Possible Fentanyl Exposure Sends Officer to Hospital
Gouverneur, NY – An officer who was searching the cell and property of an inmate was overcome by exposure to possibly Fentanyl at the medium security correction facility on Monday.
The officer, assisted by another officer, was searching the cell at approximately 8:30 a.m. when he began feeling lightheaded and short of breath. The officer was immediately taken to the infirmary. In the infirmary, the officer’s condition worsened and he became incoherent. FULL PRESS RELEASE