First responders were called to nine drug overdoses last weekend - two in Rome and seven in the city of Utica. One of the incidents in Utica was fatal, officials said.
After responding to help a overdose victim, four deputies began to experience the same symptoms including headache and dizziness. One came very very close to passing out and another deputy administered Narcan, officials said.
A troubling scene in Sylvan Beach where police say the responded to a reported overdose and wound up finding five small children in a home with four adults who were apparently overdosing on drugs.