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Florida Marijuana News – Proliferation Of “Fake Weed” Allowing Users To Get High And Pass Drug Tests

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:34:25 +0000

Fake pot is becoming a major drug enforcement problem considering the fact it is legal and sold in gas stations. The synthetic marijuana is popular with teens, the military and people on probation.

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St Pete Drug Bust – Phillies Prospect Busted In Clearwater For Felony Cocaine Possession Charges

1 800 FIGHT IT — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:54:33 +0000

A top prospect for the Philadelphia Phillies is under arrest in Clearwater. He was arrested on felony cocaine possession charges.

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Florida Marijuana Laws – Florida Head Shop Owners File Lawsuit In Hillsborough To Ban The “Bong Bill”

1 800 FIGHT IT — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:02:37 +0000

Starting Thursday many Florida businesses will be banned from selling a bong. The new law is being challenged in a Hillsborough County court by small business owners.

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Drug Possession Arrest — Tampa Man Blames Poor Economy For Selling Marijuana

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:25:19 +0000

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.

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Bradenton Drug Bust – Police Continue Their Efforts To Slow Illegal Prescription Drugs In Florida

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:05:02 +0000

A nine-month operation in Manatee County has led to dozens of arrests for prescription drug fraud, possession and trafficking. Oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine were among the drugs seized in the operation.

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Florida Oxycodone News – Aggravated Assault Charge Dropped After Man On Oxycodone Recants

1 800 FIGHT IT — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:01:10 +0000

This Florida man took too many pain pills and in a Oxycodone haze accused his son of aggravated assault. The charges have now been dropped following the man blaming the allegations on the Oxycodone he took.

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Tampa Oxycodone Crime – Hillsborough Passes Emergency Ordinance To Fight Prescription Drug Crime

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:10:27 +0000

The Hillsborough County Commission acted today to slow down illegal pain killers on Tampa streets. They are hoping to reduce the overdoses and crime surrounding drugs like Oxycodone.

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Florida Oxycodone Crime – Hernando County Oxycodone Bust Results In 23 Arrests

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:21:43 +0000

Oxycodone crimes in Florida are on the rise. The illegal prescription drug trade in Tampa Bay was described as an epidemic by a local sheriff.

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Tampa Drug Crime News – More Than 135 Drug Arrest Warrants Issued And 5,000 Pills Recovered

1 800 FIGHT IT — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:47:18 +0000

There were plenty of drug arrests around Tampa and Hillsborough County Thursday. Illegal prescription narcotics like Oxycodone and Xanax were seized in the drug busts.

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Florida Drug Crimes – Is Marijuana Distribution And Possession A Thing Of The Past Now That Tampa Has K2?

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:03:34 +0000

With the arrival of K2 in Tampa, will there be any effect on the number of people arrested for marijuana distribution? How about marijuana possession?

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St. Petersburg Drug Crimes – St Petersburg Police Crack Down On Drug Crimes In Local Park

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:49:26 +0000

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.

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Marijuana Possession News – Pasco Man Tries To Eat His Pot To Avoid A Marijuana Possession Charge

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:24:23 +0000

This Tampa Bay man was trying to avoid a marijuana possession arrest by eating his pot and chasing it with a double cheeseburger. He didn't even bother to take the pot out of the baggie before attempting to eat it.

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Marijuana Possession In Florida – Pinellas Man Charged With Possession Of Marijuana After Traffic Stop

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:44:03 +0000

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.

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Tampa Bay Drug Crimes – Oxycodone Mailed To Pasco County Inmate Under The Stamp

1 800 FIGHT IT — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:19:26 +0000

Last year Pasco County sheriff began investigating a post card sent to a Land O'Lakes inmate with Oxycodone under the stamp. Now they have made an arrest and charged a Tampa Bay woman with the drug crime.

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Tampa Pair Arrested In Home Invasion Served Time For Cocaine Convictions

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:37:16 +0000

A 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.…

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Pasco Marijuana Arrest Leads To Discovery Of More Than 2,000 Canisters Of Illegal Mushrooms

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:21:03 +0000

A marijuana bust that ended up netting Pasco County Sheriff’s a search warrant led to a huge mushroom-growing operation. Undercover officers in Port Richey landed a search warrant after three marijuana deals and they were shocked at what they uncovered. Inside two separate homes they found more than 2,000 canisters of illegal hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Drug enforcement agents and deputies wearing haz-mat suits removed the illegal drugs from two Pasco County homes. Gerald Hannafin was arrested and investigators then went to his father’s home where more mushrooms were found. The older Hannafin told deputies he thought the mushrooms were legal. Authorities are now trying to locate who was going to buy the illegal drugs.…

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Florida Oxycodone Dealer Calls Police To Report His Stolen Pills

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:36:45 +0000

A Hernando County man has been charged with drug trafficking and making a false police report after he called deputies and told them his Oxycodone and Methadone had been stolen. According to 10 Connects, Mark Andrew Davis, Sr. told deputies he was robbed of his prescription pills after he left Nature Coast Pharmacy but according to law enforcement it was a drug deal gone bad.

