WARREN Trumbull County is experiencing an increase in overdose deaths fueled by the soaring availability of the drug fentanyl, according to local health officials.
According to data provided by the Trumbull County Coroner’s Office, as of February 26, there have been 25 confirmed overdose deaths and 10 unconfirmed overdose deaths in Trumbull County. The unconfirmed overdoses are pending toxicology results. For comparison, as of February 26 in 2017 (the year with the most overdoses on record), there were 12 overdose deaths; in 2018, there were 10 overdose deaths; in 2019, there were 19 overdose deaths; and in 2020, there were eight overdose deaths. All but one of the confirmed overdoses involved fentanyl, statistics show.
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HOWLAND Township police are investigating the circumstances of two people found dead Friday evening in a home on the 8600 block of Howland Springs Road SE.
Forensic investigator Kathy Meszaros said autopsies of the male and female, ages 45 and 44 respectively, are to be conducted Wednesday by the Trumbull County Coroner’s Office. Their identifications are to be released by the coroner’s office.
A friend who went to the Howland Springs Road residence through a back door to check on the couple called Trumbull County 911 about 6:19 p.m. on Friday. The friend, who found the couple in a bedroom, told dispatchers the two had been at an East Market Street bar in Howland the night before.
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A state investigation into the New Yearâs Day fire at 2853 Woodland St. NE, Warren, that killed a mother and her son indicates the blaze possibly started in a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before. Killed were Cassandra Gray, 34, and her son, Otto, 5. Grayâs husband, Lee Gray, and 7-year-old son, Simon, were able to escape.
WARREN A state fire marshal’s investigation into the fatal New Year’s house fire that killed a Warren mother and her son indicates the origin of the blaze possibly was a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before.
WARREN A state fire marshal’s investigation into the fatal New Year’s house fire that killed a Warren mother and her son indicates the origin of the blaze possibly was a plastic tote on the back patio that held cigarette ashes from a party that ended just hours before.
The investigation by assistant state Fire Marshal Todd Stitt officially shows the cause of the fatal blaze at 2853 Woodland St. NE to be undetermined.
“Based on my education, training and experience along with the physical evidence examination and statements … the cause of this fire is being ruled as undetermined,” Stitt wrote in his report.