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Today's Poll!Police arrest 1 in drug search
Friday, December 14, 2012
Jefferson City police said Thursday narcotics officers arrested one man after the SWAT team served a narcotics search warrant in the 700 block of Washington Street.
The warrant was issued after officers were told there were continuous narcotics sales from the residence, based on a MUSTANG Drug Task Force investigation.
No charges had been listed on Case.net, the state court system’s online information system, as of late Thursday. But police said they arrested Larry Shelton, 51, Jefferson City, for possession of marijuana, with the intent to distribute the drug.
Officers said they recovered approximately 1⁄4 pound of marijuana during the search, which began about 2 p.m. Thursday.
Police said no one was injured during the search warrant service.
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Paroquet 5 months ago
1/4lb. Four to sixteen, possibly up to 32, responsibly recreational users. Any of which would be possessing at the misdemeanor threshold, or way below it. Meaning that the amount of a typical purchase was an end-user amount to cover a week to a month, maybe less, maybe more depending upon the particulars of the individual consumer. What it looks like is there was a small number of established, long-term, consumers.
We taxpayers will pay more for the prosecution and legal after-effects. Coulda made money on increased purchases of pizzas and pop associated with the consumption of the MJ in question instead.
Then again, there's no mention of materials associated with sales, only the amount of product seized. So, it could have just been an end-user from the outset who was stocked against a supply interruption.
NT? Just the facts means ALL of the facts. Reporting in part is not journalism. It's needlessly sensational and alarmist. It does no favor toward engendering trust of the media with respect to the well-read or educated. To wit; you publish one side of the story. Where are Mr. Shelton's statements with respect to the police action? Hmm?
sancho 5 months ago
Yeah, I knew a guy like this. He was a very nice person, and catered to "responsible recreational users." At least that's what we thought. He apparently had a good business model, as he had a lot of customers. But the odd thing was that as his business increased, so did crime in the neighborhood. We had people dealing drugs openly on street corners, as kids walked by on their way home from school. Then we had 3 shootings in a month. After the police arrested this nice guy/drug dealer, he ended up moving. And now the weird part - we haven't had any shootings since.
Paroquet 5 months ago
Can't say it isn't something that would occur.
Know of more than I'd like who let things get out of hand and wound up on the receiving end of the Law.
Do, though, if I may ask? Describe the "drugs" when making a comparison. I could tell you a different story of a very respectable young mother and her penchant for opiates. A veritable "Town's Daughter" of no small reputation. Different drug, different circumstance. In short, different from marijuana.
I differentiate on the substance. You say "drugs". That doesn't wash for civilized discourse. Especially being as marijuana doesn't meet the standard for a Sched. (A) or (I) (depending upon at which level of government you read the law). It doesn't meet the criteria necessary. That's why the states backed-off; in MO, and the only controlled substance for which you can receive a misdemeanor is marijuana.
Why, do you think, the State went ahead and put it in the misdemeanor category when it used to be 2-life for "any amount considered smokeable"?
I'll be danged. People learned better than what the guvmint told 'em to know. Whoops! ;-)
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