“School Project” Lands Man In Jail
June 12th, 2009 by Rick
On Monday, an anonymous tip to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Pierce, FL, led to drug possession charges and an arrest of 26-year-old, Oulay Inthaphone.
Upon arriving to his home, the police, probably expecting to bust some sophisticated high level grow-op, asked if Inthaphone was growing marijuana. Inthaphone admitted that he had a plant that he was growing for a “school project”.
They also found actual use of marijuana by way of a pipe, blunts and stems in the living room, along with 12 Ecstasy pills found on a nightstand in his bedroom.
Let’s just hope he hadn’t popped a pill or two right before his trip to the county jail or it would might make for an odd night in lock-up.
Meathead Republican Commissioner Busted
May 28th, 2009 by Russ
They sure don’t make civil servants like they used to. As evidenced by his ’skills’ as a panelist, Georgia’s Fayette County Comissioner, Robert Horgan, isn’t the brightest bulb in the bunch. Horgan outdid himself last weekend when he was busted for weed posession by a local sheriff’s deputy.
Originally pulled over for his expired registration, Horgan was found blazing up in his car during the traffic stop. To make matters worse, Horgan then came just short of trying to bribe the cop into letting him go. Horgan put on his best shit-eating grin and asked whether:
if there was anything that we could do to resolve this right here, right now?
Unfortunately for Horgan, the local deputy was not well versed in the rock, paper, scissor school of roadside summary judgment.
Pro Pot Group Proposes $5 Fine
May 22nd, 2009 by RickEven though Colorado legislature passed a law in 2001 that brought marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to a petty offense, one little town named Longmont is apparently still reaping in the rewards of the cash cow system created by the war on drugs.
A group called, Free Marijuana in Longmont, wants the $100 fine and possible jail time for possession of marijuana reduced to $5. They feel community service and a $25 fine, instead of jail time and $100 fine is the way to go for public display or consumption of marijuana. This would just be a change for the adults however, the minors would still have to fork over their drug lunch money and allowance and pay the current fine.
The group plans to bumrush city council members the next time they hold a meeting and basically give them an ultimatum of agreeing to changing the code or they would send out petitions and collect signatures to get the issue on the ballot in November and therefore let the people decide.
Although medical marijuana is legal in Colorado, Paul Tiger, another Longmont resident worries about the chances of people smoking marijuana for recreation and not medication if it’s decriminalized and the penalties are reduced.
Kevin Clowers, leader of the group, uses the logic that if the fine is reduced to something like $5 then the authorities won’t bother in chasing the potheads and thus they save money in the long run with the courts and freeing up police officers to go after the real bad guys.
Attorney Needs Weed to Tolerate Court
May 19th, 2009 by Russ
According to a San Antonio news service, a Bexar County attorney was arrested for trying to bring two ounces of weed and a chrome pipe into the county courthouse. The attorney, Regina Criswell, said that the weed was for a client of hers.
While attorneys should generally be used to the plodding nature of court trials, one can see how some well-timed ganja could really perk up an otherwise dreary day in court. Few things are more likely to ensure that jurors pay attention to a diatribe on DNA evidence than a nice attention-intensive high.
Local Deputy and cartoon villain Ino Badillo added:
It doesn’t matter who you are. You can’t be in possession of narcotics. Period.
Well, unless you’re a prescription-toting MD, Washington DC mayor, or fun-loving DEA agent, that is.
Darius Miles Loves the Weed
May 15th, 2009 by Erin
What is it about playing professional basketball that just makes one want to spark up a doobie?
Memphis Grizzlies forward Darius Miles was arrested around 10:20pm Wednesday night in St. Louis after he turned without using a turn signal and officers discovered that he had a suspended license. After the vehicle had been towed, less than 2.5 grams of marijuana were found in his 1996 Chevrolet Impala. Yes, less than an eighth.
Miles was free on a $100 bond on Thursday. The 27-year old was suspended without pay for 10 games while playing for the Boston Celtics last season after violating the NBA’s anti-drug program.
Weekend Roundup: Drug Related Arrests
May 11th, 2009 by Rick
- 34-year-old, Joshua Lee Colvin of Kansas City, MO, was arrested and charged with possession and intent to distribute, after he accepted a package from California containing fourteen pounds of marijuana.
- 21-year-old Jervious O. Robinson and 22-year-old Antwoine M. Gilchrist of Fort Pierce, IN, were arrested and charged with felony drug charges when an undercover operation uncovered 70 small bags of pot in their home.
- 20-year-old, Cornell L. Benison from Canton, OH, was arrested and charged with endangering children, marijuana trafficking and possession when police found almost a dozen bags of pot and two infants in his motel room.
- 48-year-old, Ramon Pineda of Holyoke, MA, was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to distribute.
- A 37-year-old Afghan was sentenced to life, for his role in a major drug ring operating in Iran, Oman and the UAE.
Suspened License Plate Leads to Sizable Pot Seizure
May 7th, 2009 by Rick
Hector Soto-Hernandez, 39, of Douglas, AZ, was arrested and charged with possession and transportation of marijuana Saturday morning.
More than 1,000 pounds were discovered in a false compartment within the flatbed trailer he was hauling with his truck. The truck had a suspended license plate, which inevitably led to full control by an Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer, and the flatbed searched by a drug sniffing dog.
Debris: Monday’s Leftovers
May 5th, 2009 by Rick
Jury Spares Witness Killer’s Life
A drug dealer already behind bars, Patrick Albert Byers Jr, convicted for ordering the contract killing of a murder witness, was spared the death penalty and given four consecutive life sentences.
Man Gets Life for Infant Death
Another convicted drug dealer, Mario Lee Torres, received a sentence of life in prison for the death of an infant.
Department of Homeland Security Visits Mexico
Department of Homeland Security sent newly appointed Assistant secretary for international affairs, Alan Bersin to Mexico for more pats on the ass and “attaboys”.
Ashland, KY Doctor Pleads Guilty, Gets Probation
Dr. John Van Deren, 50, pled guilty for driving under influence of drugs, cocaine possession, two counts of possession of controlled substances and having prescription medication not in a proper container.
Maylasian Police Recover Millions in Methamphetamines
Early Sunday, Malaysian police discovered 900 kilograms of methamphetamines in 10 large bins in the central of state of Pahang, a haul worth millions.
