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Sentencing Delayed For Ex-Angels Employee Involved in Tyler Skaggs Death
The sentencing for a former Los Angeles Angels employee convicted in the overdose death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs has been delayed until October.
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Former LA Angels Employee Guilty in Pitcher Tyler Skaggs' Overdose Death
After more than a week of testimony, a jury deliberated only a few hours Thursday before delivering a guilty verdict into whether a former Los Angeles Angels staffer was responsible for the 2019 death of one of the team’s pitchers, Tyler Skaggs.
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Former Los Angeles Angels Employee Convicted in Tyler Skaggs' Overdose Death
A former Los Angeles Angels employee was convicted Thursday of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas.
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Former LA Angels Employee Guilty in Pitcher Tyler Skaggs' Overdose Death
After more than a week of testimony, a jury deliberated Thursday only a few hours before rendering a guilty verdict into whether a former Los Angeles Angels staffer was responsible for the 2019 death of one of the team’s pitchers, Tyler Skaggs.
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At Tyler Skaggs Trial, 4 MLB Players Testify They Received Drugs
Pitchers Matt Harvey, Mike Morin and Cam Bedrosian and first baseman C.J. Cron played for the Angels during the years federal prosecutors say Eric Prescott Kay obtained drugs for players. Kay faces drug distribution and conspiracy charges.
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Five Witnesses Called in Former Angels Staffer's Trial in Connection With Tyler Skagg's Death
Five more witnesses have testified in the trial of a former Los Angeles Angels employee and his alleged role in pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ death.
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Text Messages, Autopsy Results Discussed in Trial Over Tyler Skagg's Death
Five more witnesses have testified in the trial of a former Los Angeles Angels employee and his alleged role in pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ death.
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‘It Was The Worst Day of My Life,' Mother of Tyler Skaggs Testifies in Trial of Overdose Death
More witnesses took the stand Wednesday in the trial of a former Los Angeles Angels employee over his alleged role in the death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
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Mother of Tyler Skaggs Takes Stand at Trial
More witnesses took the stand Wednesday in the trial of a former Los Angeles Angels employee over his alleged role in the death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Debbie Hetman, the mother of Skaggs, gave an emotional testimony saying she was “angry” when she read the autopsy report.
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Former Angels Employee Lied After Skaggs' Death, Prosecutors Say
A former Los Angeles Angels employee is on trial over charges of providing Tyler Skaggs the drugs that caused his overdose death.
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5 MLB Pitchers on Witness List for Trial Over Skaggs' Death
Former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, 27, was found dead in his suburban Dallas hotel room on July 1, 2019.
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Skaggs' Family Sues Angels, 2 Employees for Negligence
The family of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed lawsuits in Texas and California charging the team and two former employees with negligence in his drug-related death two years ago.
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Former Angels Employee Indicted in Overdose Death of Pitcher Tyler Skaggs
A former Angels employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Texas in connection with the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
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Former Baseball Executive Charged in Overdose Death of Angels Pitcher in Southlake
A former employee of the Los Angeles Angels has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with the death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs in Southlake in 2019, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
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Ex-Angels PR Staffer Charged in Connection With Pitcher Tyler Skaggs' Overdose Death
Former Angels public relations director Eric Kay surrendered to federal authorities in Texas Friday on a drug-distribution charge stemming from the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Kay, 45, was charged with conspiracy to distribute a mixture containing detectable amounts of fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Dallas. Kay was arrested in Forth Worth, Texas, and made...
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MLB, Union Agree to Testing for Opioids After Skaggs' Death
Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine. But only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to discipline. Marijuana will be removed from the list of drugs of abuse and will be treated the same as alcohol as part of changes to the joint drug agreement between MLB and the players’ association....
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Testing, No Suspensions for Opioids Considered Likely in MLB
Players who test positive for opioids would enter treatment and not be suspended under the change to Major League Baseball’s drug agreement being negotiated by management and the players’ association, according to union head Tony Clark. Talks to add testing for opioids began following the death this year of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Players have been tested...
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Angels Pitcher Found Dead in Southlake Hotel Room Died of Accidental Overdose of Painkillers, Alcohol
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who was found dead in his Southlake hotel room July 1, died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office says in a report released Friday.
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Autopsy Shows Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs Died of Accidental Overdose
The 27-year-old was found dead in his hotel room in Texas on July 1, 2019.
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NBC 5 Helps Couple Get Refund For Texas Rangers Tickets
A couple in Garland had plans to go to a Rangers vs. Angels baseball game last month, but with the sudden death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the game was canceled. They were hoping to get their money back for the game tickets. When that didn’t happen, they called NBC 5 Responds.