A 31-year-old Haverhill man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison for dealing in the deadly drug fentanyl and having a gun during a drug trafficking crime. Joshua Smith was hired by an illicit drug organization to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England States, according to New Hampshire U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray. He was charged with conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and possessing a firearm to further drug trafficking. Smith previously pleaded guilty Dec.
A third school resource officer is being introduced to the Haverhill Public Schools community after the School Committee unanimously voted to implement the role at Nettle Middle School. The Nettle officer joins officers already in place at Haverhill High School and Consentino Middle School. The decision was made during Thursday night’s School Committee meeting at the urging of Scott W. Wood Jr., with funding being made available from the existing school budget, Superintendent Margaret Marotta said.
A nurse from Haverhill was charged last week in federal court with one count of drug tampering and faces up to 10 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s office confirms.
Lauren Perrin, 47, is accused of tampering with the pain relief medication morphine while working at Amesbury’s Maplewood Care and Rehabilitation Center. Court records show Perrin tampered with three morphine bottles prescribed to a hospice patient by replacing extracted medication with another liquid. In the process, she lowered the potency of the medication to between four to 29 percent of the intended potency.
Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley were well represented late last month at the School Safety Advocacy Council’s national conference on bullying with School Committeeman Scott W. Wood Jr. joining Methuen Police Lt. Joseph Aiello to offer a presentation on the role of social media in cyberbullying. Wood tells WHAV he joined Aiello and Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon at the Jacksonville, Fla. event to understand how other states across the country protect student from tech-based bullies.
