Fentanyl Overdose

Police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the fatal fentanyl overdose of a 14-year-old boy, Prince William County police said.

The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration marked the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Though the federal government estimates that 66% of all fatal overdoses in the country in 2021 involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl, statistics obtained by News4 show that in parts of the D.C. area, the figure was closer to 90%.

The fentanyl crisis is plaguing communities in our region and across the country. On Tuesday, the DEA marked the first National Fentanyl Awareness Day in the hopes of preventing fatal overdoses. News4’s Jackie Bensen dives into the shocking rise of local cases.

Twelve people, including six under the age of 17, overdosed on opioids in the city of Alexandria from April 1 to May 1, police said. None of the overdoses were fatal, and officers revived many of the victims with Narcan, according to police.

Police said they are trying to determine if these pills are connected to the deaths of two Prince William County teens from a suspected fentanyl overdose.

The police department released a community awareness message with a photo example of the counterfeit Percocet pill, sometimes referred to as perc30s. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

The deaths of two Northern Virginia teenagers have led to an urgent warning from the Prince William County Police Department after both died of a suspected fentanyl overdose just days apart.

The family of a 16-year-old Bethesda boy who died earlier this year says fentanyl-laced drugs took his life. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A 23-year-old man was arrested in connection with the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Maryland teenager.

Two people arrested in D.C. dealt a lethal combination of cocaine and fentanyl to more than a dozen people who overdosed. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports most of the nine people who died were seniors.

Two people were arrested and charged in connection to a slew of overdoses that took the lives of nine people earlier this year in D.C., police announced Wednesday. Sheldon Marbley, 43, and 23 year-old Shameka Hayes, both of Northwest D.C., were arrested Tuesday in the Cleveland Park area of the city. They’re charged with multiple narcotics offenses, including distributing cocaine and...

Two people have been arrested and charged after nine people died due to a lethal batch of drugs. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

D.C. police are warning about an outbreak of fentanyl overdoses after five people were hospitalized and three died Friday.

A recent cluster of overdoses has police warning dealers and reminding people to seek help if they overdose. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

The death of a 13-year-old student who apparently overdosed on fentanyl at his Connecticut school has drawn renewed pleas for schools to stock the opioid antidote naloxone, as well as for training of both staffers and children on how to recognize and respond to overdoses.

An Arizona man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for supplying counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl to the drug dealer accused of selling them to rapper Mac Miller, who then suffered a fatal overdose, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.