fentanyl, Indianapolis

9-month-old child overdoses on fentanyl at home; mother charged
An Indianapolis mom is charged with neglect after her twin child overdosed on fentanyl. But, this wasn’t the only instance. According to police documents, when the child was born, fentanyl was found in her umbilical cord.
9-month-old overdoses on fentanyl, Indy mother charged with neglect
An Indianapolis woman has been charged with child neglect after her 9-month-old baby reportedly overdosed on fentanyl. Marialuiza Ruiz, 32, was arrested this week and booked into the Marion County Jail on a felony 5 child neglect charge.
Indianapolis mother charged with neglect after baby overdoses on fentanyl
An Indianapolis mother has been charged with neglect after her infant daughter, suffered a fentanyl overdose that required emergency medical intervention.
Mom charged after fentanyl found in ill 9-month-old twin girl
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 9-month-old twin who’d been born with fentanyl in her umbilical cord was found unresponsive Tuesday in a house on the south side of Indianapolis, court records say. Eskenazi medics revived the baby, identified in court documents only as “M.B.,” and took her to Riley Hospital for Children.
Baby dies in St. Louis motel room of fentanyl exposure. Mother, grandmother charged
Brionna Dukes, 27, and her mother, Sondria M. Benfeld, 49, were charged Tuesday, nearly two years after police arrived at a motel and found a 5-month-old.
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Kansas City man accused of infant son's fatal fentanyl death
KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City man is in jail in connection with his infant son’s fatal fentanyl and methamphetamine poisoning ...
Syracuse man sentenced to prison for Baby Mehlaya’s fatal drug overdose
Syracuse, N.Y. – A 54-year-old man was sentenced to prison Monday for causing the death of 2-year-old Mehlaya Blue who died ...
Fentanyl's scourge: Man addicted gets federal prison for overdose deaths of two sisters
He won't avoid prison. Five years after young mom's fatal fentanyl overdose, a judge hands her friend the final sentence After baby dies from fentanyl poisoning, feds arrest couple they believe ...
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Little Rock woman sentenced to 8 years in prison after her baby suffers fentanyl overdose
A 30-year-old Little Rock woman whose infant daughter nearly died from a fentanyl overdose has been sentenced to eight years ...
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House passes bill elevating fentanyl to Schedule I drug — joining heroin, LSD and marijuana
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday classifying the powerful opiate fentanyl as among the most dangerous drugs — opening the door to traffickers facing mandatory ...
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Fentanyl in the US: A visual guide
Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can be prescribed in formal medical settings to relieve severe pain and treat breakthrough pain when ...
Portland mom charged with manslaughter in toddler’s fatal fentanyl poisoning
A Portland woman whose toddler died allegedly of fentanyl poisoning has been charged with killing him. The boy, just two months shy of his second birthday, got ahold of a plastic straw used to smoke ...