JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia and Florida and searching for a convicted killer who was mistakenly released from a county jail south of Atlanta, authorities said.

James Pitts, 39, allegedly linked to a drug trafficking ring, was arrested after deputies found two kilograms of fentanyl in his rental car.

Kevin Torres Velasquez to appear in U.S. District Court on Friday to face federal charges from January arrest.

A bipartisan bill, mandating that fentanyl be added to standard hospital drug screenings when a patient is being diagnosed and treated for a suspected drug overdose, is headed for a floor vote in the ...