ORLEANS COUNTY/9 people indicted on felony drug charges, one charged with criminally negligent homicide in overdose death

ON MAY 12, 2021, AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN ORLEANS COUNTY N.Y., AN ORLEANS COUNTY GRAND JURY HANDED UP SEALED INDICTMENTS FOR 12 INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING 1 FOR CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE REGARDING A FATAL OVERDOSE. AS …

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ORLEANS COUNTY/Three Rochester residents charged after selling and distributing the lethal drug fentanyl

Press release AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RECENT SPIKE OF FATAL AND NON -FATAL OPIATE OVERDOSES IN ORLEANS COUNTY, THE ORLEANS COUNTY MAJOR FELONY CRIME TASK FORCE IDENTFIED A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AND LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, SELLING AND DISTRIBUTING QUANTITIES OF THE LETHAL DRUG FENTANYL, ALSO KNOWN …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Drug Task Force arrests three people for drug sales

Three people have been arrested and charged after an investigation into the sale, transportation and possession of crack cocaine and heroin/fentanyl in the City of Batavia. Johnnie M. Waston, 34, of W. Main St., Batavia, who is currently on parole, is charged with three counts of criminal sale of a …

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