Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg announced the arrests of 15 people in a multi-state drug treatment fraud investigation on Tuesday. They face 206 felony counts of patient brokering and conspiracy.

An epidemic that is causing trouble for teenagers is being thrust into the spotlight in Palm Beach County.
An epidemic that’s causing trouble for teenagers in being thrust into the spotlight in Palm Beach County.

A Palm Beach County jury has convicted former Palm Beach Gardens police officer Norman Raja, as charged, of armed manslaughter and first degree attempted murder in the October 2015 shooting death of 31-year-old stranded motorist Corey Jones.

Various members of the State’s Attorney’s office reacted after a guilty verdict was reached in a former Palm Beach Gardens officer accused of killing a church drummer.

A Florida jury on Thursday found a former police officer, Nouman K. Raja, guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a black man who had been waiting for help on a highway after his car broke down, lawyers for the man’s family said.

Almost three years after Palm Beach County officials set out to combat the opioid epidemic, it looks like their efforts are paying off: The State Attorney’s Office reports there were 326 opioid deaths in 2018, down from 558 in 2017. That’s a 41 percent decline.