Three individuals have been arrested after allegedly supplying medicine to seven Windfall Faculty college students who overdosed throughout a celebration outdoors of campus, in accordance with police.
Windfall Police mentioned officers responded to the get together final week on Liege Road in Windfall, Rhode Island, the place they positioned 4 college students handed out within the entrance yard of the house, in accordance with WBZ-TV.
A complete of seven individuals on the get together overdosed, got Narcan after which have been transported to a hospital, the place they reported to be aware and alert.
Officers later searched a house on Hawkins Road and seized about 20 grams of fentanyl, $1,700 in money, two rifles and three handguns, together with a “ghost gun.”
Angel Williams, 33, Patrick Patterson, 32, and Kimsheree Simoneau, 33, have been arrested.
Williams and Patterson face numerous drug and gun expenses, whereas Simoneau was charged with possession of a ghost gun.
Williams and Patterson are being held with out bail, and Simoneau was launched on a $10,000 bond.
Not one of the three suspects are college students on the school.
“This investigation displays the division’s continued dedication to combating the lethal circulate of fentanyl and unlawful firearms into our neighborhood,” Windfall Police Col. Oscar Perez mentioned in an announcement.
“The coordinated efforts of our Narcotics and Organized Crime Bureau ensured that harmful weapons and narcotics have been faraway from the streets of Windfall,” he continued.
The school mentioned it could additionally conduct an investigation.
“We need to thank the Metropolis of Windfall first responders on scene, in addition to school public security officers, who administered lifesaving care to our college students,” a university spokesperson informed WBZ-TV.
