Drugs

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased 14 years of Lance Armstrong’s career Friday — including his record seven Tour de France titles — and banned him for life from the sport that made him a hero to millions of cancer survivors after concluding he used banned substances.

USADA said it expected cycling’s governing body to take similar action, but the International Cycling Union was measured in its response, saying it first wanted a full explanation on why Armstrong should relinquish Tour titles he won from 1999 through 2005.

INDIANAPOLIS — Two inmates housed at different Indiana prisons used cellphones smuggled in by guards to run a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine and heroin, according to a federal indictment that charges 40 people in connection with the scheme.

Prosecutors, in the indictment unsealed Wednesday, allege that the purported ringleader, Oscar Perez, and an inmate at another prison, Justin Addler, even used the smuggled phones to hold conference calls with a third man to discuss “pooling their financial resources” to get a discount on heroin.

OGDEN — An early morning search for crack landed a man in jail facing multiple felony charges Monday, including kidnapping.

OGDEN — A 38-year-old man has been arrested for pretending to be a police officer to obtain drugs from a store in downtown Ogden.

OGDEN — The Weber County Commission set the commission chambers as a designated protest area for supporters of Matthew David Stewart.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Two Miami men have been arrested in the dramatic theft of $80 million in pharmaceuticals from an Eli Lilly Co. warehouse in Enfield, Conn., two years ago, federal authorities announced Thursday.

A communitywide effort Saturday aims to get Top of Utah residents to clean out their medicine cabinets and toss any unused over-the-counter or prescription medications.

In partnership with law enforcement, numerous locations will be offered so the public can dispose of unused medicines.

The effort is part of National Drug Take-Back Day, sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency.