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43 arrested in latest Lawrence drug sweep | Merrimack Valley

LAWRENCE — A man and woman who live 46 miles away in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, were among 43 people teams of detectives arrested on Wednesday during another targeted drug suppression sweep throughout the city.  Teams of local detectives, state troopers and federal agents descended on various neighborhoods in Lawrence in the third organized operation of its kind this summer.  Previously, 80 arrests were made in July and August during similar sweeps. Wednesday's operation may be the last such operation involving local , state and federal authorities this summer, said police Chief James Fitzpatrick .  Detectives from Lawrence, Methuen, Andover and North Andover along with state troopers, county correctional officers and federal agents were involved in Wednesday's efforts, police said.  Randy Cheever, 26, and Hallie Wilson, 28, both of 16 Mobile Coach Lane , Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, were both arrested and charged with heroin offenses after an investigation in the ...

Updated: Shooting at Colonial Village Apartments in Salisbury, N.C. The Victim was Evacuated to Carolinas Medical Center Northeast

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RFP Staff ♦ Tonight about 8:10 p.m. shots were heard at Colonial Village Apartments in the 200 block of West “D” Avenue in Salisbury, N.C. The gunshot victim, Joshua Victor Harrison , 32, was hit in the back by a shotgun blast during an attempted robbery by a black assailant with short dreads and a dark hoodie sweatshirt . Harrison initially answered the front door and turning, attempted to run when he saw the robber was armed with a sawed-off shotgun. When the Salisbury Police arrived , they found the Harrison bleeding profusely from a back wound, yet able to respond to questions. They found him a distance from the actual shooting on a porch at 306 West Avenue “D”. Joshua Victor Harrison : Transported initially to Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center , Harrsion was evacuated by helicopter to Carolinas Medical Center Northeast in Concord. His condition is said to be stable and not life threatening. He was slated for surgeries from possible buckshot wounds. Police cars lined...