The Wake County Sheriff’s Office charged a Harnett County woman with felony assault on a police officer Oct. 1 after she allegedly threw a dollar bill with fentanyl in the face of a deputy sheriff during a traffic stop.
Experts are skeptical of the validity of that charge.
“Throwing fentanyl at an officer would do less physical harm than throwing a sandwich,” said Northeastern University School of Law professor Jeremiah Goulka. He leads the SHIELD Initiative, which works with police to improve community response to addiction and overdoses…