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School firearm threat a bad idea, but Dowagiac teen avoids prison term
South Bend TribuneCASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac teenager found out the hard way today in Cass County Circuit Court that it’s not a good idea to threaten someone with a firearm, particularly in school. It wasn’t a good idea either that Joshua Clark, 18, had...Tags: Prisons, Methamphetamine (drug), Punishment, Mental Health, Justice System
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Drug overdose possible in two deaths
WSBT-TV CorrespondentLA PORTE – A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were found dead Tuesday evening inside a home in La Porte. Authorities on Wednesday were still investigating the cause of death, but an overdose from heroin or possibly other drugs ''was not out... -
Drug overdose killed man found in ticketed pickup
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A 26-year-old man whose body was found two months ago inside a twice-ticketed pickup truck on a Kalamazoo street died of a heroin overdose. Police tell (http://bit.ly/11YCx1n ) MLive.com Friday that investigators are trying... -
Police defend using boy, 14, in drug sting
LAKE ORION, Mich. (AP) — Police in suburban Detroit said they made the right decision to use a 14-year-old boy last month in a sting to bust a suspected drug dealer. The sting came to light after a 35-year-old parolee was arrested for trying to...
Tags: Lawyers, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution, Justice System, The Detroit News
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Half of Indiana's smokers tried to quit in 2011
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana has the nation's seventh-highest percentage of smokers, with more than a quarter of the state's population smoking, but more than half of those people tried to quit in 2011, according to a study. "Most people...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Quitting Smoking
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Ind. mom gets 60 years in son's starving death
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A judge sentenced an eastern Indiana woman to 60 years in prison Tuesday for the starvation death of her 3-month-old son. Amy Hockett, 22, was convicted of murder last month in the February 2013 death of Khaiden Hockett....Tags: Judges, Punishment, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: HIV, Politics, Bill Clinton, Viral Diseases and Infections, George H.W. Bush
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RELEASE: LaPorte police bust 2 for drugs in home with 3-year-old
The following release was issued Friday morning by the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office On Thursday, January 3, 2013 case workers from the Indiana Department of Child Services and investigators from the LaPorte County Metro Operations Unit were...
Tags: Drug Trafficking
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Man charged in deadly Michigan crash ordered to trial
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A man charged in the deaths of a woman and two young children in a southwestern Michigan traffic crash has been ordered to stand trial. David Glen Johnson appeared Wednesday for a preliminary examination in Van Buren...
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UPDATE: LaPorte police bust 2 for drugs in home with 3-year-old
A update to a story from Friday about the arrest of two LaPorte men following a welfare check on a small child. A sergeant with the LaPorte County Special Operations Unit says 32-year-old Eric Slayton faces charges of marijuana possession and dealing...
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Officials seek ways to curb prescription abuse
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Health care providers, police, legislators and others are working on ways to curb widespread prescription drug abuse in Indiana. The state attorney general's office hosted a symposium on the problem Wednesday in Indianapolis....
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Substance Abuse
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Top local cops oppose legalizing marijuana
SOUTH BEND -- Local law enforcement officials reacted with surprise this week at comments made by Indiana State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell regarding legalizing and taxing marijuana. Whitesell said earlier this week at a State Budget Committee...
Tags: Fines, Judges, Prisons, Methamphetamine (drug), Drug Trafficking
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