Jailers recovered methamphetamine, a pipe and other items Wednesday after a woman admitted to police she had the items “stuffed up inside” her.

Tahlequah Officer Austin Yates arrived near Muskogee and Downing streets and found Jamalin Lively asleep behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Jetta parked in the road. When she awoke, Lively appeared disoriented and had a white substance in the corners of her mouth, according to Yates’ report.

Yates performed a sobriety test on Lively, then arrested her for driving under the influence of narcotics.

“After placing Lively in the patrol car, she advised me she had meth, baggies, and a pipe stuffed up inside her,” Yates reported.

Jailers later recovered those items and submitted them for evidence. Lively could be charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/inmate-admits-she-had-meth-inside-her/article_8701ed95-fce4-5e05-8151-d89c82d88b7d.html

Chinese officials have destroyed 1.04 tons of narcotics worth over  $57.5 million in the country’s east Zhejiang province, state media reported Friday.

The narcotics, seized in various operations over the past four years, consisted of 102 kilograms of heroin, 665 kilograms of methamphetamine, 129 kilograms of ketamine and 146 kilograms of other drugs.

Given that traditional outdoor burning can emit a large amount of pollutants, police in Zhejiang decided to incinerate the narcotics in furnaces at a temperature of over 850 degrees Celsius, Miao Minhong, head of the local anti-drug team said.

From January to November this year, Zhejiang police arrested about 7,200 suspects in more than 4,800 narcotics related cases, Xinhua news agency reported.

Miao said Zhejiang ranks sixth in China in the number of drug abusers, with 70 per cent below 35 years old, amid a growing number of young abusers purchasing drugs on the Internet.

http://indianexpress.com/article/world/over-1-tonne-narcotics-worth-57-million-destroyed-in-china/

BANGKOK, Dec 18 — Two Malaysian drug couriers thought they could safely transport their “goods” from Bangkok to Hatyai undetected if they conducted their business in the wee hours recently.

The two men, aged 44 and 46, had assumed that conducting their illegal trade in the early morning of that day (December 11) was safest as they believed the Thai police were tired after their nightlong duty, thus would not check on their car.

“They believed travelling in the early morning meant they would have an easier passage to their destination, Hatyai, as the authorities manning the checkpoints (along the route) would be exhausted after working long hours.

“But they felt nervous after their car was stopped at a checkpoint in

Chumphon about 8am on December 11 after hours of driving from Bangkok and the officers noticed it,” Narcotics Suppression Division acting chief, Maj Gen Dusadee Choosankij, told Bernama.

Upon further checking the car, the officers discovered 140 bars of heroin weighing 52.4 kg and 41 kg of ‘crystal’ methamphetamine, hidden in the car’s rear audio speaker compartment, he said.

The two Malaysians were nabbed in Chumphon, southern Thailand, several hours from their intended destination, Hatyai, said Dusadee, adding that the men were currently in custody, facing police investigation.

They will be charged and if found guilty, can face life imprisonment in a Thai jail.

According to Dusadee, the two Malaysians were contracted to transport the drugs worth millions to a waiting unidentified person or persons in Hatyai, who would then take the package across the border to Penang.

He also disclosed that while under detention, the two men continued to receive phone calls from the syndicate members eager to seek information on the drugs.

“We have checked the telephone number and the calls were made from Penang,” he said.

Upon knowing that the two men had been arrested and their effort to smuggle the drugs across the border had failed, the syndicate members sent chilling photos to the men, he said.

“They sent photos of the duo’s tortured and beaten friends in Malaysia to show to them that it (the beatings) was the consequence of their failure to execute the mission successfully,” he said.

Dusadee said the heroin was well packaged and it showed that the drug would most probably be sent to a third country after reaching Penang. — Bernama

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/two-malaysian-mules-caught-with-90kg-of-drugs-in-thailand

Anthony James, 27, said ice has “taken over regional Australia” and that he has been hooked since he was just 18 years old.

While at first it was used purely as a “party drug”, the Melbourne local told the Daily Mail that he now uses it “just to get through the day”.

