Pubdate: Fri, 28 Jul 2006
Source: News Journal (DE)
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060728/NEWS/60728021
Copyright: 2006 The News Journal
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Author: Terri Sanginiti
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POLICE INVESTIGATE THREE HEROIN OVERDOSES WITHIN 10 HOURS

Wilmington police are investigating a rash of heroin overdoses that 
occurred Wednesday within 10 hours.

None of the cases were fatal.

The first incident occurred about 12:25 p.m. when officers found a 
34-year-old man unconscious in the 1300 block of Lancaster Ave.

Wilmington police spokesman Master Sgt. Steve Elliott said the victim 
still had the hypodermic needle in his arm. The victim was taken to 
Wilmington Hospital where he was treated.

Eight hours later, police found a 46-year-old man in a restaurant in 
the 700 block of West Fourth St. where he had just shot up in the 
bathroom with a package of heroin marked "Luke Oil" that he had just purchased.

He was also treated at Wilmington Hospital, Elliott said.

At 10 p.m., a 67-year-old man was taken to St. Francis Hospital to be 
treated for an overdose after being found in the 900 block of Vandever Ave.

Elliott said the man is believed to have purchased his heroin in the 
area of Eighth and Bennett streets.