Articles Tagged with trafficking

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A Florida man in a surgical mask was caught by the police following a near-getaway after allegedly stealing thousands of pills in an alleged armed robbery of a pharmacy.

At approximately 6:00 p.m. on October 20, a man wearing a surgical mask and a hat walked into a CVS Pharmacy in Orlando.

He reportedly approached the clerk at the counter and handed them a note. The writing on the piece of paper allegedly said to give him all bottles of Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Xanax, Adderall, Liquid codeine/promethazine, and Viagra they had in stock. The note reportedly specified that he would shoot the person closest to him if the pharmacy workers did not meet his demands. He added that after they filled a bag with the medications and the note, they were to lay on the ground, or he would shoot.

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When the police went to the home of a wanted man in central Florida, they found a sign on the porch stating that the suspect “does NOT live here!”

On the afternoon of October 14, deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office went to a residence in Lakeland where a man wanted for several charges was living. When they approached the door, the authorities were greeted by a whiteboard sign with the suspect’s name followed by “does NOT live here.”

Ignoring the message, the officers remained at the address when someone exited the front door. They asked if they knew where the suspect was, and they said he was inside with a few people.

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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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A Florida Man allegedly found with an alligator in his bathtub is facing several charges after the authorities asserted that he was a participant in a venomous reptile trafficking ring. 

In 2020, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was notified by more than one person about black market sales of illegal venomous reptiles in the state. An investigation was started by the FWC and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources regarding the allegations.  

The authorities learned that the alleged activity was happening on the internet.  

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A fast-food restaurant manager and his girlfriend allegedly stole a debit card that a customer accidentally left in the establishment and spent over $700 within two hours. 

On June 29, a customer at a Burger King in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, left the restaurant without taking their Wells Fargo debit card. 

When an employee found the card, they reportedly turned it over to the manager on duty. 

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Two people in Florida allegedly used social media to recruit underage girls for sex acts that the man recorded on video. 

According to reports, 33-year-old Marc Phillip Dinkels and 19-year-old Taylor Kathleen Brandt met online. They reportedly began to spend time together after Dinkels allegedly told Brandt he would pay her to engage in sexual activity if he was allowed to film it. 

It was reported that the pair went on social media and offered three underage girls money if they performed sex acts. Two of the alleged victims, one of whom is 14, live in a foster home. 

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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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The New York authorities have arrested five men who allegedly smuggled millions of dollars of narcotics from Puerto Rico in children’s lunch boxes displaying popular cartoon characters.

Earlier this year, several New York law enforcement agencies joined DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force to investigate a situation involving purportedly illegal packages being shipped.

The authorities asserted that a drug trafficking ring was shipping large quantities of narcotics from Puerto Rico to New York.

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The owner of a store in Seattle is facing charges after allegedly taking part in a theft scheme involving more than $10,000 in stolen LEGO sets.

Last July, the authorities were alerted about a string of thefts taking place at a store in downtown Seattle. The suspect reportedly stole pricey LEGO sets each time they came into the establishment.

Most of the sets were from the Star Wars “Mandalorian” collection. The store estimated the value of the allegedly stolen goods at over $10,000.

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The owner of an addiction treatment center in Kansas is facing charges after he was allegedly found with a large stash of drugs, in addition to other items causing the authorities to assert that he is involved in trafficking.

44-year-old Trevor J. Robinson lives and works in Olathe. He is the owner and operator of the Nuvista LLC, which provides services as an opioid addiction treatment clinic that uses Suboxone to help the patients.

At the end of October, Robinson, who had an active warrant out for his arrest, was in his Maserati when the authorities caught up with him.

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