There are 5 article(s) tagged Heroin:

• July 2021

  • Owens sentenced to three years in federal heroin case

    The son of one-time topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens drew a sentence below federal guidelines for drug conspiracy.

    By Bill Dries July 09, 2021

• December 2020

  • ‘A Betor Way’ offers help to drug addicts in Memphis and Shelby County

    A Betor Way, a nonprofit, helps drug addicts in Memphis and Shelby County with a needle exchange program and treatment options.

    By Yolanda Jones December 02, 2020

• August 2020

  • Owens pleads to federal heroin conspiracy charge

    The son of onetime topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens is one of five people charged last year with running a heroin and fentanyl dealing operation in the city as Owens allegedly was planning to open a Memphis nightclub.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2020

• November 2019

  • Owens drug case is latest in 25-year arc of federal charges

    An October federal indictment of Blake Owens and four others for allegedly dealing heroin and fentanyl is a major drug case. It's also part of a 25-year saga that includes real estate, strip clubs, kidnapping, racketeering, wiretaps and a plea by Owens in 2006 for federal prison officials to release him somewhere other than Memphis.

    By Bill Dries, Yolanda Jones November 18, 2019

• October 2019

  • Blake Owens indicted in federal heroin and fentanyl case

    Blake Owens, the son of one-time topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens and owner of O's Realty Inc., has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug conspiracy charges along with four others.

    By Bill Dries October 18, 2019