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Local law enforcement and national drug officials are partnering for Prescription Drug Take Back Day. It happening Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is the 23rd National Take Back Event.
A Roanoke woman who sold drugs on behalf of her incarcerated boyfriend was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison.
Ralph Allen Phillips Jr., 62, of Abingdon, was sentenced for possessing with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
ABINGDON, Va. – Ralph Allen Phillips, Jr., 62, was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 500 grams
DEA: Young people put in danger by ordering fake pills online, not realizing they contain fentanyl Patrick Sison/AP This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison) and last updated 2021-08-03 18:46:28-04 HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - A deadly combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and more fentanyl in the hands of young people has the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) concerned. Eighteen-year-old Brooke Mitchell was headstrong, brilliant and a great friend, but her life was cut short in 2017 due to drugs. Her mother, Diana Mitchell, said when she realiz...