OxyContin (drug)

Edgewood man gets 20 years for dragging Harford deputy with car

2012-05-19 11:59:00

An Edgewood man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to dragging a Harford County Sheriff's Deputy with a vehicle following a traffic stop last December. William Scott Fetzer, 33, of Spring Meadow Court in Edgewood, also pleaded...

Bond set at $50,000 for two men in case at York Road medical clinic

2012-05-18 08:06:00

A Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge on Thursday set bail at $50,000, cash only, for two operators of the Healthy Life Medical Group, on York Road, in Lutherville, who were arrested Tuesday evening. Gerald Wiseberg, 78, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Michael...

Traffic stop leads to heroin bust in Annapolis

2012-05-18 18:01:00

A routine traffic stop in Annapolis on Monday led to the discovery of a large stash of heroin and three arrests, police said in a Friday news release. The 80.3 grams of heroin seized, which would have been worth $16,000 on the street, were not found in...

Bail set for operators of raided Baltimore County drug clinic

2012-05-17 13:01:00

A grand jury indicted two operators of a prescription drug clinic in Timonium arrested in a Tuesday raid on charges of conspiracy to distribute Schedule II narcotics. A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge set a $50,000 cash-only bail Thursday for Gerald...

Two arrested after DEA raid of Lutherville clinic

2012-05-16 12:37:00

Two unidentified operators of a prescription drug clinic in Lutherville that was raided by Baltimore County narcotics officers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents Tuesday have been arrested, according to county police. One was arrested at the...

Police, DEA raid prescription-drug clinic in Lutherville

2012-05-15 20:46:00

A prescription drug clinic in Timonium was raided Tuesday afternoon by Baltimore County police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents, according to law enforcement officials. The raid followed a long-term investigation of the distribution and sale of...

Some pet owners fight poor treatment by vets

2012-04-07 14:33:51

When William Gunn sought medical care for his pit bull-Labrador retriever mix Smokey on a Sunday morning, one of her front paws was bleeding uncontrollably. The family's regular veterinarian was closed that day, and he didn't know where else to go, so...

Police: Strangers gave man a ride, stole 112 Oxycodone

2012-04-25 09:30:00

Baltimore County Police are investigating a report that three people apparently robbed a man of the pain medication Oxycodone after two of them gave him a ride from Timonium to Glen Burnie to get his prescription filled. The theft of a bottle of 112...

Fallston pain doctor plans fight to get back his license

2012-03-06 13:15:00

Dr. Rakesh Mathur, the primary physician of Intractable Pain Clinic, says he will "take whatever steps" necessary to reopen his Fallston practice, according to a statement released through his lawyers this week. Mathur's license was suspended Feb. 7...

Aberdeen man charged in Edgewood armed robbery

2012-03-27 11:08:29

An Aberdeen man was arrested last Wednesday in connection with an Edgewood armed robbery last October. Stephon Nathaniel Epps, 27, of the 400 block of Dorsey Street, was charged with armed robbery, robbery, first- and second-degree assault, theft less...

Police: Crime dropped in Howard County in 2011

2012-03-30 12:01:54

Howard County's already-low crime rate is even lower, according to annual statistics for 2011 that police released today. And three types of crimes — robberies, burglaries and auto thefts — are the lowest they have been in several years....

Harford drug overdose calls widespread so far in 2012

2012-04-05 17:11:54

Since the start of this year, at least 18 suspected drug overdoses that required police and emergency medical responses have been called in to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Those calls came on the heels of one horrific two-day period in December...

Prescription painkillers are growing in popularity across the country.

2012-04-05 14:04:00

Accused of wrongly writing pain pill scripts for his 27-year-old wife. Charges: Nine counts each of trafficking oxycodone and prescribing practitioner fraud Read More

2012-03-26 00:00:00

Accused of stealing pills from where he worked. Charges: Trafficking in hydrocodone, trafficking in oxycodone, possession of a schedule III narcotic, possession of a schedule IV narcotic and possession of drug paraphernalia. Additional charges are pending. Read More

2012-02-13 00:00:00