Hudson Valley Counties To Receive Up To $94 Million To Combat Opioid Crisis
Hudson Valley counties are set to receive up to $94 million to help combat the opioid crisis.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said in an announcement on Tuesday, Oct. 5, that the funds come from settlements from a March 2019 lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors responsible for the crisis.
James shared a list of figures representing the minimum and maximum amounts each county could receive from settlements with Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, Cardinal Health, Amerisource Bergen, and Endo.
Hudson Valley: $51,729,983.90 – $94,455,606.10
Dutchess County: $3,682,781.87 …
12 Charged In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring In 7 Pennsylvania Counties, Says AG
A dozen people have been charged for their roles in the operation of a methamphetamine trafficking organization which operated in Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Luzerne, Montour, Northampton, and Perry counties, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
The charges are the result of a 14-month long investigation by the Office of Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigations into a drug trafficking organization distributing methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl in the state, which launched in July 2020.
In a nearly hundred page charging document, Chelsey Andrews, Dougl…
Crime Fighters Smash Paterson Opioid Mill, Seize 17,000 Folds Linked To 10 Deaths
Authorities raided a Paterson opioid mill, seizing 17,000 folds of packaged heroin and fentanyl linked to 10 deaths of both local and suburban buyers.
State authorities and Paterson police arrested Rafael “Chiquito” Brito, 33, and his girlfriend, Rosanny Prado, 38, in the raid on the East 36th Street basement operation, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.
The home was equipped with outdoor surveillance cameras connected to two video monitors set up over tables where the drugs were processed, he said.
Detectives seized rubber stamps used to ink brand names on the wax folds, some of whi…
