efforts to distribute nearly 400 pounds of methamphetamine and over seven kilograms of fentanyl between September 2021 and November 2022.
In a Monday evening announcement, President-elect Donald Trump railed against Mexico and Canada, accusing them of allowing thousands of people to enter the U.S.
Brandon McDowell has been behind bars since 2022 with a fentanyl possession conviction. But the parents of the victim have now won an additional $5.8 million judgment against him for the death of their daughter.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder.
A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it could be a potent political issue in the closely contested race.
A Vanderburgh County jury found a man guilty Tuesday of dealing methamphetamine.