An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Drug Related Death Task Force and the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the indictment of a Bristol, Virginia, man on a murder charge in connection with an overdose death. According to a news release from TBI spokesperson Leslie Earhart, TBI special agents and SCSO detectives last year began investigating the …

A teenager is being charged with second-degree murder for his role in an overdose death that occurred in February. Kaity Spaeth, 29, died Feb. 19. Justice Isaiah Anderson, 19, has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly providing the drugs which caused her death. Handling the investigation was McMinnville Police detective Sgt. Stuart Whitman, who says Spaeth died after ingesting …

More drugs are off the streets of Middle Tennessee, thanks to a recent traffic stop in Music City.   The traffic stop of a tractor-trailer on I-40 in West Nashville on Thursday (08/12/21) led to the seizure of more than 50 pounds of white powder, presumed to be fentanyl, in two bags found in the sleeper area of the big rig. …

 A traffic stop on Interstate 40 in West Nashville late Thursday afternoon led to one man’s arrest and the seizure of more than 50 pounds of possible fentanyl, all thanks to the help of a police dog. K-9 Officer Boston with the Metro Nashville Police Department alerted a drug odor during the traffic stop of a tractor trailer. Police found …

The Monroe County Prevention and Wellness Coalition is set to host the International Overdose Awareness Day event at the Monroe County Rescue Squad later this month. The keynote speaker for the event will be Thomas Farmer, who is the state director of the Tennessee Dangerous Drug Task Force. Gabbie McConkey, the project director for the Monroe County Prevention and Wellness …

Area experts gathered in Portland for a panel discussion on the local opioid crisis Thursday. Members of the community were told about the problems frontline workers face and solutions and resources available to the public. The panel was comprised of 10 people, many of whom were involved in local government and local law enforcement from Robertson and Sumner Counties. Portland Mayor Mike …

A Tennessee woman has been arrested for selling drugs laced with fentanyl. The Smyrna Police Department reports resident Jessica Frey sold the drugs to a person who overdosed and died in September of 2020. A Rutherford County Grand Jury indicted Frey earlier this month, charging her with second degree murder. Frey was arrested on August 5 and is being held …

It only takes exposure to a few milligrams to die from Fentanyl. So, when drug agents in Sumner County recently took a quarter pound of the lethal substance off the street, it raised more than a few eyebrows. The drug interdiction happened July 13 on Interstate 65 South. That’s where interdiction agents with the 18th Judicial Drug Task Force stopped …

Two people have been arrested for child neglect after drugs and drug paraphernalia were found inside their Clarksville home. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office on Friday said Joshua Herdman, 22, and Logan Evitts, 19, have been taken into custody. Inside their residence, agents found 53.4 grams of methamphetamine, 9.4 grams of fentanyl, 4.6 grams of marijuana, 83 gabapentin pills, a …

Mental health disorders, drug abuse, and neglect are some of the most concerning problems experienced by children in homes where drug abuse is prevalent, according to the United States National Library of Medicine. News 2’s Andy Cordan has worked extensively with Sumner County law enforcement to examine overdose cases through the eyes of the responding officers. Many times, on a …