Articles Tagged with crate

Published on: May 5, 2023

Smuggler had 3M Crate of Fentanyl Shipped to Restaurant

A man in Maine who has a prior federal conviction from a cocaine distribution charge in the summer of 2007 has been arrested for another drug crime after a crate of fentanyl allegedly addressed to him was delivered to a local restaurant.

On May 28, a restaurant in Auburn, Maine received a package from Arizona. They had recently ordered cups for the establishment and believed that the delivered wooden crate contained the drinkware from the order.

It was reported that when the package was opened, the employees saw a tote bag made of plastic. They looked inside the bag and found what appeared to be a large quantity of illegal narcotics.

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Published on: May 20, 2020

5 Kids Found in Sweltering Crate in Bed of Moving Truck

by Staycie R. Sena

Three people are accused of child endangerment after five children were reportedly discovered in a handmade wooden box attached to the bed of the pickup truck in which they were traveling.

On the afternoon of May 12, the temperature outside was recorded as having a high ranging being between 90 to 100-degrees in the Needles area of San Bernardino County, California.

According to a release from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, near 2:00 pm, the authorities received from a phone call requesting service at a rest stop claiming there might be youngsters riding in the back of a pickup truck inside a crate. The caller reportedly suspected the children might be in danger.

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