From The Tampa Times, it looks like the street value of St. Petersburg just got higher… St. Petersburg became a temporary home to almost 4,000 pounds of cocaine late Wednesday when the Coast Guard unloaded the captured loot. The two tons of coke were confiscated from two vessels near the…
Like a junior “Scarface” or the plotline from “21 Jump Street”, an Ohio teen is accused of being one of the biggest drug traffickers in Cincinnati. Per an article in the Washington Post, at an age where most boys are getting ready for prom, 17 year old Tyler Pagenstecher pleaded…
From the Tampabay Times, a veteran Florida Highway Patrol trooper has been arrested on prescription drug charges. The trooper, Tampa’s own Ryan Brescia, faces three counts of withholding information from a practioner, a violation of 893.13(7)(a)8. The trooper is accused of withholding important information from two seperate doctors-one each in…
Any dwindling hope that Florida drug laws (found in Florida Statute 893.13) would be found unconstitutional took a major (fatal) blow with the Adkins ruling. State of Florida v. Adkins (No.SC11-1878) dealt with the constitutionality of the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. This act provides that knowledge…
An article in today’s Tampa Bay Times talks about a former Tampa teacher who has been arrested for drug trafficking after he was accused of stealing over 9000 hydrocodone and 7000 alprazolam pills! The man worked as a technician for CVS pharmacy and took these pills over a period of…
A recent article in the Tampa Bay Times discusses pill mills and the abuse of prescription drugs . The man, Dr. Sanjeev Grover, was accused of selling prescriptions and pain pills illegally. What finally trapped the “good doctor” was that he sold over 5000 pills to an undercover DEA officer…
Many Florida residences are often accused of crimes involving the illegal possession of controlled substances defined under Florida Statute section 893.13. Often people accused of these crimes are first time offenders or have often score non-state prison under the sentencing guidelines. Citizens scoring non-state prison are eligible for a term…
According to a story in today’s St. Petersburg Times, dozens of suspects have been rounded up (and dozens more are still wanted) in a multi-county prescription drug operation known as “Operation No Appointment Necessary.” The St. Pete Times reports the following: The phony prescriptions were printed out on a home…
A jury in Hernando County Florida finds son Guilty of First Degree Murder for killing his father, in cold blood, over the popular (and deadly) drug Oxycodone. In a Brooksville courtroom, Assistant State Attorney Pete Magrino gripped the Revelation 12-gauge, sawed-off shotgun and pointed it at the courtroom wall, just…
A rather disturbing story was featured in today’s St. Pete Times about a Seminole mother who tried to sell her son for $2,000 because of her addiction to prescription drugs. The 5-year-old boy was excited to start kindergarten Tuesday in Tampa. Jim and Betty Gardner, who have helped raise the…