Gov. Maura Healey’s deputy director for western Massachusetts allegedly worked with an accomplice in Houston, Texas, to distribute some 50,000 packets of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $1 million into Springfield.
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Human remains found in Shirley pond identified as convicted cocaine trafficker
SHIRLEY — Human remains discovered in a Shirley pond on Wednesday have been identified as those of a convicted cocaine trafficker who had been living in a pre-release house in Rockland.
Boston to distribute Narcan via vending machines, kiosks to prevent opioid overdoses
Boston will have four vending machines and eight indoor kiosks distributing life-saving Narcan and other harm reduction supplies in another step towards preventing overdose deaths, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Public Health Commission announced Tuesday.
Fentanyl kingpin gets 22 years
The Boston U.S. Attorney’s office crackdown on fentanyl trafficking netted a 22-year sentence in one case and charged a New York City man with operating a scheme that flooded Greater Boston with multiple kilos of the “deadly poison.”
Massachusetts prisons update substance response policy after guard knocked unconscious
The Department of Correction is rolling out a policy to strengthen its ability to “rapidly and effectively” address the risks that correction officers face when they encounter “potentially hazardous or illicit materials” on the job.
Prison guard who was knocked unconscious shares his ‘scary’ story ‘
Massachusetts prison guard who was knocked unconscious shares his ‘scary’ story: ‘I don’t want this happening to anyone else’
