Out-of-state suspects linked to GF drug ring

For the first time, federal prosecutors have charged people outside the Grand Forks area in the synthetic drug conspiracy blamed in the deaths of two teenagers and sending others to the local hospital this summer. In a grand jury indictment revealed Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Myers named Charles William Carlton, 28, of Katy, Texas, as the “leader, organizer, manager and supervisor” of a ring that imported drugs from several countries.

By: By Stephen J. Lee, Forum Communications, The Jamestown Sun