POLICE INVESTIGATE THREE HEROIN OVERDOSES WITHIN 10 HOURS

Wilmington police are investigating a rash of heroin overdoses that
occurred Wednesday within 10 hours.

None of the cases were fatal.

The first incident occurred about 12:25 p.m. when officers found a
34-year-old man unconscious in the 1300 block of Lancaster Ave.

Wilmington police spokesman Master Sgt. Steve Elliott said the victim
still had the hypodermic needle in his arm. The victim was taken to
Wilmington Hospital where he was treated.

Eight hours later, police found a 46-year-old man in a restaurant in
the 700 block of West Fourth St. where he had just shot up in the
bathroom with a package of heroin marked "Luke Oil" that he had just purchased.

He was also treated at Wilmington Hospital, Elliott said.

At 10 p.m., a 67-year-old man was taken to St. Francis Hospital to be
treated for an overdose after being found in the 900 block of Vandever Ave.

Elliott said the man is believed to have purchased his heroin in the
area of Eighth and Bennett streets.