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White Plains, NY
Politics
Pivotal Murphy, Harckham State Senate Battle Gets Heated
The 40th Senate District, which includes parts of Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties is considered one of eight "battleground" elections that could tip the balance of political power in Albany. On Tuesday, Nov. 6 voters can choose between incumbent Republican Sen. Terrence Murphy and Democrat Peter Harckham. Murphy of Yorktown was elected to the state Senate in 2014, and is completing his second two-year term. Harckham of South Salem, a former Westchester County legislator, defeated Robert Kesten in the Sept. 13 Democratic Party primary election. Kesten said he supports Harckh…
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record
Rachel Wainer Apter of Englewood already had a distinguished resume when New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal appointed her Thursday as the new director of the state Division on Civil Rights. Apter, 38, most recently has served as Grewal’s counsel on civil right and immigration – and led the New Jersey team that defeated a motion by Texas and seven other states to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). “This is a unique time for civil rights law in New Jersey,” Apter said. “While civil rights are under siege at the national level, the New Jersey legislature has been dram…
Fairfield, CT
News
19-Year-Old Admits To Selling Heroin to Teen Overdose Victim
A 19-year-old drug dealer has admitted to selling the heroin that led to the fatal overdose of a 17-year-old in Connecticut. Winsted resident Anthony Hunt waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in Hartford Federal Court on Thursday to one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of, heroin. The arrest comes as part of an ongoing statewide crackdown targeting narcotics dealers who sell opioids that lead to fatal incidents. According to court documents, shortly before 5:45 p.m. on June 2, Connecticut State Police troopers responded to a family-owned boat in W…
Armonk, NY
News
Westchester Doctor, Wife Sentenced For Running $77M Black-Market Pill Mill
An elderly doctor and his wife, who called Westchester home are heading to prison after being busted running a black market pill mill that “pumped out” more than $77 million in painkillers onto the black market over the course of several years. Scarsdale residents Rogelio Lucas, 80, and his wife, Lydia Lucas, 82, who operated a medical practice on the Upper West Side, were found guilty of distributing approximately 3.2 million pills of Oxycodone, which flooded the streets of Manhattan. Rogelio Lucas received a term of between 1 year and four months to four years in prison on one count of co…
Fairfield, CT
Politics
CT To Get $10M Federal Grant For Opioid Crisis, Mental Health Disorders
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced on Monday, Aug. 13 that Connecticut is receiving a $10 million federal grant that will be used to increase access to care for individuals with substance use, mental health and co-occurring disorders. Funding will also be used to address the opioid crisis in the state by increasing access to medication-assisted treatment. The grant has been awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). “Our state has always been committed to leveraging any federal resou…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Man Sentenced For Distributing Narcotics, Including In OD Case
A Rockland County drug dealer who was known to joke that his customers did the "fentanyl dance” before overdosing was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. “For years, Robert Diaz peddled heroin and other drugs in and around Rockland County, contributing to the opioid crisis plaguing our community today and causing at least one victim to overdose,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said. “Today’s sentence should serve as a message to those seeking to profit off of this tragic epidemic.” According to the indictment, Diaz, of Haverstra…
Stamford, CT
News
Man Faces Felony After Dropping 'Heroin Spoon' At Purdue Pharma In Stamford
A Stamford art gallery owner was arrested for depositing an 800-pound steel sculpture of a bent heroin spoon in front of Purdue Pharma, according to multiple sources. Fernando Luis Alvarez was arrested about an hour after "installing" the spoon at 8:30 a.m. Friday and charged with obstruction of free passage and interfering with police, a felony, in front of the 201 Tresser Blvd. corporate headquarters, reported the Hartford Courant. Alvarez, whose Bedford Street gallery is opening an exhibit on the opioid crisis Friday night, was arrested because the spoon blocked an automatic en…
Fairfield, CT
News
CT Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Heroin, Fentanyl To OD Victim
As part of a statewide police crackdown, a Connecticut man is facing two decades in prison after pleading guilty to selling opioids that led to a fatal overdose. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced this week that 22-year-old Hartford resident Jose Gonzalez - who has aliases that include “Montana,” “Beat Montana,” and Carl Montana - has pleaded guilty in federal court to individual counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, at approximately 10…
Newburgh, NY
News
Orange County Man Sentenced For Heroin Overdose Death
A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison and three years post-release supervision for selling heroin to a woman who later died of an overdose, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Jay Pagan of Maybrook was sentenced by Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown in connection with selling heroin to the 24-year-old Maybrook woman who died as the result of a possible drug overdose on Jan. 26, the DA's office said. Pagan had pleaded guilty in March to criminal sale of a controlled substance. At the time he pleaded guilty, Pagan admitted that he h…
Fairfield, CT
News
Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Narcotics To CT Overdose Victim
A 37-year-old Connecticut man waived his right to being indicted and pleaded guilty in Hartford to distributing heroin and cocaine. John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, said that Ulpiano Lugo of Groton entered his guilty plea on Tuesday, May 8 before Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello. This matter stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to drug users. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 22, 2017, at about …
Greenburgh, NY
News
Prescription Drug Take Back Scheduled For Greenburgh
The Town of Greenburgh Police Department, in support of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, would like to remind residents and visitors that the department's lobby offers a drop box container for the safe disposal of prescription drugs. Research pertaining to the recent opioid crisis reveals that a majority of young people who have misused prescription opioids obtained the drugs from family members and friends, said Greenburgh Police Lt. Kobie Powell. " Unused medication can be removed from homes and safely disposed of at our headquarters," he said. In addition…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
More Than Half Of NYers Personally Touched By Opioid Abuse, Poll Finds
Nearly one of every four New Yorkers personally know of someone, a family member, friend or acquaintance that has died due to an opioid overdose, according to a new Siena College poll. After measuring those who have an immediate or extended family member -- or someone they know through work -- who has abused opioids, 54 percent have been touched by the epidemic involving painkillers, the poll found. Eighty percent of state residents agree that our country is in the middle of an opioid crisis and 83 percent think the problem of opioid abuse has gotten worse over the past few years. A vast…
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