Several people were recently indicted for trafficking, importing or selling “purple fentanyl” in Kentucky and Tennessee, officials announced. The purple substance is a combination of fentanyl and methamphetamine, a news release from the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force said. Dealers have used Interstate 65 and “backroads” between Nashville and Kentucky to transport it, including parts of Sumner and Robertson counties in Tennessee.  One …

A federal grand jury in Chattanooga has returned a four-count indictment against 10 individuals who are charged in dealing in meth and Fentanyl. They are Marquis Rollins, also known as “Quez” and as “Q”; Emanuel Rollins, also known as “E Man”; Malik Young, Keunte Suttles, also known as “Kay Kay Watts”; Michael Garrick, Brandon Rakestraw, also known as “Lil Buddha”; …

She died in a city park, her fiance by her side. Millie Harvey had snorted heroin and her last words were, “Baby, something is wrong.” Her fiance, Matt Dauzat, couldn’t help her because he, too, overdosed on the same drug concoction that killed 28-year-old Harvey. A man on a bicycle saw two bodies convulsing on the ground and called 911. Dauzat didn’t die, so he …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It all started when Richard Johnston was house-sitting for a family member. “I innocently went into a cupboard to get a tumbler to get some sweet tea and there was a prescription of Oxycodone and I was a curious teenager and I took some,” he said. Before long, he found himself addicted to heroin. “Somewhere along …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.–The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and other law enforcement agencies have arrested 24 people on drug-related charges. The TBI reports the arrests are part of an operation dating back to early 2021 in which undercover officers conducted drug purchases in Grundy County. A grand jury heard the case on March 14 which resulted in the indictment of 24 persons. Thanks …

GREENBRIER, Tenn. (WKRN) — A small-town police department is making some big noise when it comes to indicting alleged dealers who sell drugs that kill. More than 600 days after a Greenbrier man overdosed, detectives charged two men with his death. On June 27, 2020, Dustin Hinkle died from a drug overdose. Police say the 35-year-old thought he was snorting …

A man authorities said was involved in a large conspiracy to distribute deadly fentanyl pills in the Chattanooga area has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison. Jonathan “Yella Boi” Horton appeared before Judge Curtis Collier. Prosecutors said in 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Chattanooga Police Department and other law enforcement agencies …

Rapid tests that can detect the powerful opioid fentanyl may soon become much more available in Tennessee. Tennessee law considers the tests to be illegal drug paraphernalia. But legislators voted this month to decriminalize them in most cases, in the hopes of preventing overdoses at a time when they are spiking. Fentanyl test strips work similarly to an at-home pregnancy or …

A New Jersey man has been arrested, accused of causing his 12-year-old nephew’s overdose death by forcing him to clean up drug paraphernalia that contained fentanyl.  Troy Nokes, 35, was hit with a slew of charges Monday, including first-degree aggravated manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child, in connection with the death of his nephew, the Camden County Prosecutor’s …

Two Hartford residents are accused of trafficking a massive amount of fentanyl and officials said they also found thousands of fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone pills during the investigation. A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an eight-count indictment charging Erasmo Rosario-Hernandez, also known as “Wally Rosario,” 38; and Wily Arias De La Cruz, 38, who are both citizens …