“I don’t sleep and I am up for four days at a time and I know I shouldn’t be doing it but I keep going back for more,” he said.

“I quit my job because the drugs have got to me a bit and I just don’t know what is going on at the moment, all I know is I am completely f***ked and I blame ice.”

Despite not being able to pay his bills, he said the steadily dropping price of ice means he still finds ways to “fill his pipe”.

“In the last two years the price has been cut in half and the more you buy the cheaper it is… but once you are a full user you could still spend $400 a day on it,” the long-time ice addict revealed.

He added that dealers would provide the first few hits for free, knowing they were creating a new customer for themselves.

With more and more cooks making the banned substance, Mr James said it was more common to find a pipe in someone’s house than a bong, adding that it pained him to see the rising popularity of the drug that has destroyed his beloved home town.

Describing the shocking footage of him inhaling the drug as “really embarrassing and sad”, Mr James said he hoped it would convince anyone to stay away from it altogether.

He said attempts to quit were often foiled by friends popping around and before he knew it, he would be filling up his pipe to “get back on it”.

“Or you will answer the phone to the wrong person or people you know are dealers will pop up on you Facebook feed so you just hit them up,” the Melton resident added.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/33597115/so-cheap-young-father-films-himself-smoking-ice-to-highlight-local-meth-crisis/#page1

http://www.dl-online.com/news/crime/4181550-woman-accused-stuffing-bag-23-grams-meth-down-sink-drain-hospital

http://www.dl-online.com/news/crime/4181539-ogema-woman-allegedly-caught-smoking-meth-police-officer

At least 92 civil servants in Central China’s Hunan Province have been busted for using or dealing drugs this year, most of whom were grass-roots officials.

Some of these officials worked at city or county levels, but the majority were at village or township levels. They were found using, selling or producing drugs, including methamphetamine, or meth, magu and ketamine, while some were found to have allowed others to use drugs in their accommodation, The Beijing News reported Sunday.

According to the Disciplinary Regulations of the Communist Party of China, these officials should be placed on probation or expelled from the Party.

Tao Shaozhang, former Party chief of Xuanyang village in Wugang, has been placed on a probationary period of one year for illegally planting 975 poppies, after which he can retain his Party membership if he does not commit any other infractions.

Officials from the Hunan provincial public security bureau said that new types of drugs were mainly transported from South China’s Guangdong Province while traditional ones mainly came from Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Hunan has become the major battleground for combating drug-related crimes, and the city of Hengyang has been listed as a key city in the anti-drug program conducted by the Ministry of Public Security since 2014.

Police on drug control in Hengyang told media that public servants in the city were found to mainly consume new synthetic drugs, such as meth.

The grass-roots officials’ involvement in drugs is partly due to a lack of surveillance, Zhu Lijia, a professor of public management at the Chinese Academy of Governance, told the Global Times on Sunday.

Many people in the communities or villages are not aware that they should also supervise their officials, Zhu said, calling for severe punishment of officials who behave badly.

According to China’s Criminal Law, those who commit the crimes of smuggling, trafficking, transporting and manufacturing drugs, regardless of the quantity of drugs, shall be investigated for their criminal responsibility and punished.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1024400.shtml

Nearly half of admissions to a leading Sydney drug rehabilitation clinic are now for ice and amphetamine addiction, a jump of more than 50 percent in a year and more than triple what they were a decade ago.

Odyssey House has been treating drug issues in Sydney since 1977. On Monday the organisation released its annual report for the 2015-16 year, showing that 619 patients were admitted to its residential rehabilitation program; 464 men and 155 women. That number is a slight decrease from last year, and the lowest number since 2006, but Odyssey was concerned about the reasons for patients being admitted.

‘Amphetamine-type stimulants’, which includes crystal methamphetamine or ‘ice’, accounted for 49 percent of admissions in 2015-16, up from 32 percent of admissions last year and just 15 percent in 2006.

