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a day ago
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Canton woman sentenced for having more than 10 grams of meth in Sayre
SAYRE, Pa. (WETM) — A Canton woman was sentenced to time in state prison following an incident where officials say she had over 10 grams of meth, according to a release from the Bradford County District Attorney's Office. Ashley E. McCarney, 31, was sentenced to a minimum of 15 months to a maximum of five years in a Pennsylvania State Prison, for the crime of possession with intent to deliver meth, a felony, as stated in a release from the DA's office. PA man convicted for raping a child in 2022 The DA states that McCarney was charged with the crime after an officer from the Sayre Borough Police Department discovered McCarney with 13.78 grams of meth on White Wagon Road in Sayre, in November of 2024. Upon further investigation, the DA explained that McCarney also had a scale and other drug-related items, which pointed to her probable plan to sell the meth. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
2 days ago
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2 arrested in Park Ridge traffic stop with meth, burglary tools, and stolen mail, police say
The Brief Two suspects were arrested for possession of meth, burglary tools, fake IDs, and drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in Park Ridge. Park Ridge Police officers made a traffic stop on Wednesday at 3:59 a.m. at Greenwood Road and Cedar Street for a moving violation. Nicholas W. Holmes, 33, of Chicago, and Christopher E. Mazurek, 34, of Roselle, were also in possession of burglary tools and several pieces of suspected stolen mail; Holmes also had an altered Illinois driver's license. PARK RIDGE, Ill. - Two suspects were arrested for possession of meth, burglary tools, stolen mail, and drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop in Park Ridge, according to police. What we know Park Ridge Police officers made the traffic stop on Wednesday at 3:59 a.m. at Greenwood Road and Cedar Street for a moving violation. Upon investigation, officers found a clear plastic bag of methamphetamine on the center console. A vehicle search revealed Nicholas W. Holmes, 33, of Chicago, and Christopher E. Mazurek, 34, of Roselle, were also in possession of burglary tools and several pieces of suspected stolen mail. Holmes also had an altered Illinois driver's license. Both were taken into custody for further investigation. What's next The Cook County States Attorney's Office approved the felony charges. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating the recovered mail items. A court date has yet to be announced. The Source Details for this story were provided by the Park Ridge Police.
CTV News
3 days ago
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Northern Ont. police seize $836K in drugs, $126K in cash
This police video shows the seized drugs suspected to be 7.2 kg of cocaine, 1 kg of meth, 2.8 grams of fentanyl, 295 oxycodone tablets and other drugs.
New York Times
5 days ago
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Bitten by Alligator, Man Is Killed After Charging at Deputies, Sheriff Says
Early on Memorial Day, a Florida man was bitten by an alligator as he swam across a lake. Bleeding from a bite to his right arm but undeterred, he climbed out, grabbed a pair of garden shears and walked into a gated neighborhood, alarming residents, according to local authorities. Within minutes, the man, Timothy Schulz, 42, of Mulberry, Fla., was dead — shot by sheriff's deputies after, they say, he charged at them with the shears, failed to be subdued by a stun gun and tried to grab either a shotgun or rifle from their cruiser. 'The fact that he was bitten by an alligator significantly and continued on his rampage was shocking,' the Polk County sheriff, Grady Judd, said at a news conference on Monday. 'This is just crazy stuff. You know it's got to be true. You can't make it up.' In fact, Mr. Schulz had started acting strangely at least two hours before the fatal encounter in Lakeland, Fla., according to the sheriff's office, which pieced together the events leading up to his death using 911 calls and witness statements from residents of the neighborhood who tried to help Mr. Schulz in his final moments. Sheriff Judd also said that Mr. Schulz had a lengthy criminal history, which he described as 'meth arrest, meth arrest, meth arrest, meth arrest, meth arrest.' The events on Monday began before 6 a.m., when an employee at RaceTrac gas station off Highway 37 called the sheriff's office to report a man inside who was acting bizarre — shaking and asking to call his son, Sheriff Judd said. Deputies arrived within three minutes and searched the premises until about 6:39 a.m., but the man, later identified as Mr. Schulz, had vanished, the sheriff said. At 7:43 a.m., a resident in a Polk County neighborhood called the sheriff's office to say that a man was in a lake known to have alligators in it, and that the man was treading water near one of the broad-snouted reptiles. The man, later identified as Mr. Schulz, had entered the lake near the gas station and begun swimming toward Lakeland Court, a gated community, authorities say. 