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M. Hogsett, 26, might walk free from jail within a week, said Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Thomas Knoll Jr. If she qualifies for home incarceration, Hogsett may shed her orange jumpsuit for an electronic monitor, Knoll said.Authorities arrested Hogsett in August 2009, a month after an informant alerted authorities to her dealings with inmates. Later that month, an investigator searched Hogsett’s yellow pickup truck, finding letters, addresses, plastic baggies and balloons.Authorities identified Hogsett’s co-conspirators as Anthony Dwayne Roach,...
Hien Quang Bui, 38, was arrested when he tried to drive away as the Abbotsford Police Department's drug squad was executing a search warrant on a home in the 36000-block Sandringham Drive.A search of the home turned up his 33-year-old wife, Thuy Hoang Bui, and a four year-old girl, who were in the master bedroom along with "a large quantity of heroin, cocaine and cash," said police spokesman Const. Ian MacDonald in a release.The girl has been placed in the care of the Ministry for Children and Family Development.Among the items seized was an open...
Malaysian supreme court has upheld the death sentenced meted out to a Filipino "drug mule" caught smuggling over 500 grams of cocaine at the Kuala Lum...
D’Shaun Watson, 26, 11 De Koven Drive, was arrested following a motor vehicle stop on Vine Street at 2:13 p.m. After a check with the state Department of Motor Vehicles, it was determined that the suspect was driving a car while his license was under suspension. Watson was placed under arrest and searched.Police allegedly discovered a plastic bag containing 13.3 grams of cocaine in Watson’s pocket, along with four baggies of marijuana later found to be laced with PCP, police said. The drugs found were pre-packaged for selling, officers said.Watson...
two Malaysian nationals were arrested on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, with 2 kilograms of sabu-sabu or methamphetamine taped to their torsos while trying to enter the country. Now in police custody are Chang Cheng Weng (45) and Boo Guan Teik (38).The two men arrived on Cathay Pacific Flight no. 785 from Hong Kong at 3:30 pm after reportedly making two earlier assessment survey visits to the airport.Police, who were initially suspicious of the men when they passed through a security gate, resorted to a more basic tactic and had an official "accidentally"...
Convicted drug dealer Naseer Zaman, who plotted to smuggle cocaine and heroin into the country, has had his 15-year prison sentence cut by appeal court judges.Lawyers for 41-year-old Zaman claimed yesterday that the sentence imposed at Wolverhampton Crown Court in 2008 was too long.Judges at London’s Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to 12 years after also being informed that Zaman had helped save the life of a fellow inmate.“We have come to the conclusion that the total sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment was manifestly excessive in this case,...
On January 22 the Fort Myers Police Department's Special Investigations Group with assistance of uniformed officers conducted a reverse sting operation in the 3100 block of Dunbar Avenue. Undercover officers posed as street level drug dealers. As a result of the operation, the following subjects were arrested and charged with Criminal Solicitation for attempting or conspiring to purchase a controlled substance. Gregory Patrick (d.o.b. 05-02-67) charged with Driving With A Suspended Driver's License and Criminal Solicitation, for attempting to purchase...
William J. Nelson, 45, was identified as a suspect and placed under surveillance by narcotics and tactical officers," he said.Reports indicated Nelson was wanted on outstanding warrants for delivery of a controlled substance and aggravated battery. About 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Nelson allegedly left his room and got into a Ford Explorer, which was pulled over by Joliet police Officers Aaron Bandy, Jeffrey German and Sgt. John Stefanski."Those officers found 6.9 grams of cocaine on his person, which allowed us to get a search warrant for the room,"...
Paul Jason Smith, aged 23, was found with 11 polythene bags - containing more than seven grams of cocaine - concealed beneath his trousers when police arrested him at Barnsley Interchange last September. A search of his home uncovered a further 23 bags of the Class A drug - the total haul carrying a street value of over £1,000, Sheffield Crown Court heard.When interviewed by police, Smith claimed he had purchased such a large amount of cocaine because it was cheaper to "buy in bulk".He said he intended to share the drugs with friends and "likened...
suspected cocaine smuggler died in Guatemala Tuesday following the seizure of his boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean by the U.S. Coast Guard. The man was medevaced to Guatemala City when he sustained possible engine fragment or shrapnel injuries after shots were fired to disable the boat’s engines as it fled from authorities.A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, operating from a Coast Guard cutter patrolling the area, pursued the suspicious craft, signaled the operator to stop, and fired warning shots. The boat did not stop so rounds from a high powered...
Lethal: The firearm supplied by Sammon used in the shooting of Kamilah PenistonMichael Sammon, 49, converted hundreds of blank-firing pistols into deadly weapons before selling them on to criminal gangs.Twelve-year-old schoolgirl Kamilah Peniston would later be killed by one of the guns, when she was accidentally shot at home by her teenaged brother.Sammon bought the pistols openly in Germany before smuggling them into the UK by sea and using the...
Detroit police seized $200,000 in cocaine and suspected drug money in two separate narcotics busts Thursday, officials said.Both raids occurred about 4 p.m., but they were unrelated. The first took place in the 9000 block of Esper, where investigators seized more than 340 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $140,000, officials said.Police also recovered two handguns and arrested two suspects inside the home.Another narcotics crew raided a home in the 2300 block of Pasadena a few minutes later, seizing about $63,000 in what authorities...
Two Washington residents were arrested in Tehama County after 40 pounds of black tar heroin were found during a traffic stop Thursday midday on northbound Interstate 5 at Sourgrass Road.A California Highway Patrol K-9 unit was making a stop for a speed violation at 11:50 a.m. Thursday, a CHP release said.Upon contact, the CHP officer saw indicators of possible drug trafficking and deployed a narcotic detection dog.The dog raised an alert on what was later discovered to be a hidden compartment with a remote locking mechanism within the dashboard,...
