Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputy Taken to Hospital for Possible Fentanyl Exposure

Deputy Taken to Hospital for Possible Fentanyl Exposure. Photo: TCSO

TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputy is taken to the hospital for possible Fentanyl exposure.

Around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Deputies were called to Linnel Camp in Farmersville to check the welfare of a woman who had contacted Dispatch.

During the investigation, deputies searched a woman who had an outstanding warrant.

As they searched her, Deputies found a white substance on her.

Immediately after that, the Deputy began feeling sick and showed symptoms of possibly being exposed to fentanyl.

The Deputy was taken to an area hospital for further evaluation.