A Pennsylvania woman was arrested on Wednesday as the suspected owner of a backpack with bricks of heroin inside, after school employees found the bag in a middle school parking lot in December. At approximately 9:30 am on December 20, an abandoned backpack was observed in the parking lot in…
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Police Arrest More Than 60 Party Guests for Less Than One Ounce of Pot
Over 60 people attending a birthday party on New Year’s Eve in Cartersville, GA were taken into custody after officers discovered marijuana on the premises. They have all been charged for possession, though a vast number of them say they had no involvement with the substance in any way. A…
Elderly Couple on Christmas Road Trip Caught with 60 Pounds of Marijuana
A Clearlake Oaks, California, couple driving across the country to deliver Christmas presents to family members are now facing felony charges, when the gifts they were planning to hand out were allegedly identified by police as packages collectively containing 60 pounds of marijuana. 80-year-old Patrick Jiron accompanied by his wife,…
Reckless Driver Found with Hundreds of Prescription Pills
When a Garden Grove woman was pulled over for reckless driving on Saturday morning, police discovered she was carrying a rather large quantity of prescription narcotics in the vehicle. Shauna Kester had been driving near the Festival of the Arts grounds in Laguna Beach when she was reportedly seen by…
More Than a Dozen Charged in Heroin and Cocaine Delivery Service Bust
A business in Van Nuys that is suspected of selling drugs through a telephone operated delivery service led to sixteen people facing charges. The service is said to have been selling heroin and cocaine to purchasers phoning in personal orders, in addition to selling bulk amounts to a drug ring.…
Middle School Teacher Accused of Selling Marijuana to Students
A 35-year-old woman who works as a substitute teacher at a Florida middle school has been arrested on suspicion of selling marijuana to students on the school grounds. Maria Otilla Rivera-Magana is employed full time as a long term permanent substitute teacher at Clewiston Middle School in Hendry County, Florida.…
Lynwood Doctor Fighting Federal Accusations of Drug Dealing to Patients
From July 2011 through July 2014 a Lynwood physician allegedly prescribed narcotic prescriptions in large amounts and accepted cash payments for the transactions. The patients receiving the medication did not receive regular examinations and it is suspected that many of them did not have a medical need for the pills.…
High School Students Record Teacher Snorting Drugs in Classroom
A high school teacher in Indiana has been accused of using drugs on school grounds inside of her classroom after students witnessed her snorting powder and one of them video recorded her on a cell phone. Samantha Cox, an English teacher at Lake Central High School, had been inside of…
DUI Lawyer Enters Stranger’s Home Wearing Only T-Shirt and High Heels
According to Rutherford police, a Hackensack attorney who specializes in DUI cases let himself into the Rutherford, NJ home of an unsuspecting couple late on Saturday afternoon. They were further bewildered by the man’s attire which consisted only of a t-shirt and a pair of high heels. He allegedly came…
New Jersey Volunteer Santa Arrested on Drug Charges
A Pompton Lakes man who volunteers as a Santa Claus impersonator was pulled over while driving on Monday and arrested for alleged drug charges. Charles R. Smith, a retired New Jersey Transit worker, currently does volunteer work dressing as Santa Claus for the Toys for Tots Foundation. He had been…