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FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal judge Friday refused early, compassionate release for a drug dealer and methamphetamine cook jailed in the late 1990s. Dennis Cordes was trying to get his federal prison ...

A 29-year-old suspected drug manufacturer, carrying a backpack full of ingredients to make methamphetamine, walked into the Grand Junction Police Department lobby Thursday to turn himself in. Saying ...

Walter White he was not. A Farmingville man who admitted to running a meth lab out of his business in Ronkonkoma was caught after he called police to investigate a crime that occurred at his office, ...

A Lakewood man wanted in connection with the operation of a methamphetamine lab in the town of Westfield is in police custody. Christopher L. Swanson, 44, of 41 W. Summit Ave., Lakewood, was taken ...

LIMESTONE COUNTY, Alabama -- An "attack squirrel" was rescued when deputies seized methamphetamine, ammunition and more at a north Alabama home during a drug bust on Monday, authorities said. Deputies ...

Davenport police jailed five people late Sunday and early Monday in connection with alleged methamphetamine-making labs in a hotel room and an apartment where children were living. The first clue in ...

Paul was a Senior Legal Research Fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. In 2022, approximately 1.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported suffering ...

CHENNAI: In a major breakthrough during the end-hours of 2024, the Chennai police busted a methamphetamine manufacturing and peddling cartel by arresting 10 people and seizing 17.815kg of ...

It only took two days of being back at work after a long holiday break for Kelly Ripa to admit that she thinks she can make crystal meth. "I'm like a chef. I like to watch cooking shows — baking shows ...