“Ice is a very concerning health and societal problem, but many frontline services like ours have not yet received the funds necessary to meet growing demand from people needing professional help to overcome dependence on this highly addictive drug,” said Odyssey House CEO Julie Babineau.

Recent figures suggest ice usage is rife in rural areas, with double the amount of people using the drug than in cities. Research estimated around 270,000 Australians were regular ice users in 2013-14.

However, other experts were quick to point out that the rise in ice clients didn’t necessarily mean ice use was on the rise. The Ted Noffs Foundation, a youth drug rehab service, said there was not enough data to say that ice use was increasing.

“Odyssey’s data certainly shows an increase in ice-related admissions, as does our own, but this doesn’t necessarily mean a dramatic increase in the level of use in the community. We need much more data than that to conclusively say that ice use is on the rise,” said spokesperson Kieran Palmer.

Palmer said despite a 2015 injection of $240 million from the government in response to the National Ice Taskforce report, little of that money has trickled through to frontline services.

“We need the money to be available right now. And if there is indeed going to be a surge in ice use we desperately need it now in order to set up the treatment services that are going to be required,” he said.

“The drug and alcohol sector simply can’t understand why it takes more than a year to distribute much needed funding.”

The next most prevalent drug of concern among Odyssey clients was alcohol, at 20 percent of admissions to residential rehab. Heroin and opiates was next at 16 percent, nearly half the figure of the previous year. Cannabis came in at 11 percent of admissions. While Babineau said she was happy to see heroin issues decreasing, she warned against premature celebration.

“Many people who would usually use heroin and/or misuse painkillers may switch to ice or speed — or vice versa — depending on what drugs are more readily available or affordable,” she said.

“We easily could see another surge in heroin/opioid problems like we did last year, when Odyssey House had a 164 per cent rise in opioid admissions and a 20 per cent fall in amphetamine admissions.”

Babineau also warned that drug usage was far from just a young persons’ problem, with nearly 70 percent of Odyssey’s clients over the age of 30.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/12/18/ice-addiction-has-become-top-problem-for-drug-rehab-centre/

ELKHORN—Patrick Weingandt was 19 when a friend gave him methamphetamine.

He tried it.

He loved it.

A month later, it was his life.

Weingandt had done other hard drugs, he said, but meth is different. Unlike heroin, which is derived from the resin of the opium poppy, meth can be cooked from common chemicals. You can walk into Wal-Mart at noon and have a batch of meth finished by 4 p.m., he said.

“It’s just like five ingredients, let that sit around for a while and you pretty much have it,” Weingandt said.

The number of meth cooking operations busted by Walworth County authorities nearly tripled in 2016.

In the first 15 years of his career, sheriff’s office Capt. Robert Hall saw methamphetamine “once in a blue moon.”

Today, Hall, who supervises the drug unit, sees meth becoming an “epidemic” in Walworth County. He said it’s “life-threatening” both in its production and use.

The sheriff’s office drug unit busted 11 meth labs in 2016 leading to 12 arrests. In 2015, investigators busted four labs resulting in seven arrests.

“All drugs rain havoc on communities. This drug is especially dangerous because of the volatility of it going bad and causing injury or death or property damage,” Hall said.

Meth is a stimulant that takes the form of a white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It’s extremely addictive.

‘GOING REALLY FAST’

Weingandt mostly grew up in Lake Geneva, but he bounced around Walworth County in foster care. He said meth is unlike any other drug he’s used.

“You start staying up for days on end, and all of a sudden you just sleep for days,” Weingandt said. “I kind of lost relationships with friends and family and ignored them completely just to be on meth.

“Things just started going really fast after that,” he said.

He smoked and injected the drug.

He didn’t eat. His skin dried. He grew paranoid at work and would “make stuff up,” thinking new hires at his job were police officers.

The law did catch up with him. He was arrested March 13. The sheriff’s office drug unit and Genoa City police picked up Weingandt and Jesse J. Kruzinski, 35, after investigators discovered meth labs in two apartments at 1201 County H in Genoa City.

Weingandt said he didn’t sell meth and only made it for personal use. He said it’s easy to cook.

