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Baggage Handlers Arrested in Drug Smuggling Bust at Detroit Airport
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsFederal agents arrested 12 people today who are suspected of smuggling marijuana and cocaine into Detroit Metro Airport. Ten of the twelve people arrested in the yearlong investigation are current or former employees of Delta Air Lines, U.S. Immigrations Customs and Enforcements spokesman Khaalid Walls told AOL News. The Detroit News reports that the Delta employees are baggage handlers from the Detroit area and are accused of smuggling drugs from Jamaica into Detroit while working at the airport. The other two people arrested are from Texas and California, ICE officials said in a statement ...
NJ Dock Workers Charged With Conspiring to Traffic 2 Tons of Cocaine
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsTwo New Jersey dock workers have been arrested for allegedly plotting to traffic more than 2 tons of cocaine into the United States. Dominic Guido, a longshoreman, and Robert Roselli, a dock worker at a private company, have been charged with conspiracy for allegedly planning to smuggle large shipments of cocaine into the Port Authority Marine Terminal in Elizabeth, N.J. Federal prosecutors say Guido, 47, cut the locks on shipping containers to allow drug traffickers access to the cocaine, while Roselli, 44, monitored their status. The men were nabbed after a six-month sting in which they ...
Fourth-Grader Shares Cocaine With Classmates at D.C. School
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsFour students at a Washington, D.C., elementary school were briefly hospitalized after snorting and swallowing cocaine brought to the school by a fourth-grader. The unidentified fourth-grade student was charged with drug possession after allegedly bringing the cocaine to Thomson Elementary School and sharing it with his or her classmates. The children, whose names and ages have not been released, are all in good condition and were taken to the hospital only as a precaution, officials said in a statement. They said school staff called the authorities after the students became sick. When ...
NASA Investigates Cocaine Found at Facility
By not in system - AOL NewsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is investigating after cocaine was found in a facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said Tuesday that 4.2 grams of a white powdery substance was found last week at the NASA facility, though he would not say where. It tested positive for cocaine. It's not the first time cocaine has been found at the space center. A small amount was discovered in January 2010 in a secure part of a hangar that housed space shuttle Discovery. A spokeswoman from NASA's Inspector General Office in Washington declined to comment on how that case ...
Singer Buju Banton Found Guilty in Cocaine Case
By not in system - AOL NewsTAMPA, Fla. -- Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to set up a cocaine deal in 2009, a verdict that elicited anguish and disbelief among supporters in a crowded courtroom and from other artists in his native Jamaica. A federal jury deliberated for 11 hours over two days on the fate of Banton, who won a Grammy last week for best reggae album for his work entitled "Before the Dawn." He was found guilty of three of four charges, and his attorney said he's facing at least 15 years in prison. The 37-year-old Banton, whose given name is Mark Myrie, remains ...
Cops: Man Hid Crack in Penis
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsWhen you want something to stay hidden, it makes sense to put it somewhere nobody wants to look. A Kentucky man has been hit with drug charges after law enforcement officials say they discovered crack cocaine tucked into his penis. Police in Louisville say they discovered a bag of salvia and liquid codeine when they pulled over Antione Banks during a traffic stop, according to WLKY.com. ...
Oxycodone Intoxication: 5 Facts About What Killed Adrienne Martin
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsAdrienne Martin, the 27-year-old girlfriend of beer magnate August Busch IV, died from accidental oxycodone intoxication. That's the conclusion of the St. Louis County Chief Medical Examiner, which released its report on Martin's December 2010 death today. What is oxycodone, and when is it lethal? Surge Desk found out. 1. Oxycodone is a legal pain reliever, but doses must be controlled Oxycodone (also known by its brand name, OxyContin) is a powerful narcotic that's prescribed for pain relief, and like other narcotics it can be addictive. It comes in immediate and controlled-release forms; ...
Police: Teens Snorted Ashes of Man, 2 Dogs Mistaken for Cocaine
By David Lohr - AOL NewsPolice in Florida say teenagers they arrested as suspected burglars admitted to snorting the stolen cremated remains of a man and two dogs because they mistakenly thought it was cocaine. "It is definitely very odd to have them stolen in the first place," Marion County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Jenifer Lowe told AOL News. "Then, what they did with them is just beyond bizarre, to me anyway." Lowe said the sheriff's office has all five teens in custody and suspects they were involved in 20 unsolved burglaries. Three of the suspects arrested Wednesday have been identified: Matrix Andaluz, 18, ...
Wisconsin Woman Finds $280K of Drugs in Vacuum
By not in system - AOL NewsGREEN BAY, Wis. - A Green Bay, Wis., woman opened a Christmas present from her children to find a refurbished vacuum - and a load of drugs. Authorities say the woman found 2 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine shrink wrapped inside the box. Sheriff's officials estimate the drugs' street value at about $280,000. Lt. David Poteat tells the Green Bay Press-Gazette that a smuggler likely put the drugs in the box before it was shipped from the Juarez, Mexico, area, where it had been reconditioned. Poteat says no one noticed anything, including the department store where ...
Lawrence Taylor Pleads Guilty to Sex Charges: A Timeline of His Legal Troubles
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsFootball Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor sex charges. He will have to serve six years of probation and register as a sex offender, but will avoid jail time. The former New York Giants linebacker was arrested last year and charged with felony rape after he was accused of paying to have sex with a 16-year-old girl. Police said the girl had been forced into prostitution by a man named Rasheed Davis, who was charged with sex trafficking. Taylor, who claimed he thought the girl was 19, was ultimately charged with misdemeanor sexual misconduct and patronizing a ...
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