Fentanyl worries have police changing the way they handle, test for illicit drugs

In less than a minute, the device, which is about the size of a Nintendo Game Boy, identified the white powder, flashing the word “methamphetamine” on its small screen. October 7, 2018Wearing gloves and working under a hood that vents fumes from the...

Brown signs bill to count backlogged rape kits in California

​The bill requires that the backlog be tallied and reported by July 1, 2019.​ September 30, 2018SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed one bill and rejected another Sunday that sexual assault survivors have long sought in hopes of forcing California law enforcement...

After the Verdict: Disposing of Evidence at the CCSO

He stands calmly, evidently accustomed to the smell, between rows of meticulously organized evidence bags. September 28, 2018Investigator Harry Einfalt, CCSO, shows the double sided lockers used for moving evidence into the vaultThe smell hits you first as Harry...

Nevada News: AG Laxalt Announces 95 Percent of Backlogged Sexual Assault Kits Sent for DNA Testing, Resulting in at Least 13 Arrest

AG Laxalt’s Office Secures Additional $1,000,000 in Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Federal Grant Funding, Securing More than $10 million in Total Enter Article DATE HERECARSON CITY, NV – Yesterday, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that 95...

Kern Corruption: A look at the stolen drugs (follow-up)

According to grand jury transcripts unsealed Friday, the former deputies took 34 lbs. of processed marijuana, worth about $34,000 from a KCSO evidence room. September 29, 2019BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Investigators said Logan August and Derrick Penney stole...

Weber County Sheriff’s employee accused of using meth on the job appears in court

A former Weber County Sheriff’s employee accused of taking methamphetamine stolen from the evidence room appeared in court. Enter Article DATE HERECandice Follum faces 20 charges of altering a record, a third-degree felony; and 20 counts of drug possession,...