State Police have charged a CVS pharmacy technician with stealing more than $9,000 worth of drugs from the Pembroke store during a three-year period.
Cheryl L. Pascarelli, 45, of 10 Lydon Lane, Halifax, pleaded innocent to larceny of drugs on Wednesday in Plymouth District Court.
Police said Pascarelli stole Vicodin, Valium, Suboxone, antibiotics and antiviral medications and sold them to help pay her bills. A CVS loss-control agent discovered Read the rest of this entry »

By Michelle Tuccitto Sullo, Naugatuck Valley Bureau Chief
SHELTON — Police raided a Howe Avenue apartment Tuesday and charged a 15-year-old girl and her 28-year-old live-in boyfriend with dealing heroin and crack cocaine, police said.
The Shelton police, Valley Street Crime Unit and the Connecticut State Police Narcotics Task Force executed the search and seizure warrant at 248 Howe Ave., first floor, said Detective Ben Trabka.
The police Read the rest of this entry »

Published January 2, 2009
TEXAS CITY — A 22-year-old woman was charged Friday with leaving her 2-year-old daughter locked in her car in the parking lot of a bar while she was inside drinking.
It was one of two child endangerment cases Texas City police investigated during the New Years holiday.
Officers were called to the Scruples bar in the 2300 block of Palmer Highway about 12:15 a.m. Friday on a report of an intoxicated woman causing a Read the rest of this entry »

Heartless mom of N.J. cop charged in DWI death blames couple
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Monday, February 9th 2009, 1:08 AM
cop who plowed into a young couple – killing a recent law school grad – tried to blame the victims for the crash Sunday.
and her boyfriend were crossing West St. against the light when her son,
, 25, struck them.
“It was her fault,” said the woman, who identified herself only as the officer’s mother.
Cops pointedly refused to say whether Read the rest of this entry »

Hope Mills, N.C. —
A Hope Mills woman has been charged with selling drugs prescribed to her for a disability, authorities said Friday.
Cumberland County investigators said Deshana Maria Melvin, 33, of 4038 William Bill Luther Drive, sold her medications to undercover agents. She was charged with three counts each of trafficking of opium or heroin and conspiring to traffic in opium or heroin, and she was being held Friday in the Cumberland Read the rest of this entry »

• Published January 03, 2009
MERIDIAN, Idaho – Two people arrested in November at a Meridian home where a 1-year-old boy died with drugs in his system have now been charged with multiple counts of felony injury to a child.
Denyel Loos, 25, and Christopher William Azary, 31, were charged in 4th District Court on Friday.
According to Ada County prosecutors, they were charged due to the poor living conditions authorities discovered Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, February 09, 2009
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.  —  A Fort Campbell soldier has been charged with aggravated child abuse after the child was taken to Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital with head injuries.
Clarksville police say 20-year-old Joshua Ryan Starner of Clarksville, Tenn., was arrested Saturday. His bond was set at $1 million. Starner is listed as a specialist corporal in the Army. He did not have an attorney listed in jail Read the rest of this entry »

San Francisco Challenges Calif. Law Allowing Women To Be Charged More For Health Coverage
The city of San Francisco is challenging a California state law allowing “gender rating,” a practice that permits insurance companies to charge women higher rates than men for policies in the individual health insurance market, the
reports. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sent a letter to the state attorney general indicating that the city intends Read the rest of this entry »

FAIRHAVEN — A town woman faces child endangerment charges for allegedly leaving her young daughter and two friends alone while she met a man in New Bedford to buy drugs.
Police announced Saturday that Lisa P. Letton, 43, drove to the Fairhaven Police Station at 6:40 a.m. Thursday to report that a man had carjacked her, and forced her twice to drive to and from Wareham.
However, while investigating her claims, Police Officer Frank Sniezek Read the rest of this entry »

Clad in a bright yellow smock indicating his confinement in the county jail’s mental health ward, former SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu was formally charged Wednesday with three counts of murder in the gunshot slayings of colleagues who met with him after he was fired.
Wu, 47, kept his head bowed during the entire five-minute hearing, and spoke only one word, “yes,” in Santa Clara County Superior Court when asked to verify his true name. He did Read the rest of this entry »