/tags/fentanyl Fentanyl en-US Copyright Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-19/deaths-involving-fentanyl-in-dallas-county-trending-downwards Drug overdose and alcohol poisoning deaths that involved fentanyl have fallen by about 100 so far since last year. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-19/deaths-involving-fentanyl-in-dallas-county-trending-downwards Marina Trahan Martinez /criminal-justice/2024-10-24/tarrant-county-fentanyl-overdose-murder A law passed in 2023 allows prosecutors to seek murder charges against someone who gives another person a fatal dose of fentanyl. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:43:20 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-10-24/tarrant-county-fentanyl-overdose-murder Miranda Suarez /texas-news/2024-08-29/federal-and-state-law-enforcement-make-multiple-arrests-in-west-texas-gang-sweep Nearly two dozen members of the Chuco Tango gang were arrested on Thursday in connection with the smuggling and distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl across West Texas and New Mexico. Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:05:55 GMT /texas-news/2024-08-29/federal-and-state-law-enforcement-make-multiple-arrests-in-west-texas-gang-sweep Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom /criminal-justice/2024-05-14/tarrant-county-inmate-died-of-fentanyl-trazodone-toxicity-in-custody-last-month The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office found Roderick Johnson died of fentanyl and trazodone toxicity. He was one of two people to die in the county jail in April. Tue, 14 May 2024 17:54:58 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-05-14/tarrant-county-inmate-died-of-fentanyl-trazodone-toxicity-in-custody-last-month Toluwani Osibamowo /health-wellness/2024-05-07/fentanyl-is-a-silent-killer-fort-worth-families-call-for-action-as-overdoses-spike Stephanie Hellstern fondly remembers her son, Kyle Shane Sexton, as a great 16-year-old kid. But he’d begun getting into trouble at school and trying drugs. Tue, 07 May 2024 11:00:00 GMT /health-wellness/2024-05-07/fentanyl-is-a-silent-killer-fort-worth-families-call-for-action-as-overdoses-spike David Moreno | Fort Worth Report /arts-culture/2024-04-25/a-music-event-in-dallas-west-end-aims-to-educate-the-dangers-of-fentanyl-poisoning Over 20 musical acts and DJs will perform within a two-mile radius in the West End. Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-04-25/a-music-event-in-dallas-west-end-aims-to-educate-the-dangers-of-fentanyl-poisoning Stephanie Salas-Vega /criminal-justice/2024-04-11/dallas-county-man-sentenced-to-30-years-under-new-texas-fentanyl-dealing-law Richard Leal, 33, was convicted last week of delivering between four and 200 grams of fentanyl and other drugs, which now carries a harsher criminal penalty under a Texas law passed last year. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:25:28 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-04-11/dallas-county-man-sentenced-to-30-years-under-new-texas-fentanyl-dealing-law Toluwani Osibamowo /texas-news/2024-04-02/tarrant-county-sheriff-bill-waybourn-to-testify-before-congress-about-immigration Waybourn has made border issues and immigration one of his main issues as sheriff. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 21:19:24 GMT /texas-news/2024-04-02/tarrant-county-sheriff-bill-waybourn-to-testify-before-congress-about-immigration Miranda Suarez /criminal-justice/2024-02-16/garland-man-murder-charge-fentanyl-overdose-death-wylie Wylie police allege Kennedy Kirby provided fentanyl to a man whose Jan. 11 overdose death police are investigating. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:35:21 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-02-16/garland-man-murder-charge-fentanyl-overdose-death-wylie Toluwani Osibamowo /criminal-justice/2024-01-17/18-year-old-charged-with-murder-after-police-say-he-sold-fentanyl-to-teen-who-died Zakkary McReynolds, 18, was arrested on murder charges Tuesday in connection with the death of a 17-year-old after McReynolds sold him fentanyl, according to a Denton Police Department news release. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:34:28 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-01-17/18-year-old-charged-with-murder-after-police-say-he-sold-fentanyl-to-teen-who-died Juan Betancourt | Denton Record-Chronicle