CRIME & SAFETY
To solve overdose deaths autopsy funding needed
During a budget presentation last week to the board of commissioners, Chief Deputy Larry Lowe of the Surry County Sheriff’s Office made a request to increase the county’s budget for autopsies related to overdoes death investigations. “Surry County has taken a stance on these overdose deaths to try to investigate them as hard as we can, as deep as we can, without (autopsies) we won’t be able to do that,” he explained. ...
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