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Limerick Police Officer Steve Crawford carries a box of unwanted medications that were collected and disposed of during Drug Take Back Day. The county took in a total of 7,252 pounds of unwanted medications at participating police departments and five grocery stores on April 24.Â
Photo Courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney s Office
Photo Courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney s Office
Josh Varady, an investigator with the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, fills a box truck of unwanted medications collected during Drug Take Back Day. Since the program began in 2010, more than 92,000 pounds of medicines have been safely collected and disposed of in the county.
NORRISTOWN â Using the slogan âReturn of the Medi,â Montgomery County authorities are providing county residents the chance to safely rid their households of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications at an upcoming event to help combat the opioid epidemic and drug overdoses.
The Drug Take Back Day, organized by the Montgomery County District Attorneyâs Office and the Police Chiefs Association of Montgomery County, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 24 at participating police departments and five grocery stores.
âA key way to make your home safer is to get rid of unwanted medications,â District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. âBut we donât want residents to flush the meds or put them out in the trashâboth are unsafe ways to dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
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NORRISTOWN â Former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr., hired Sunday to be part of former President Donald Trumpâs defense team during his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, is no stranger to the national spotlight.
Castorâs decision not to charge actor Bill Cosby in 2005 when a former Temple University employee accused Cosby of drugging and molesting her, his appearance as a defense witness at Cosbyâs eventual trial and his appearances on the Discovery ID channel discussing some of his high-profile prosecutions as a law and order man have all garnered Castor national attention and TV face time during his career.
Pennsylvania State Senator Dave Arnold (R-48th, Lebanon County) died Sunday following a battle with brain cancer.Arnold was elected to represent the 48th Senatorial District in a special election held on Jan. 14, 2020. The 48th District includes the entirety of Lebanon County, northern York County and southern Dauphin County. Arnold’s primary legislative objectives were in ensuring the public’s safety, the reformation of property tax and a reduction in government spending.Arnold graduated from Widener University School of Law in May of 1996 and passed the Bar Exam shortly thereafter. He spent four years in private practice with Feeman, Mesics, & Hopstetter. He was then elected to serve Lebanon County as its district attorney.During Arnold’s 14-year term as district attorney, he served as President of the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Association from 2016-2017 following his election to the position by his fellow district attorneys.In lieu of flowers, Senator Arnold’