Fentanyl Bust: Kansas City Pair Charged

0:00It's May 2nd. This is Kansas News Today. Local news powered by AI. Jackson County prosecutors just dropped charges on two Kansas City locals for trafficking fentanyl linked to seven overdoses along the Prospect Avenue, corridor. Deneja L. Miller, a 29-year-old and Myron D. Mays, 32, are locked up with $50,000 bonds each. The bus came from a police probe after four folks overdosed on March 13th and three more on April 5th. All in the same rough spot, detectives got tips on a nearby house slinging the stuff, leading to round-the-clock surveillance. That dangerous neighborhood saw heavy foot traffic day at night, screaming drug sales. Overdoses hit hard, with victims rushed to hospitals but clamming up on cops, making the case tougher to crack. In the end, Kansas City police seized over 20 grams of fentanyl, more than 100 grams of meth, big stashes of marijuana and PCP, plus A. Firearm. Prosecutors note 2 milligrams is a lethal dose, so this haul could have taken out thousands.

1:04This crackdown highlights the fentanyl-fine high-risk zones, with both facing serious trafficking counts and more as the case moves forward in.