Ingredients are inexpensive–$20 for a box of pseudoephedrine and $30 for other ingredients–and cooking can require as little as a few hours.

This “one-pot” cooking method is what law enforcement is seeing in Walworth County, Hall said. It’s the cheaper, smaller alternative to large-scale cartel meth that comes from larger labs, sometimes outside the United States.

Hall called meth “a poor man’s drug” because of its ease of production and low cost.

Although one-pot cooks are simple, they are dangerous. The chemicals involved can burn or explode, Hall said. Some of the chemicals are respiratory hazards or carcinogens, he said.

During an interview with The Gazette, Hall showed before and after pictures of meth users. One user had lost his teeth and had a deteriorated jawbone. Another woman looked like she had lost an eye, perhaps from a bad cook, Hall said.

“This is the thing that people need to see,” Hall said.

Some places in the southern United States use billboards to show before and after photos of meth users, he said.

EXPENSIVE ENFORCEMENT

The chemical hazards of meth labs require law enforcement to take extra precautions and get help from supporting agencies before making a bust, officers said. Going after a known or suspected meth cook “doubles our workload,” Deputy Jason Rowland said.

During a lab bust, deputies might wear Tyvek suits to protect their skin. Local fire and emergency medical services departments are put on standby to help with decontamination, Rowland said.

Those arrested and evidence need to be decontaminated before being taken into the Walworth County Jail, Hall said.

A village of Bloomfield house had to be razed following a 2015 meth bust because of the hazardous materials inside, Hall said.

The cost of the extra precautions add up.

The sheriff’s office in 2016 has spent $7,800 for overtime for meth investigations, Hall said. He estimated the Tyvek suits cost $38 to $100 each. That doesn’t include the costs incurred by other responding agencies, some of which come from Milwaukee or Chicago.

“When we have a coke bust, the federal government isn’t paying for the hazmat team to come from Chicago to take everything away to bring it to a special landfill,” Hall said.

Meth is different.

“The costs are astronomical, absolutely astronomical,” Hall said.

Representatives from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration could not be reached to provide cost estimates for materials and training. The Milwaukee DEA office provides the primary response team for Walworth County and can send three or four agents to help with meth busts, Hall said.

Hall hopes state grants will help local agencies cover the cost of meth investigations in 2017.

The state Department of Justice received a $1.5 million grant for meth-related work, spokesman Johnny Koremenos said in an email. The department met Friday to determine how the money will be shared.

Hall said the South East Area Drug Operations Group, which includes Walworth County, applied for some of that grant money. This year, the group received money for heroin and opiate investigations.

CORROSIVE DRUG

Fighting meth is expensive, but the drug also erodes a community, Hall said.

Weingandt is now 20 years old and living in Elkhorn. He works in medical molding and was accepted into Walworth County’s drug treatment court May 5. He said it’s “going great.”

Others have not been able to step away from meth after arrest.

Patrick Gerber, 38, Whitewater, admitted to manufacturing meth at a town of Richmond residence after he was arrested in early August, according to a criminal complaint.

While he was out on bond, police stopped him Oct. 19 in a Lake Geneva fast-food restaurant parking lot with methamphetamine precursors and a “partyway done” batch of meth in a vehicle, according to a second criminal complaint.

Bryan Tidwell, 32, Elkhorn, was arrested Oct. 13 after police say he was making meth in his home where he lives with his minor daughter, according to the criminal complaint. The day after he pleaded not guilty, he was arrested on suspicion of dealing meth.

Police on March 10, 2015, arrested Heather Opper and Joshua Kieckhefer, both of the village of Darien, on charges of making meth in their apartment. Two children, ages 9 and 7, were taken to the Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee for decontamination, Rowland said. The suspects later pleaded guilty to manufacturing meth and child neglect, according to court records.

Weingandt said meth is cheap and easy to make. It’s spreading in Walworth County as one person teaches another.

Hall agreed.

“If you have everybody that’s out there that’s cooking and doing this and you find out how inexpensive it is and they say how easy it is, it’s like wildfire,” Hall said. “And now it’s… it’s in the community.

