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2-year-old Virginia boy revived with Narcan after overdose: cops
A 2-year-old boy discovered unresponsive in Virginia after an obvious drug overdose needed to be revived with Narcan, resulting in the arrests of two girls, police mentioned.
Officers from the Manassas Park Police Division responded to a report of a toddler in misery at a house in Manassas round 8:30 a.m. Friday.
“When first responders arrived on scene they situated the kid, started lifesaving measures, and administered Narcan, which resulted within the reviving of the kid,” police wrote in an announcement.
The two-year-old was initially taken to Prince William Hospital, earlier than being transferred to Innova Fairfax for extra superior medical care.
In the meantime, police arrested two girls on the residence in Manassas who they mentioned have been needed on excellent warrants.
Ashley Polzer, 33, was booked on expenses of false identification to legislation enforcement and possession of drug paraphernalia. She additionally had excellent warrants from three separate counties for failure to seem.
Savannah Jones, 26, was arrested on a rely of false identification to legislation enforcement and an impressive warrant out of Prince William County for grand and petit larceny.
Authorities haven’t commented on the character of the ladies’s relationship to the toddler, and it was not instantly recognized what substance the 2-year-old might have ingested.
The drug nalaxone, which is bought underneath the model Narcan, can quickly reverse an opioid overdose in an emergency.
Final month, the US Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) accredited Narcan nasal spray for over-the-counter gross sales with no prescription for the primary time to assist decrease the alarming overdose charges.
Narcan nasal spray was first accredited by the FDA in 2015 as a prescription drug.
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Virginia State Police respond to call of shots fired at I-64 rest area
ALBEMARLE COUNTY — Virginia State Police and Albemarle County Police responded Wednesday morning to a rest area on Interstate 64 for an emergency call concerning gunshots being fired, according to state police.
The incident took place at an eastbound rest area near mile marker 105 in Albemarle County.
As of 8:30 a.m., authorities had cleared the facility and found no evidence of a shooting having taken place, police said.
The rest area will be re-opening shortly, police said Wednesday morning.
Brad Zinn is the cops, courts and breaking news reporter at The News Leader. Have a news tip? Or something that needs investigating? You can email reporter Brad Zinn (he/him) at bzinn@newsleader.com. You can also follow him on X (formerly Twitter).
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Projected winners in Maryland's 6th District
This week’s primaries are ovah, so we’re calling it a night! Here are the most important races where ABC News has reported a projection:
– Maryland’s Senate matchup is set. In the GOP primary, former Gov. Larry Hogan easily dispatched his primary opposition, giving Republicans their best possible nominee for what will still be a very tough general election in deep-blue Maryland. In the Democratic primary, meanwhile, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks edged out Rep. David Trone in an expensive, hard-fought race. She now has the chance to become just the third Black woman elected to the Senate in U.S. history.
– In Maryland’s 3rd District, state Sen. Sarah Elfreth won the very crowded Democratic primary, defeating Harry Dunn, the former Capitol Hill police officer who helped defend the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Given the district’s blue lean, Elfreth should win in November, adding more women to the House, where women are still just 29 percent of its members.
– Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the Republican primary for West Virginia governor in a close race over former state Del. Moore Capito. He’s heavily favored to win in November in this red state and will likely be a hardline conservative governor, as he’s associated with the tea party wing of the party.
– In the GOP primary for West Virginia senator, Gov. Jim Justice easily defeated Rep. Alex Mooney, carrying all but four counties in exurban Washington, D.C. Justice will be heavily favored to win the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who announced his retirement last year.
– In the Republican primary for West Virginia’s 1st District, incumbent Rep. Carol Miller fended off a far-right challenge from former state Sen. Derrick Evans, who’d previously served three months in jail after being found guilty in a case related to the Jan. 6 insurrection. She’ll be favored to comfortably hold on to her seat in November.
– In the Republican primary for West Virginia’s 2nd District, state Treasurer Riley Moore romped to victory over several other GOP candidates vying to succeed Mooney (who ran for Senate). Moore is the nephew of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and the grandson of former Gov. Arch Moore; he’ll be a shoo-in this fall for the deeply Republican seat.
– In Maryland’s 6th District, which was vacated by Trone for his ill-fated Senate bid, Democrats went with a familiar name in their primary: April McClain Delaney, a former Biden administration official whose husband, John Delaney, held this seat for six years before Trone. On the Republican side, voters once again expressed their support for Neil Parrott, a local lawmaker who was the GOP nominee in 2020 and 2022. Delaney will be favored in the general election, but this is a seat that could get competitive under the right circumstances for Republicans.
– In Maryland’s 2nd District, Democratic voters nominated Baltimore County Executive John “Johnny O” Olszewski Jr. to face off against Republican political commentator and frequent political candidate Kimberly Klacik. Biden won general election voters in this district 59 to 39 percent in 2020, so it’s highly likely Johnny O will be the next representative of this northern-Baltimore seat.
– In Nebraska’s 2nd District, Rep. Don Bacon easily turned back a primary challenge from right-wing Republican Dan Frei. That’s bad news for Democrats, who would’ve had a much easier time beating Frei than Bacon in November in this swing seat.
—G. Elliott Morris, Monica Potts, Nathaniel Rakich and Geoffrey Skelley, 538; Meredith Conroy, 538 contributor; and Jacob Rubashkin, Inside Elections
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Polls are now closed in West Virginia
As Nathaniel mentioned earlier, West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District’s Republican primary has a candidate, Evans, who served three months in jail after filming himself storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. His performance in the district, which includes the state capital city of Charleston, will be a good illustration of where the party is when it comes to how important election denialism remains. Evans apologized for his actions in court, but after leaving jail, he began calling himself a “J6 patriot.”
This evolution mirrors what has happened in the Republican Party, as GOP primary voters have become less likely to believe Trump is to blame for Jan. 6, more swayed by conspiracy theories about the insurrection and less likely to say Biden was legitimately elected, according to a Washington Post/University of Maryland poll from the third anniversary. As Mary mentioned earlier, Democrats are much more worried about a repeat of the insurrection and worried that democracy in the U.S. is in peril.
So far there’s only about 3 percent of the vote reporting, and Miller has opened up with a lead with 65 percent of the vote. But if Evans upsets the race and pulls out a win over the incumbent Miller, who has also shown unwavering support for Trump, his actions on that day are unlikely hurt him in this deep red district.
—Monica Potts, 538
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