The police chief of tiny Ohio village fatally overdosed on drugs he stole from his department’s evidence room, authorities believe.
Investigators found packages of fentanyl, heroin and LSD in the home of Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes Jr. after he was found not breathing in a bathroom, Lt. Ron Wright of the nearby Reynoldsburg Police Department said, according to a local NBC station.
All signs suggest the drugs had been previously seized by cops and stored in the Kirkersville Police Department’s evidence room, Wright said.
“There was packaging that indicated that he was taking controlled substances from there,” he said Wednesday……READ MORE
The police chief of tiny Ohio village fatally overdosed on drugs he stole from his department’s evidence room, authorities believe.
Investigators found packages of fentanyl, heroin and LSD in the home of Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes Jr. after he was found not breathing in a bathroom, Lt. Ron Wright of the nearby Reynoldsburg Police Department said, according to a local NBC station.
All signs suggest the drugs had been previously seized by cops and stored in the Kirkersville Police Department’s evidence room, Wright said.
“There was packaging that indicated that he was taking controlled substances from there,” he said Wednesday……READ MORE
