The case against a former West Virginia court clerk accused of trying to operate a meth lab from her home may soon be resolved, as the judge overseeing it indicated Tuesday that a plea deal is close.
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Fentanyl is driving drug overdose deaths in the U.S. overall, but in the Western half of the country, it’s a different story. Meth is the bigger killer, a new government report shows.
Read moreHigh-profile Democratic donor and LGTBQ activist Ed Buck was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles and charged with running a drug house where he preyed on vulnerable gay men who overdosed after being injected with methamphetamine.
Read moreRoberto Carlos Guerrero Quijada faces up to life in prison after federal prosecutors charged him Monday with possession of 130 lbs. of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, after it allegedly was delivered by drone to an area near Calexico, Calif., the U.S.Attorney’s Office said.
Read moreFederal prosecutors in New York said Friday that authorities in the United Kingdom have arrested a Pakistani national charged in the United States with trafficking “large and in some instances multi-ton” quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and the chemicals used to make meth.
Read moreA former Mexican legislator – a girlfriend of Sinaloa drug cartel boss El Chapo Guzman – was charged in federal court Thursday with conspiracy to distribute more than 5 kilos of cocaine.
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As the nation comes to terms with a devastating opioid and heroin epidemic, Los Angeles law enforcement has reported an increase in fatal officer-involved shootings linked to methamphetamine – which flows in massive quantities across the southern border.
Read moreWhat do sports stars, cockroaches, Courthouse News Service reporters and the measles have in common? Jury duty!
Read moreThe former mayor of Fairfax, Virginia, pleaded guilty Monday to a felony drug distribution charge stemming from his arrest in August for selling methamphetamine to undercover officers in exchange for group sex.
Read moreThe Supreme Court agreed to resolve a circuit split over whether a person convicted of selling products to make drugs should be required to forfeit store profits.
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