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In the home invasion, two masked gunmen stole a 2001 red Corvette coupe, cash, and three handguns at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 9800 block of East Becker Road. The gunmen bound the homeowner to a chair.

At 10:15 p.m. that night, a gunman stole Oxycontin and Valium from Osco Drug, 10653 N. Scottsdale Road. No one was seriously hurt in either incident.

In separate incidents, a north Sc...

The attorney for Kirkwood's deputy mayor, arrested during a drug sting this week, said Thursday that the case involves a "medical issue."

Thomas J. Noonan, the deputy mayor of Kirkwood, was charged Wednesday with two felonies after detectives arrested him during a drug sting Tuesday in south St. Louis County. Noonan, 50, was charged with possession and attempted possession of a controll...

Limbaugh has been engaged in a long battle with State Attorney Barry Krischer , a Democrat, over an investigation related to the host's use of painkillers.

Limbaugh admitted on the air last year he had become addicted to prescription drugs he was taking for severe back pain , and he subsequently took himself off the air while he underwent rehabilitation.

Prosecutors are trying t...

Greenbelt, Md. (AP) - A Westover man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for his role in a ring that fraudulently obtained and distributed powerful prescription drugs such as Oxycontin.

In September, 46-year-old Melvin Williams pleaded guilty to drug charges in U.S. District Court. He was one of 13 people indicted in the case - eleven others have pleaded guilty while one a...

-Later this month, the criminal case against the deputy mayor of Kirkwood will be reviewed by a grand jury.

Tom Noonan is charged with two felonies involving the narcotic oxycodone. It is a very strong pain reliever similar to morphine. Oxycodone is found in the well known drug Oxycontin.

Tom Noonan's attorney says he has medical issues that will explain the unfortunate situation. ...

Marlboro Family Indicted on Federal Charges, Reports U.S. Attorney

BOSTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A Marlboro man, his wife and father have been arrested on charges of conspiring to obtain controlled substances by fraud.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Mark Dragonetti, Resident Agent in Charge of the Office of Criminal Investigations for the Food and Drug Administratio...

BELFAST (Nov 3): William Stevens, 67, of Belfast, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs.

Stevens, who was on federal probation for his involvement with the so-called "Red Devil" heroin ring, allegedly sold methadone pills for which he had a legal prescription. Police Chief Jeff Trafton said Stevens was netting $3,600 to $4,500 a mo...

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Deputies are searching for a man who struck a pharmacy manager in the face and stole two bottles of Vicodin late Wednesday at a CVS Pharmacy in North Fort Myers.

The man walked to the pharmacy counter in the store at 4100 Hancock Bridge Parkway about 9:30 p.m. He demanded Oxycontin or morphine and put his hand inside his pocket, implying he had a weapon, deputies said.

The manager t...