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Police have arrested a woman in connection with the July 2 'drug overdose' death of acting legend Robert De Niro's 19-year-old grandson Leandro. The suspect, believed to be a woman but whose identity still hasn't been revealed, is accused of selling Leandro De Niro Rodriguez drugs shortly before he was found dead in his New York City apartment. The teenager's lifeless body was found sitting in a chair beside white powder inside a $950,000, one-bedroom apartment on Wall Street in New York. A police source tells DailyMail.com the substance was found near his body and there were no signs of...

Robert De Niro’s 19-year-old grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died after taking pills laced with fentanyl, his heartbroken mom has claimed. The teenager’s death is being probed as a possible overdose after his lifeless body was discovered inside a Lower Manhattan apartment Sunday with a white, powdery substance and drug paraphernalia nearby, police sources said. While the toxicology report is still pending, his grief-stricken mom, Drena De Niro, has alleged someone knowingly sold her son tainted drugs. “Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him,” Drena, 51, wrote on Instagram Tuesday...

Drena De Niro's son Leandro De Niro Rodriguez has died, the actress — whose father is legendary actor Robert De Niro — shared on Instagram Sunday night. In an emotional post, the 51-year-old actress wrote: “My beautiful sweet angel. I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly. “You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life. I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you. I don’t know how to live without you but I’ll try to...

Robert De Niro's 18-year-old grandson Leandro was found dead on Sunday afternoon with a white powdery substance on a plate near his body, DailyMail.com can reveal. Leandro was the son of De Niro's adopted daughter Drena, 51, and artist Carlos Rodriguez. On Sunday, Drena announced his death on Instagram, saying: 'I wish that love alone could have saved you.' Aspiring actor and director Leandro was following in his mother and grandfather's career footsteps, landed a small role in 2018's A Star Is Born as the son of Bradley Cooper's best friend, George 'Noodles' Stone, played by Dave Chappelle. He also...

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- A large stash of money believed to have been confiscated from a drug dealer and discovered recently in a police evidence vault belongs to the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge J. Richard Parker had ruled in April that the Elizabeth City Police Department could use the $34,000 to purchase evidence tracking software and investigate drug crimes. Parker reversed himself after an attorney for the school district argued the money should rightfully go to the local schools. The state Constitution provides that penalties, forfeitures and fines collected for penal crimes must be used...

Authorities search for weapons at warehouse near Oakland airport The Associated PressLast Updated 9:33 am PDT Saturday, April 17, 2004SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (AP) - Dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement agents continued to search a warehouse near Oakland International Airport Saturday, looking for items that included devices used to launch rockets from vehicles, officials said. The raid began around 6 a.m. Friday at the sprawling complex in San Leandro. About 200 agents from a dozen different agencies participated in the operation, which was a joint investigation by the FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the...