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West Point man accused of assaulting father with cereal bowl, milk jug

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 10:35pm

WEST POINT — A 22-year-old West Point man ended up in jail Thursday after throwing a cereal bowl and jug of milk at his father.

Bart McKinley Neely appeared in 2nd District Court on Friday, charged with third-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, assault and criminal mischief, all class B misdemeanors. A felony arraignment hearing is set for April 12.

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Brandon Scott, 19, of Auburn, leads a workshop at the Auburn Library regarding drugs and how they affect teens, March 22, 2012, in Auburn, California. Brandon transitioned from RX to heroin but has since gone through the Full Circle Treatment Center program and has been clean for about two years. (Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee/MCT)

More suburban teens turning from pills to heroin

Ed Fletcher The Sacramento Bee

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 9:34am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Heroin, a drug most often associated with the gritty back alleys of big cities, is making a surprising surge in suburban, affluent places.

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Warrant issued for Layton man

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 1:53am

SANDY — Police have a warrant out for a Layton man they say tried to swallow balloons full of drugs during a bust.

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14-year-old injected with heroin dies

Casey Grove Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 6:53pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A 14-year-old girl injected with heroin last week died Thursday from the overdose, Anchorage Police reported.

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More from out of state selling illegal drugs in Utah

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 7:24am

Local law enforcement agencies saw a disturbing trend in 2011 of out-of-state crews coming into the area to sell illegal drugs, everything from marijuana and methamphetamine to illegal prescriptions, cocaine and heroin.

"This is just following a national trend that has hit here," said Lt. Darin Parke with the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force.

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Guilty plea in case tied to Gayle Ruzicka's son's death

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 5:13pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The man accused of selling the heroin that led to the fatal overdose of Utah Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka's son has pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony drug charge.

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Thieves steal gift packages from Bountiful porches

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 12:04am

BOUNTIFUL — Police say a watchful neighbor helped them nab a pair of suspects who were stealing packages — meant for under the Christmas tree — from front porches.

“A neighbor saw a suspicious car pull into a driveway and then a man get out and take something off the porch,” said Police Lt. Ed Biehler.

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Prison guard charged with selling heroin at Layton mall

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 1:23pm

LAYTON -- A prison guard is in jail after being arrested on suspicion of dealing heroin.

Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force agents arrested Jacob Olson, 23, Tuesday night in the parking lot of Layton Hills Mall after they observed Olson conducting a drug transaction.

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Police: Mom, daughter peddled heroin together in Ogden

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 21, 2011 - 7:40am

OGDEN -- Police arrested a mother and daughter they suspect used and dealed heroin together.

Marlene Perea, 40, and Tashanie Perea, 18, were both arrested Wednesday for suspicion of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, a second-degree felony. The arrests were the result of a three-month investigation into the two, who police believe started using the drug at the same time.

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White suburbanites going from pain pills to heroin

Robert McCoppin Chicago Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 11:23am

CHICAGO -- Hurt in a car crash, a Geneva, Ill., woman got hooked on the painkiller Vicodin. When one doctor stopped prescribing it, she got it from others and was sneaking around so much that her husband thought she was cheating, said her counselor, Jake Epperly.

The face of drug addiction, experts say, is increasingly white, suburban and upper-middle class. New users include older adults seeking relief from pain and teens looking for a high.

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Two men arrested on drug charges in Syracuse

Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 10:47pm

SYRACUSE — Two men are facing drug charges after police responded to a domestic violence call.

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Heroin rampant in Weber County, but not Davis

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 11:30am

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally ran in the Sunday print edition.

OGDEN -- A Ford ran a red light and hit another car recently at Hinckley Drive and 1900 West. The Ford left the scene, but police caught up with it soon enough, then arrested the three occupants when they tried to flee on foot.

A pound of heroin in the car's air filter explained their behavior.

The Weber-Morgan Strike Force Value estimated the confiscated heroin's street value at $250,000.

That single April 2 score surpassed the amount and value of heroin seized by the strike force for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 combined.

Heroin in recent years has made a huge influx into the country as a whole and over the last 18 months in Ogden in particular, officials say.

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