“It’s truly an epidemic.”

http://www.gazettextra.com/20161218/costly_meth_8216epidemic8217_spreading_in_walworth_county_8216like_wildfire8217

SYMSONIA, KY – A Symsonia pair were arrested Saturday evening after a toddler in their care tested positive for meth.

Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon said deputies responded at around 6 pm to Jackson Purchase Medical Center for a report of a two-year-old child that tested positive for amphetamine in his system.

The investigation led to a search warrant being executed at a Symsonia home, where deputies reportedly found methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in a dresser drawer.

Deputies arrested 37-year-old Breea Cherry and 38-year-old Michael Jackson. Both suspects were charged with possession of a controlled substance 1st degree – methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of wanton endangerment 1st degree.

Both were booked into the Graves County Jail.

http://www.westkentuckystar.com/News/Local-Regional/Western-Kentucky/Meth-Found-in-Toddler-Symsonia-Pair-Charged.aspx

Johnson City police said officers found methamphetamine and components of meth on two people accused of shoplifting from Wal-Mart, according to a press release from the department.

On Friday, officers arrested Sean Garber, 29, 895 Summerville Road, Kingsport, and Leslie Whaley, 35, 283 Furnace Road, after responding to Wal-Mart, 2915 W. Market St., to assist loss prevention personnel who were investigating a shoplifting in progress. After attempting to recover stolen property from Garber and Whaley, officers said they found methamphetamine on Garber and components to manufacture meth on both Garber and Whaley.

The two were charged with theft of property under $500, promotion of methamphetamine manufacture and possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia. Garber was additionally charged with with possession of methamphetamine. Both were taken to the Washington County Detention Center, where Whaley was being held on $12,000 bond and Garber on $22,000 bond. They are scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon in General Sessions Court.

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/law-enforcement/2016/12/18/Shoplifing-investigation-leads-to-meth-charges-police-say

Original article available at ZETA
Translated by El Wachito
Prior recommended reading: Brother of El Karateca Shot

With the full entrance of CJNG to the fight between Sinaloa and the young fraction of Cartel Arellano Felix, the quantity of murders and the areas of danger of the city have expanded. In this moment, the bloody bath gets worse, man are being dismembered and narcomantas are being left. In the colonies were the fights are more intense, the neighbors complain and consider that the safest thing to do is to look the other way and pretend that nothing happened.

“There you go. So you can see who commands in Tijuana. Att. Aquiles”

Around 1100 AM, Wednesday 23rd, of August, a couple was gunned down in Fraccionamiento Santa Fe. The area was not included in the 10 most dangerous areas of the city, however, the delegation San Antonio de los Buenos belongs to that area, and it has a red mark.

 “Because of the incursion of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion with the young members of the CAF, the areas of danger of the city continue to expand”, said an investigator to ZETA.

The Santa Fe victims were identified as Brayan Garmiño Moreno and a young woman, identified as Joselyn Garate Marquez. Regarding Joselyn, the investigators of the State Council of Security, know that she is the ex-girlfriend of Salvador Alcala Gonzalez, who was arrested in September 13, of 2014 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, due to an apprehension order with purposes of extradition into the United States for “drug trafficking and conspiracy to traffic drugs”; he was also identified as an operator of the Cartel Arellano Felix in Baja California since 2012.

Regarding Brayan, the authorities have two versions: The state indicates that he is the brother of Carlos Garmino Gonzelez (CAF leader) and a cousin of Fernando Garmino Moreno “El Fashion”, “La Muñeca”, or “La Barbie”, both detained in february of 2016. The Federal government claimed that he is the brother of “El Fashion” and a cousin of “El Karateca”. And one day before an attack was perpetrated against Brayan, cops visited his home without any results.

In 2012 this young man was detained while trying to charge 2000 dollars in Los Alamos for extortion. And in October of 2014, he was shot in an armed attack inside ZKA nightclub, where El Karateka” made it out with any injuries. Everything in Tijuana.

