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A Lee County deputy is one of three people facing charges for allegedly working together to plant drugs on a suspect to set him up for an unlawful arrest. 

Niko Irizarry began working for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in 2018. The sheriff reported that Irizarry had never been reprimanded in his time with the agency.  

On December 16, 2021, Irizarry and two other men identified as 36-year-old Charles Custodio and 29-year-old Scott Snider allegedly orchestrated a plan to target a real estate agent for drug crimes. 

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After the police reportedly found that a man was in possession of psilocybin mushrooms, he allegedly told them that a show on Netflix encouraged him to want to experience the effects for himself. 

Late in the evening on February 4, 41-year-old Christopher Singleton was reportedly driving in a pickup truck in Wildwood, Florida. 

An officer on patrol saw the license plate on the vehicle and believed that the registration tag looked suspicious. It reportedly appeared as if it was skewed sideways. 

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When the police pulled over a driver and reportedly found an assortment of drugs and paraphernalia, the suspect allegedly told them that what they assumed to be methamphetamine was breath mints. 

32-year-old Stephen Whalen is from Tarpon Springs, Florida. It was reported that Whalen was incarcerated for a year and a half for a prior drug conviction, and he was released two years ago. 

Whalen also had a prior encounter with the law that resulted in the loss of his driver’s license. 

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A resident of a North Carolina home suspected of being a drug house was arrested for many narcotics-related crimes a couple of days after he was released on bond for the same charges. 

According to the authorities, Macon County local Jamie O’Neal is suspected of being a drug dealer in the area. 

O’Neal was arrested last week for several drug offenses, and he was released after bonding out of jail. 

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When the police allegedly caught a Florida man holding drugs and several hypodermic needles, he reportedly told them he had the syringes to use while fishing. 

30-year-old Eric Bennett is a lawn care worker who resides in Vero Beach. 

According to reports, in the early afternoon on January 22, Bennett walked to a local mobile park where his uncle lives. 

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A woman’s son is facing charges after she brought brownies he reportedly baked that she didn’t know contained THC to a card game at the community center, and several seniors who consumed them felt the effects. 

46-year-old Michael Koranda is an elementary school teacher for the Bon Homme County School District in Tyndall, South Dakota. 

It was reported that last weekend, Koranda took a trip to Colorado. 

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A man with a criminal history was allegedly found with drugs in the pants he was wearing, and he claimed that they belonged to a man who is significantly shorter than himself. 

37-year-old Brandon Cihak resides in Minnesota, and he is an ex-convict on probation. 

Late in the morning on January 5, Cihak was reportedly driving a Ford F-150 in Mankato with a person sitting in the passenger’s seat. 

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When the authorities checked out a report about an attempted break-in at a residence, the suspect was found with several items that led the police to believe he was dealing drugs. 

25-year-old Samuel Jones resides in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  

Just before midnight on December 27, State Troopers went to a home after someone called and reported that they believed someone was trying to force their way into the dwelling. 

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When the police reportedly found a package of drugs wrapped around a man’s penis, he said it did not belong to him. 

Early in the morning on December 18, 27-year-old Darius Owens was driving in Clearwater, Florida. It was reported that 34-year-old Patrick Florence, a resident of St. Petersburg, was riding in the front passenger seat.  

At approximately 4:00 am, an officer saw the vehicle Owens was driving, and reported that the headlights and taillights were not turned on.  

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A Florida man allegedly sped over a traffic-filled bridge at over 130 MPH while a child was a passenger in the vehicle. 

19-year-old Eric Killins is from St. Petersburg. 

Early in the morning on November 11, Killins was reportedly driving around in a 2015 Infinity G37 with four people in the vehicle. It was reported that one of them was underage. 

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