92.7 WOBM News – Flash Briefing for May 11

 
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Tension in Trenton continues unabated, about 30 hours after law enforcement officers serving a warrant were met with gunfire. Tyleeb Reese remains barricaded in a house. Some reports indicate that he's injured. One bystander died in the crossfire, and three Mercer County sheriff's officers were hurt.

Beware of Gray Death. That's the term being applied to a combination of heroin, fentanyl and carfentanyl that's believed to be seeping into New Jersey drug networks. All three components are potentially fatal by themselves. Experts consider the combination powerful enough to likely render Naloxone useless for some overdose victims.

We hardly notice plants and grass that New Jersey Transportation crews place on roadsides after construction uproots them, but when they're not germane to our region, they can damage the Barnegat Bay watershed out of need for fertilizer to stay alive. Shore state Senator Jim Holzapfel's bill, requiring species native to New Jersey to be planted, is newly signed into law by Governor Christie.