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January 26, 2010

Track Star And Former LSU Football Player Xavier Carter Arrested On Drug Charges In Tampa

The man who became the first runner since Jesse Owens to win four NCAA championships, was arrested on drug charges in Tampa on Monday. Xavier Carter was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed weapon and failure to accept a traffic citation according to TBO.com. Carter was arrested by Tampa Police near Nebraska and Fowler avenues.

According to the story, Carter has one previous arrest for carrying a gun and that came in 2008 in Gainesville. That arrest stemmed from a traffic stop where Carter was allegedly playing his car stereo too loudly. Carter is a former Palm Bay High star and appeared in a limited role on the LSU football team.…

January 25, 2010

Manatee Driver Wakes Up In Car With Drugs Inside To Find Deputies Waiting To Arrest Him

Manatee County Sheriff’s noticed a driver slumped over the steering wheel of a running car at 4:24 a.m. this morning. When they went to investigate they found a narcotics pipe, a baggie with a rocky substance and an open pocket knife. After removing the knife, deputies woke the man up and eventually arrested him on charges of trafficking in narcotics , tampering with evidence, possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest without violence.

According to Bradenton.com, after deputies woke up the suspect, he exited the car and threw his pipe and a pack of cigarettes toward a wetland area. He then had to be subdued with a Taser according to reports.…

January 13, 2010

Pinellas Drug Operation Nets 40 Arrests For Crack, Powder Cocaine, Marijuana And Prescription Drugs

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s office conducted a drug cleanup operation last night and arrested more than 40 suspects according to the St. Petersburg Times. Narcotics detectives conducted the six-month investigation and set out to arrest 80 suspects on charges related to prescription drugs, crack, powder cocaine and marijuana.

The operation will continue today as officers with the Kenneth City Police Department pursue the other suspects that were not in custody at the time the story was published. The operation was part of an initiative that targeted drug dealing and possession near Lealman. There were approximately 226 charges filed in the operation.…

January 11, 2010

Major Drug And Weapons Arrest In Clearwater Follows A Police Stop For Tinted Windows

Clearwater police stopped a Cadillac early Monday morning for dark tinted windows and upon the traffic stop they discovered cocaine, marijuana, more than 100 prescription painkillers and semi-automatic firearms. Police report finding the drugs and guns inside the car after stopping the vehicle on U.S. 19. The men were charged with armed trafficking in oxycodone, possession of Xanax and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The driver of the car was charged with DUI.

According to TBO.com police seized 17 grams of oxycodone, 111 Xanax tablets, a gram of marijuana, a gram of cocaine and two handguns.…

December 16, 2009

Haines City Man Charged With Three Counts Of DUI Manslaughter By Polk County Deputies

William Coe of Haines City has been charged with three counts of DUI manslaughter according to a story on TBO.com. The article cites Polk County deputies who allege Coe was driving under the influence of drugs. The police allege he was high when he crashed his Oldsmobile killing three passengers including a woman who was five-months pregnant at the time and her 11-month old baby.

The crash occurred September 15 on U.S. 27. Coe’s Oldsmobile Aero drove into the path of a minivan. He was ejected and suffered non-life threatening injuries. The only person injured in the minivan was an 18-year-old girl who suffered a broken leg.

December 16, 2009

Tampa Courtroom Will Be Site For Cocaine Distribution Trial Of Raggae Star Buju Banton

Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton will fight charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in a Tampa courtroom after waiving his bail hearing in a Miami federal court. The charges stem from a cocaine purchase in Sarasota last week. According to an Associated Press story, the singer and two others attempted to purchase a “large amount” of cocaine from an undercover officer. The maximum prison sentence in Florida for the drug crime could be life in prison.

According to a DEA affidavit, law enforcement officers were tipped off about the cocaine deal by a confidential informant. Banton’s attorney has proclaimed the Jamaican singer “completely innocent” of the drug charges.

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