Hammond police arrest 3 in connection with overdose of Southeastern Louisiana University student
The Hammond Police Department has arrested three people in connection with the non-fatal overdose of a Southeastern Louisiana University student.
According to police, a female student overdosed in mid-January on campus. Police say the student is now back on campus.
Three people were arrested in connection with the overdose.
The incident was the first case investigated by The Fentanyl Overdose Response team through the police department.
The program's goal is to investigate overdoses, which are now called poisonings, which can be fatal or non-fatal.
The team arrested Shyheim Pines, Kawaiishh Brown, and Mark Fridge III.
Fridge is accused of distributing the drugs to the student. He faces charges of distribution of heroin and trespassing on the campus of SLU.
Fridge is accused of buying the heroin he gave to the student from Pines.
A search warrant was executed at Brown's home where numerous drugs including cocaine, marijuana, and heroin were found, according to police. Three guns were also found at the home.
Both Brown and Fridge face several drug distribution charges.