ISLE OF WIGHT -- Heroin -- a narcotic more commonly found in urban areas -- is making inroads into rural Isle of Wight and Surry counties. Authorities are still searching for [name redacted], 47, of Dendron, one of 22 people indicted Thursday on federal heroin drug trafficking charges. The indictments allege that [name redacted] is a drug courier and a mid-level dealer for the drug ring, which stretched from New Jersey to Hampton Roads, according to federal officials. [name redacted] is charged with one count of conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 40 years in prison. [continues 281 words]
Fayetteville police officers shot a man late Wednesday night during an undercover drug investigation, Lt. Katherine Bryant said. Officers were attempting to arrest the man about 11 p.m. in a parking lot of the Mount Sinai Homes at Murchison Road and Blue Street. Bryant said she did not know exactly what happened, but said that two officers fired. The man was shot twice. At some point, he tried to get away in his car. He drove out of the parking lot onto Blue Street, hit a police officer's car, bumped a curb and landed in a creek. Police took the man out of his car and sent him to the hospital. [continues 98 words]
BUNNLEVEL -- Jack used to knock on his neighbors' doors, asking for money to buy more crack cocaine. They gave it to him because they knew him. They eventually stopped because Jack came by time after time. He has been addicted for six years. Some days, he is barely able to look at a picture of his father, he is so ashamed. The picture shows his father in Vietnam, the day before he died in the Tet offensive. Jack looks at that photo and wonders to himself, "How can you let something like this destroy you?" [continues 1047 words]
