Percocet (drug)

Bel Air man who sold Oxycodone gets 10 years in prison

2013-01-08 17:00:00

A Bel Air man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to selling prescription drugs on dozens of occasions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Ronnie Stocks, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and...

Drug overdose: the quiet epidemic

2012-08-27 15:30:58

For all the attention that violent crime gets in the media, the average American is much more likely to die from another largely preventable tragedy. Fatal drug overdoses have risen sharply in recent years. In Congress this month, Maryland Rep. Donna F....

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...

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-04-03 15:48:00

Harford County Sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Mark Ray Hamilton, 42, of the first block of Green Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Friday in a case in which he was charged with driving with a suspended license....

Pain clinic's patients are upset over closure; doctor suspended for 'improper prescribing'

2012-02-16 15:25:00

Several days after patients got word that the Intractable Pain Clinic in Fallston had closed, those who received care there and from its primary doctor, Rakesh Mathur, are feeling abandoned and wondering who will prescribe their medication. Chandra...

Rapper Kane Mayfield on new music, J Dilla tribute

2012-02-14 09:30:00

He is one of the city's most promising rappers, but Kane Mayfield has yet to release a solo debut — because the 29-year-old and his label, Baltimore's Mania Music Group, "believe in quality control." Mayfield says he submits six to 10 recordings to...

Dentist used paper clips as posts in root canal

2012-01-27 06:40:00

A Crofton man pleaded guilty guilty in Massachusetts Superior Court to multiple charges of Medicaid fraud for using pieces of paper clips in root canals instead of standard stainless steel posts, according to an announcement today from the Maryland...

Off-duty detective catches two men testing locked doors on vehicles in Catonsville

2012-02-06 12:43:00

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872....

Hampstead woman sentenced to 8.5 years for role in 2009 Finksburg robbery

2011-10-28 12:10:08

A Hampstead woman was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 28, to eight-and-half-years in prison for her role in the September 2009 robbery of a Finksburg pharmacy. Victoria Jean Reid, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to the 102-month...

'Real World New Orleans': Fish food

2010-08-26 16:22:16

BOFF is back to give us the rundown on this week's Real World:Tonight's episode starts off on a sad note, as one of the fish in the aquarium has died. It's amazing that the producers of this show would permit......

After the Fall

2004-02-17 00:00:00

This is what Helen McKay remembers the morning after: Her boyfriend Peter drove her, fast, from the ballroom at Leisure World to Montgomery General Hospital. He held her up as she limped from the car, stayed with her on the blood-repellent plastic chairs...

Beale Street club closed as public nuisance for alleged drugs and violence

2013-05-17 01:34:02

As curious tourists looked on and snapped photos, state and local law-enforcement officers ended the business day early for Club 152 on Thursday, shuttering the club as a public nuisance for alleged drug sales, fights and other criminal activity. In...

Officer Kevin Gerard Pisano, 50, of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department was arrested by members of his own department after he allegedly handed a confidential informant four Percocet pills and a Vicodin pill while sitting in his marked squad car in the 200 block of North Andrews Avenue, police

2011-12-03 00:00:00