The suspect in the case allegedly admitted to police he was planning on selling his prescription drugs for $800 to the man who robbed him. Davis had just picked up 180 tablets of Oxycodone and 120 Methadone pills.

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Holiday Couple Arrested In Pasco County On Drug Charges And Child Neglect

1 800 FIGHT IT — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:04:37 +0000

Pasco 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.…

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Holiday Couple Arrested In Pasco County On Drug Charges And Child Neglect

1 800 FIGHT IT — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:04:20 +0000

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Brooksville Marijuana Grow House Operation Nets Second Arrest

1 800 FIGHT IT — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:38:40 +0000

Yesterday we talked about a Brooksville woman who was arrested for operating a marijuana grow house in an effort to pay her bills, which in a larger sense isn’t everyone selling drugs in one way or another using the money to pay off bills? Today though Hernando County deputies have arrested a second person involved in themarijuana cultivation.

According to TampaBay.com, Jeffery Scott Wagner was arrested on drug cultivation charges in connection with the marijuana operation run out of the house of Rhonda Quince, who was charged previously. Quince bought the three-bedroom home fir $130,000 in 2006. The story on TampaBay.com…

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Mother Who Supplied Teen Son With Oxycodone Pleads Guilty To Contributing To His Fatal Overdose

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:29:49 +0000

Linda 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.…

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Sarasota Homicide Detective Arrested For Illegally Obtaining Prescription Painkillers

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:51:40 +0000

Sgt. Chris Hallisey has been arrested for illegally acquiring prescription painkillers. The Sarasota homicide detective is accused of lying to doctors to obtain illegal prescription drugs. According to a report on My Fox TampaBay, Hallisey was under investigation by his own department for several weeks.

The story details how deputies contacted doctors who they believed supplied oxycodone to the homicide investigator who was the lead detective in the murder of Carlie Brucia. He was hired by the sheriff’s office in 1980 and has been placed on administrative leave. He is out on $360 bond.…

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Marijuana Grow House In Brooksville Started By A Woman Looking To Pay Her Bills

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:08:32 +0000

Rhonda Quince had an empty room in her house and a pile of bills. Instead of taking in a renter she decided to turn the room into a marijuana grow house. The Brooksville woman was arrested on drug charges when Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies searched her home and found 169 marijuana plants.

According to ABC Action News, Quince allowed the deputies to search her Brooksville home. She also apparently admitted to growing pot and selling it in an effort to help pay her bills. The plants were valued at $150,000 and were in different stages of development under hydroponic lights.…

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Lakeland Trafficking Charges Filed Against Two Men With 10 Pounds Of Meth And Guns

1 800 FIGHT IT — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:52:28 +0000

A pair of men were arrested outside a Haines City mobile home when investigators found them in possession of two pounds of methamphetamine. David Flores and Raul Magana-Herrera were pulled over when investigators discovered the drugs. That led to a search of the mobile home where eight more pounds of meth and guns were discovered. The men were both charged with trafficking in meth.

The men were the focus of a drug task force investigation according to TBO.com. Agencies involved in the investigation included FDLE, the Polk County Sheriffs and police from Haines City, Bartow, Lakeland and Auburndale.…

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Meth Trafficking Charges Filed Against Man Allegedly Running A Lab Out Of Kissimmee Hotel Room

1 800 FIGHT IT — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:23:44 +0000

According to a story on the Sarasota Herald Tribune’s website, a man has been charged with trafficking meth after a methamphetamine lab was discovered in an Orlando-area hotel room. Osceola County Sheriffs were alerted to the possible meth lab by other hotel guests who suspected drug crimes and prostitution.

Deputies report finding 19 grams of meth in the hotel room of Robert Reyes. They also allege to have discovered other drugs and equipment used in the production and manufacturing of meth. There were other charges filed but those were not listed in the report. Nobody at the Sevilla Inn was available for comment.…

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