Five Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses Reported In 15-Hour Span In Hartford, Police Say
The opioid crisis came to a head in Hartford this week, as police responded to multiple fatal overdoses in just a 15-hour stretch, police said.
Officers from the Hartford Police Department reported that between approximately 8 p.m. on Monday, June 3 through noon on Tuesday, June 4, officers were dispatched to five fatal fentanyl overdoses throughout the city.
According to police, the fatal overdoses were different, and officers found fentanyl in pill form, powder form, mixed with heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.
The fatal overdoses came hours after officers seized 100 bags of heroin/fent…
LI Woman Among Two Physicians Arrested For Alleged Role In Opioid Mill Fraud Scheme
A pair of physicians, including a woman who lives on Long Island, are facing charges for allegedly conspiring to operate a pill mill and fraudulently billing Medicaid.
Rockville Centre resident Clarise Clemons and Rego Park resident Ilya Smuglin and have been arrested and charged with criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, health care fraud and conspiracy, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced, following an investigation.
It is alleged that Clemons, 63, Smuglin, 50, and other staff at the Miromedical P.C. and Ferrara Medical Care P.C. clinics created, enabl…
