Protonitazene, a synthetic opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, was connected to an overdose in Stevenson Ranch. Dealer ...

A Santa Clarita man was charged with dealing a drug three times more powerful than fentanyl, causing one fatal overdose, ...

The case is believed to be the first criminal prosecution related to a death caused by the synthetic drug protonitazene in ...

A Santa Clarita man has been arraigned on an indictment alleging he distributed protonitazene – a novel synthetic opioid that ...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges in what could be the nation's first death-resulting criminal case involving a synthetic opioid that is possibly more dangerous than fentanyl.

Christian Boivin’s grief for 15-year-old Mathis and pleas for change shine a light on the increasingly contaminated illicit ...

On Thursday, federal prosecutors announced the sole count of distribution of protonitazene resulting in death against 21-year-old Benjamin Anthony Collins, a resident of LA County. He faces a ...

A Santa Clarita man has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge in what is considered the nation’s first criminal case involving a death caused by the synthetic opioid protonitazene, officials ...

Benjamin Anthony Collins, 21, is being held without bond for allegedly selling pills containing protonitazene to a 22-year-old man and resident of Stevenson Ranch, the U.S. attorney's office said ...

A Santa Clarita man has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge in what is considered the nation’s first criminal case involving a death caused by the synthetic opioid protonitazene, officials ...