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A Kane County sheriffs deputy has received pretrial diversion on a charge he possessed cocaine, in which he pleads guilty and goes into a drug program that could get the charge removed from his record.

New deputies to help control surge of violence in city, suburbs according to County Exec Adam Bello.

The multifaceted work combines harm reduction, treatment, faith-based help, outreach to high-overdose neighborhoods and prevention efforts.

All of us in law enforcement have stepped outside our comfort zones in the hopes of change for the good. Think differently. Work smarter.

BOSTON – The state is getting more federal dollars to target fentanyl trafficking in the region as the number of opioid related overdoses continues to increase.

After a Joint Federal, State, and Local Investigation Led by Attorney General Maura Healey’s New England Fentanyl Strike Force, Eight Individuals Have Been Charged in Connection With Running a Major Fentanyl Trafficking Operation in Lawrence

In law enforcement, there are routine calls, and there are the ones which are completely unexpected.

Three Lawrence men arrested in major drug sting Marie Szaniszlo © Provided by Boston Herald BOSTON MA. FEBRUARY 23: Attorney General Maura Healey (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) Three Lawrence men have been charged in connection with a major drug-trafficking investigation in which police seized nearly 5 kilograms of fentanyl and heroin and two illegal guns, Attorney General Maura Healey said Friday. Francis Arias Soto, 38; Pedro Pagan, 31; and Jose G...

The number of overdose deaths in Lebanon County surged in 2020 to 39, up from 28 in 2019 and 27 in both 2018 and 2017, in a change that the county coroner and other local individuals with experience in the drug and alcohol field link to the coronavirus pandemic. James Donmoyer, executive director of Lebanon Countys Commission On Drug And Alcohol Abuse, said there could be a lot of factors behind the increase last year and couldnt confirm what the pandemic had to do with it, but did link th...

We’re dealing with an unprecedented situation Lebanon overdose deaths surge in 2020 Hal Conte, Lebanon Daily News © Jeff Falk, For the Daily News Dr. Jeffrey Yocum, a family doctor and Lebanon Countys coroner, is seen outside his practice on Cumberland Street. The number of overdose deaths in Lebanon County surged in 2020 to 39, up from 28 in 2019 and 27 in both 2018 and 2017, in a change that the county coroner and other local individuals with experience in the drug and ...