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Mom gets at least 6 years for attempt to kill kids

A woman with bipolar disorder "forfeited" her right to be a mother when she served her children drugged hot chocolate before setting the house on fire, a judge said Thursday as he sentenced her to six to 20 years in prison.

Drug record limit sought by mom in girl's fatal OD

A woman accused with her husband of giving their 4-year-old daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs is asking a judge to bar testimony about her alleged history of getting more pills than prescribed for the girl.

Mich. mom to stand trial in kids' drugging, arson

A judge in Michigan has decided that a woman accused of drugging her children and setting her house on fire has regained her mental competency and should stand trial.

Mass. girl's OD death could be 1st degree murder

Evidence shows parents accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription medication should be tried for first-degree murder, not less-severe charges, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Monday.

Judge orders mom charged in kid's death released

A woman accused with her husband of giving their 4-year-old daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs will be released from jail as she awaits trial, a judge ruled Thursday.

Charge dismissed in alleged drugging of Olympian

At prosecutors' request, a judge on Monday dismissed the case against a man who was accused of slipping a date-rape drug into the drink of former Olympic ice dancer Oksana "Pasha" Grishuk.

Arrest warrant issued in case of drugged skater

Authorities on Friday searched for a man charged with giving a date-rape drug to former Olympic ice dancing gold medalist Oksana "Pasha" Grishuk.

Man is 'person of interest' in drugging of Olympian Grishuk

A man who had a business meeting with former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk is being looked at in the investigation of an apparent attempt to drug her, authorities said Wednesday.

Sheriff: Former Olympic skater Grishuk drugged with GHB

Former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk was drugged with the so-called date-rape drug GHB during a business meeting at a Southern California resort hotel but she was able to seek help after spotting a pill in her drink, a sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday.

Man Nabbed for Pot-Smelling Cash Deposit

The musty smell of a man's money led to his arrest on possible drug charges. The 21-year-old Sturgeon Bay man tried to deposit money smelling of marijuana at a bank here last week, according to a Sturgeon Bay police report obtained by the Door County Advocate.

LA Deportee Drugging Suit Settled

Two immigrants have settled a federal lawsuit in which they claimed they were forcibly drugged during failed efforts by U.S. authorities to deport them.

Dad Accused of Drugging Girl Takes Deal

A man accused of drugging his 9-year-old daughter with cold medicine so he could meet his mistress has pleaded guilty to endangerment for leaving the girl and her younger sister alone at night.

ICE Will No Longer Sedate Deportees

U.S. immigration agents must not sedate deportees without a judge's permission, according to a policy change issued this week.

Iowa Woman Accused of Drugging Salsa

Charges have been filed against a northeast Iowa woman accused of doctoring a salsa dip with her prescription drug that made another person ill.

ACLU Seeks to Stop Drugging of Deportees

Indonesian immigrant Raymond Soeoth says he was awaiting deportation when four officers stormed into his holding cell, wrestled his pants off and pinned him down for an injection of anti-psychotic drugs.

Mom Says Dead Child Was Misdiagnosed

A mother charged with killing her 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs now believes her daughter was probably misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, she said in her first interview since her arrest.

Couple Plead Not Guilty in Girl's Death

Parents accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs had concocted symptoms of mental illnesses to qualify the girl for government benefits, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Michael and Carolyn Riley pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges Tuesday and were ordered to remain in custody without bail.

Girl's Overdose Death Raises Questions

In the final months of Rebecca Riley's life, a school nurse said the little girl was so weak she was like a "floppy doll." The preschool principal had to help Rebecca off the bus because the 4-year-old was shaking so badly. And a pharmacist complained that Rebecca's mother kept coming up with excuses for why her daughter needed more and more medication. None of their concerns was enough to save Rebecca.

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Doctor kidnapped in forced marriage plot: 'I thought I was going to die'
Source: thelondonpaper

Humayra Abedin, who was abducted, drugged and held captive by her family in Bangladesh in order to get her to marry a complete stranger, speaks for the first time

Midget wrestlers 'drugged to death by female robbers'
Source: Telegraph

Two midgets who work as professional wrestlers found dead in a low-rent hotel room may have been drugged by female robbers, according to Mexican authorities.

INVESTIGATION: First, Do No Harm - Male Nurse Guilty of Patient Sexual Abuse And Rape of Minor (Video Report) (Warning: The details are graphic)
Source: kctv5.com

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Imagine being assaulted while in the emergency room of a hospital, and nobody believes you. That's exactly what at least two women have come forward to allege.

Nude man crashes truck into A&E
Source: metro.co.uk

Hospital patients were given a shock when a drugged-up, naked motorist drove a pick-up truck through the walls of their emergency ward.

Girl Claims She Was Drugged In Mom's Pregnancy Sex Plot
Source: ThePittsburghChannel.com

A Uniontown man is charged with drugging and trying to rape the 13-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, who police said wanted the child to get pregnant for her because she is unable to have a baby herself.

Warrant: Young's child may have been drugged
Source: NewsObserver.com

Excerpt: RALEIGH - A judge in a civil suit has ruled that Jason Young killed his wife, Michelle.

He says his affair was 'not his fault'!

Q. During a conversation I heard of a friend whose husband had an affair but it wasn't his fault?? Reason - he was seduced! What a cop out. IMO no male or female can be seduced against their will.

Polanski Sex Victim 'So Over It'
Source: NY Daily News

"He took advantage of me," Samantha Geimer, now 45, told us at Tuesday's New York screening of "Polanski: Wanted and Desired," Marina Zenovich's incisive documentary about the 1977 crime airing June 9 on HBO. "But I'm so over it. Worse things are happening to people right now."

Lawsuit: ICE drugging detainees set for deportation - CNN.com
Source: CNN

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Former detainees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement accuse the agency in a lawsuit of forcibly injecting them with psychotropic drugs while trying to shuttle them out of the country during their deportation.

North Sea divers were drugged
Source: Aftenposten Nettutgave

Medical director Kari Todnem at St. Olav's Hospital believes North Sea divers were secretly and systematically drugged in pressure chambers during ascent in order to calm them and to spare diving gas, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports

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