Fentanyl Bust After 7 Overdoses in Kansas City

0:00Two folks just got hit with charges after Kansas City Missouri cops wrapped up a probe into seven drug overdoses along Prospect Avenue. It all kicked off when first responders rushed four people to the hospital on March 13th, near 31st Street, and Prospect from some unknown, substance. Then on April 5th, three more landed in the ER in the exact same spot. Detectives zeroed in on a nearby house buzzing with foot traffic around the clock. That led them to April 29th when they busted Dinesden Miller during a fentanyl deal at a local business. Swat rolled in and nabbed her plus Myron Mays right after. These overdoses shook up the neighborhood, hard-hitting seven lives, directly, and rippling out to families and first responders grinding through the chaos. It's a stark reminder of how fentanyl and other street drugs keep claiming ground in urban spots like this. cops searched the link to vehicle and pulled out 20 grams of fentanyl, 100 grams of methamphetamine, plus marijuana, fensicladine, and a gun.

1:02Jackson County prosecutors dropped the charges Thursday with Miller facing two felony drug trafficking counts and hydrocodone possession while Mays. Got three trafficking reps, a firearm violation, and the same possession charge. Both are locked up at Jackson County Detention Center on $50,000 bonds as the case moves forward underscoring the ongoing fight against these deadly street sales. I'm Corey with The Story, and you've been listening to Kansas News Today, AI-powered local news.