According to a story in this week’s Tampa Tribune, the painkiller Oxycodone caused more deaths in Florida last year than any other drug (according to a report released this morning), and nowhere did it cause more deaths than in the medical examiner district for Pinellas and Pasco counties. Of the…
According to a story in yesterday’s St. Pete Times, “[a] year-long drug investigation led to the seizure of more than $1.5 million in cash and Monday’s arrest of a 28-year-old man on Federal Drug Charges.”Details from a Federal arrest warrant showed how Cocaine was shipped from Mexico and distributed through…
Sara Lou Kenny, 20, of New Port Richey, needed some clean urine to pass a drug test so, authorities say, she tried to smuggle the urine from her friend’s 4-year-old son past a probation officer and pass it off as her own.It didn’t work!!! Kenney was arrested Friday at a…
The culmination of a 10-month drug investigation called “Operation Pill Poppers” was impressive: 74 suspects were identified, 150 counts of Doctor Shopping, otherwise known as “Withholding Information from a Practitioner,” were filed and 55,006 pills, with a street value of approximately $750,000, were seized. For the complete story, check out…
Sometimes, good police work requires that you get down and dirty. Earlier this week, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Rene Valencia, a 24-year-old entrepreneur (i.e., “drug dealer”) charged with Attempting to Sell Heroin and Cocaine near Weston Park allegedly swallowed his drugs rather than face the consequences of getting caught red-handed. However,…
A 20-year-old St. Petersburg man was sentenced to three-and-a-half (3 1/2) years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge stemming from a fatal wreck that killed two (2) people – his 23-year-old cousin, who was a passenger in his car, and a 59-year-old woman, who was a passenger in…
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office uncovered a marijuana grow house in the Plantation subdivision of Tampa on Sunday.More than fifty-five (55) marijuana plants averaging four (4) to five (5) feet tall were found in the home at 11313 Hollyglen Drive, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies also found…
In another addition of: “Only in Florida.” More specifically, “Only in the Tampa Bay area.” This story was featured in this mornings St. Pete Times. This was probably not the best Thanksgiving for Ronald R. Conkright.His troubles first started when he called 911 at 11:47 p.m. Thursday (Thanksgiving evening). He…
A scheme to rob a man of his prescription painkillers “backfired” Tuesday, police said, leading to the arrests of three (3) men — one accused of shooting the victim in the leg. The trio planned to rob Gordon Kendrick, 28, right after he went into a pharmacy to have an…
A self-proclaimed minister who claimed he smokes marijuana for “religious” and health reasons has been found Guilty of a Felony charge of Manufacturing/Cultivating Marijuana for growing 100 plants. It took a Brevard County jury only 14 minutes Friday to find 53-year-old Steven Swallick Guilty of the above-mentioned offense. He faces…