'It's a long swim,' Sheriff Judd said. 'And he was gator-bitten along the way.' Several people saw Mr. Schulz treading water, and one tried to throw Mr. Schulz a life vest but he refused to use it, the sheriff said. Another person who tried to help said that Mr. Schulz growled at him. Then Mr. Schulz, bloodied, emerged from the lake, crossing between houses, Sheriff Judd said. Witnesses told deputies he was trying to break into a vehicle and carrying a pair of garden shears. One person said that Mr. Schulz immediately charged at deputies with the shears when they arrived, Sheriff Judd said. Deputies commanded Mr. Schulz to drop the shears. They twice tried to subdue him by discharging a Taser but, according to Sheriff Judd, it had no effect. Then came the final escalation. Mr. Schulz climbed into the passenger seat of a sheriff's office cruiser and tried to remove either a rifle or a shotgun from its holder, the authorities said. At that moment, the two deputies, including a trainee, opened fire, killing Mr. Schulz. 'He was bizarre,' Sheriff Judd said. 'Our deputies, by the way, are going home safe tonight.' Mr. Schulz had previously been arrested on a charge of possession of methamphetamine on April 16, the authorities said. He was released on May 20. The investigation into what happened on Memorial Day is continuing, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, which said that it was awaiting the results of an autopsy and toxicology reports.
CTV News
7 days ago
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5-year sentence for drug smuggler caught with meth, cocaine at Vancouver airport
A 72-year-old man who was caught trying to smuggle 40 kilograms of cocaine and meth out of Vancouver in luggage bound for Hong Kong will serve five years in a B.C. prison before being deported. Yun Chuen Wong was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in the fall of 2023 and remained in jail until his sentencing in March of this year. He pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of narcotics for the purposes of expropriation and two counts of drug trafficking and the judge's decision was posted online last week. The court heard Wong, who is a Chinese national, arrived in Vancouver from Hong Kong 12 days before his arrest. He and another visitor were flagged by Canada Border Services Agency as 'as potentially being involved in suspected narcotics smuggling upon their departure from Canada,' Judge Diana Vandor wrote in her decision. Wong arrived at the airport on Sept. 29, 2023, after missing three other flights he had been booked on in the preceding days, the court heard. 'He was driven by an unknown Asian male. He had two suitcases and one duffel bag with him. The unknown Asian male helped Mr. Wong check in both of his suitcases by handing them to the airline employee. Mr. Wong went through screening and walked towards the international passenger departure area,' Vandor wrote. A search of his bags by border agents found 43 'vacuum sealed' packages, according to the decision. 'Mr. Wong was in possession of the drugs for the purposes of trafficking and for exporting out of Canada,' the judge wrote. 'An expert in the valuation and price structure of methamphetamine and cocaine opined that Mr. Wong is a drug courier. There was no evidence of personal use.' The combined street value of the drugs in B.C. amounted to roughly $310,000. However, the court heard the value in Hong Kong was more than ten times that much – with the cocaine valued at just under $985,000 and the methamphetamine valued at just over $3.4 million. The five-year-sentence was a joint submission by Crown and defence, and Vandor saw no reason to depart from the recommendation, emphasizing that Wong's offences occurred against the backdrop of the transnational drug trade as part of an 'organized crime scheme in which substantial profit is extracted from the destruction of lives and communities.' The amount of drugs and their value were considered aggravating factors, as was the degree of planning that went into the attempted smuggling, the judge wrote. 'Mr. Wong admitted to officers that his friend Ken bought the plane ticket for him to visit Canada, and the email address that was used in buying the plane ticket was linked to previous methamphetamine seizures,' the court heard. In the year leading up to his arrest, Wong had made six other short trips to Canada from King Kong – ranging from one to 16 days in duration – which the judge also found aggravating given that Wong admitted those tickets were also 'occasionally' paid for by his friend Ken. His attempts to 'evade detection' by changing his departing flight were also deemed aggravating. After credit for time served, Wong's sentence amounted to an additional 1,031 days behind bars. After that, he will be deported to Hong Kong.
