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Recent Posts in coke CategoryAugust 20, 2010
St Pete Drug Bust – Phillies Prospect Busted In Clearwater For Felony Cocaine Possession Charges
A top prospect for the Philadelphia Phillies is under arrest in Clearwater. He was arrested on felony cocaine possession charges.
June 28, 2010
Drug Possession Arrest — Tampa Man Blames Poor Economy For Selling Marijuana
I had to sell drugs due to the economy. That excuse didn't fly as a Tampa man was charged with possessing marijuana and intent to distribute.
May 5, 2010
St. Petersburg Drug Crimes – St Petersburg Police Crack Down On Drug Crimes In Local Park
A major drug sweep of Williams Park in St. Petersburg led to numerous arrests. Charges ranged from possession and distribution of crack, marijuana, cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and ecstasy.
April 26, 2010
Marijuana Possession In Florida – Pinellas Man Charged With Possession Of Marijuana After Traffic Stop
A traffic stop in Tarpon Springs led to a man's arrest for possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute. He was pulled over for driving with a suspended license in Pinellas County.
April 21, 2010
Tampa Pair Arrested In Home Invasion Served Time For Cocaine ConvictionsA pair of Tampa men who are suspected in a home invasion have faced a combined 93 charges in the past. Both men have also served time for drug crimes. Both men have been in jail on two occasions for cocaine charges. The men are charged with breaking into a home on South Willow Ave. and have been charged with home invasion, robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon charges.
Alton Marchman has faced 48 charges previously according to public records and 32-year-old Timothy Green has been charged 45 times previously. According to Bay News 9, most of the previous 93 charges were not serious enough to carry prison time.… April 8, 2010
Holiday Couple Arrested In Pasco County On Drug Charges And Child NeglectPasco County Sheriff’s Deputies were reportedly dispatched to the home of a Holiday couple for a welfare check. When they arrived they found a woman who admitted she was high and drunk, a man who struggled with deputies, a bag of cocaine and a toddler. The two adults inside the home were charged with child neglect, cocaine possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Maria L. Pawlowski is alleged to have admitted to the deputies she was high and drunk while Daniel J. Rapoch had to be pepper sprayed when he began to struggle with the officers. The toddler is believed to be the son of the couple and a birth announcement puts his age at three-years-old this May.… April 8, 2010
Holiday Couple Arrested In Pasco County On Drug Charges And Child NeglectPasco County Sheriff’s Deputies were reportedly dispatched to the home of a Holiday couple for a welfare check. When they arrived they found a woman who admitted she was high and drunk, a man who struggled with deputies, a bag of cocaine and a toddler. The two adults inside the home were charged with child neglect, cocaine possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Maria L. Pawlowski is alleged to have admitted to the deputies she was high and drunk while Daniel J. Rapoch had to be pepper sprayed when he began to struggle with the officers. The toddler is believed to be the son of the couple and a birth announcement puts his age at three-years-old this May.… April 7, 2010
Mother Who Supplied Teen Son With Oxycodone Pleads Guilty To Contributing To His Fatal OverdoseLinda Courtright is facing 20 years to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to a drug distribution charge in Tampa today. The 36-year-old admitted to supplying her 15-year-old son with the oxycodone that eventually killed him in a drug overdose. Nicholas Block was found to have oxycodone, cocaine and alprazolam in his system when he died. The story surrounding Block’s death is as sad as it is shocking. Block had already been in trouble with the law following a marijuana charge but the details of what took place in a Budget Inn Motel on the night of his death are just astounding.… March 26, 2010
Manatee Drug Raid Results In Arrest For Crack CocaineWhile the details are sketchy at the moment, Bradenton.com is reporting that drug charges have been filed against a Manatee County man following a SWAT raid at his duplex. The raid took place early this morning and the arrest was made after discovering crack cocaine in the duplex. There was an ongoing investigation into drug activity at the duplex. Detectives obtained a search warrant to conduct the raid. The man who was arrested on the drug charges was being booked into Manatee County Jail. His name has not been released yet nor have the specific drug charges. The raid took place at a duplex on 19th Street West and 57th Avenue West.… March 23, 2010
Buju Banton’s Lawyer Claims Inhumane Treatment As The Reggae Star Awaits His Drug TrialIt has been a few months since any news came out surrounding the federal drug case against Grammy-nominated Reggae star Buju Banton. There is nothing to new report on Banton’s cocaine distribution charges but his lawyer is claiming that Banton is being mistreated in the Pinellas County Jail. According to the reggae musician’s Florida Criminal Defense Attorney, Banton is being treated inhumanely for nothing more than sharing his food with another prisoner. Pinellas sheriffs deny that assertion saying Banton is in “closed custody” because he violated prison rules and used food as currency. Banton’s defense lawyer is asking a judge to release his client on bail or move his cell to a wing that is not maximum-security.… |