Ohio woman who traded daughter for heroin gets 51 years to life

Ohio woman who traded daughter for heroin gets 51 years to life

HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio - A judge sentenced an Ohio woman to 51 years in prison Tuesday for trading her daughter for drugs.April Corcoran, 32, was sentenced by Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz and is now a Tier III sex offender, according to an announcement by Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters.Corcoran was indicted back in March of 2015 after an investigation revealed that she had trafficked her 11-year-old daughter to 42-year-old Shandell Willingham in exchange for heroin.It was also revealed that the child was forced to use heroin.Corcoran pleaded guilty to trafficking in persons, complicity (rape), endangering children, and corrupting another with drugs."Many people mistakenly think that human trafficking only happens in foreign countries, but this case shows that children are trafficked here in Ohio, and, sadly, some are trafficked by the very people who should be protecting them," said Attorney General DeWine. "Human trafficking is a reprehensible crime, and law enforcement throughout the state is focused on holding traffickers accountable and helping victims escape servitude."

Advocates fear more heroin withdrawal deaths in jails

Advocates fear more heroin withdrawal deaths in jails

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) _ Heroin withdrawal is rarely fatal, but more than a half-dozen people have died behind bars in the U.S. during the last two years after suffering from severe symptoms that their families say went untreated.Civil rights lawyers fear the number could grow given the nation's heroin epidemic.In Pennsylvania, the mother of an 18-year-old woman who collapsed and later died after days of severe vomiting sued Lebanon County officials on Monday.

Candy shop's secret door concealed major NYC heroin mill, police say

Candy shop's secret door concealed major NYC heroin mill, police say

NEW YORK — The cheery red, white and blue sign advertised candy and ice cream, but police say the Brooklyn store was selling something far more sinister.Behind a secret door at the Gates Candy & Grocery Store, officers found what appeared to be bags of heroin and barrels of fentanyl, the powerful painkiller officials say is behind a nationwide epidemic of opiate overdoses.

Seattle police say they've saved 3 people with overdose drug

Seattle police say they've saved 3 people with overdose drug

SEATTLE (AP) _ Seattle police say bicycle officers have saved three people from potentially fatal heroin overdoses since they started carrying an overdose reversal drug in mid-March.The most recent case came at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, when officers Matt Newsome and Dick Bonesteel saw a 61-year-old man lying in an alley.

There were 3 overdose deaths in the Spokane area this morning

There were 3 overdose deaths in the Spokane area this morning

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Law enforcement in Spokane is warning about a possible lethal batch of drugs after three overdose deaths were reported in less than three hours.The deaths were reported Wednesday morning in Spokane and Spokane Valley.In a joint statement, the Spokane Police Department and Spokane County Sheriff's Office says the first incident was reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. in downtown Spokane, when a young man could not be resuscitated.The second incident was reported around 7:45 a.m. in Spokane Valley, where a female could not be resuscitated.The third incident came in just after 8 a.m. when a caller reported a woman was sitting in a car and had not moved in a couple of hours.

Seattle, King County appoint 'heroin epidemic task force' to try to treat the addiction

Seattle, King County appoint 'heroin epidemic task force' to try to treat the addiction

SEATTLE -- A new task force appointed Tuesday by Seattle and King County on heroin and opioid addiction plans to pull people out of the shadows and treat the addiction -- rather than just putting them in prison.Mayor Ed Murray and King County Executive Dow Constantine are calling for more facilities and more beds for those being treated for drug addiction.