fentanyl

New York Department of Health officials are sounding the alarm over a dangerous substance that's circulating in the immediate area.

The Rome Police Department is announcing the results of an arrest made following a larceny investigation and huge drug discovery.

A Utica woman was sentenced Thursday to 72 months in prison for her role in a major Fentanyl distribution ring in the City of Utica.

Officials went on to say a search revealed "large quantities of Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine in her vehicle and on her person".

Specifically, police say all three OD-deaths occurred within a relatively short distance, with all three occurring in the same part of the city.

A public health advisory is being issued as officials tie recent drug deaths to tainted street drugs. Offer resources to save lives as drug pandemic grows

A man most serious drug charges possible in NY flees Rome court building and still hasn't been found by police.

A New York City man who was staying in the Utica-area was in possession of hundreds of grams of illegal drugs that he intended to sell, and illegally possessed a handgun, according to a federal indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office...

Two Utica men will each spend at least a decade in prison for distributing fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, linked to many fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses.

The frightening drug fentanyl is claiming more and more lives every day when mistakenly thinking they are buying cocaine or heroin. Even more alarming is that this powerful narcotic is now turning up in unlikely places - like candy!