During wednesday’s incident, it was Garmino who drove the vehicle where he was attacked, to Hospital Del Carmen, where he was medically assisted.

However, authorities claim that this rise in violence started in August 16, and the criminals have focused in the Third area of La Zona Rio. Criminals have documented this area with violance through dismembered bodies, gunned down individuals and narcomantas.

The morning of Tuesday 16th of August, outside People’s nightclub a luggage with a black bag inside was located, inside the bag, the body of an unidentified man was found. Limbs and head were ripped apart from the body and the following message was left”

“Here we still present and we will never leave. Here im leaving a reminder that we are still giving orders and that from here to El Real you will see that you dont exist. Not even strippers from the CAF or dolls of the Cartel Jalisco. Here is the proof thief’s. Here the sky is still green and thats it. FIERRO METAL”.

For the authorities, this is a message from Victor Hugo Mejia Lopez “El Griego”, who represents the interests of the Cartel de Sinaloa of the brothers Alfonso and Rene Arzate, against CJNG-CAF of the people of Gamiño Moreno.

Then, around 6AM of the morning of August 20th, another narcomessage with the body of a dismembered man was left inside a luggage in the area of the bridge of Gato Bronco:

“This is what bridges are for, bunch of dirties. Not for letters or stupid mantitas, Pendejas Strippers of CAF and dolls of Jalisco. Here we are still in command: Arturo Gomez (El Gross). Jose Juan Perez (El Piolin). Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño (El Flaco), Edgar Alejandro Herrera (El Caiman o El Zame or El Cabo 8). Ill make you sit down assholes. You cant mess with me FIERRO METAL”.

Again “El Griego” of Sinaloa against CAF and affiliates.

During the same Saturday 20th of August, after 5PM, in Colonia Lomas de la Presa, Luis Angel Astengo was executed, and a manta with the following message was left to his body:

“Here is your fucking green sky. All the people of La Rana and Akiles go fuck yourself. CJNG-CAF”.

The investigators claim that the assassination was an answer from Los Arellano and Jalisco to the Sinaloans.

Then two others were executed. During the morning of Monday 22nd of August, the Police discovered two man that were trying to hang a body from the bridge Simon Bolivar. They ran away. The individuals abandoned ropes and a message inside a bag that said:

“Here is CJNG/CAF. Go fuck yourself Griego”.

A few hours later, in number 27 of the Fraccionamiento Junco in Villas del Alamo, another body was discovered, next to an unused cardboard and a marker. The authorities determined that the two man had been executed inside the house.

According to information received by the authorities, the responsible for the assesination was an independent drug dealer identified as “El Ceja”, “An independent Chapulin”, that buys drugs in La Zona Norte and sells it in the east side of the city. “He left narcomessages without actually being a part of the original conflict”.

In August 23rd, after 5AM, they attacked again. Now it was a direct attack perpetraded againsts People’s Bar. The criminals burned two areas and left a message that said:

“THIS WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARTEL OF THE DIRTY TRAITORS OF THE CHILAKIL AND HIS SISTER LA SAPA. HERE YOU NEED TO GET ALIGNED WITH THE REAL OWNERS OF THE CITY NOT WITH THOSE DIRTY BASTARDS, IF NOT YOU WILL START HAVING PROBLEMS. AND YOU RETARDED FAGGOT GRIEGO WITH YOUR WEAK ASS BATAKA OF THE FAGGOT OF PIRAS, FIERRO METAL WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN YOUR BUTT. HERE WE ARE MORE STRONGER AND UNITED THAN EVER. ATTE. THE SUPER BADASSES. FAGGOTS… CJNG/CAF”

“Arellanos and Jalisco responded to Sinaloa”, concluded the authorities. And this are not the only conflicts that have happened in this bar (PEOPLES); in March of 2015, Jorge Calderon Camacho executed Luis Madrigal Madrigal, when he left the nightclub. And in July 1st of 2015, the dead bodies of a male and a female with their bodies painted with green aerosol were found inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the nightclub. According to investigations, the couple dedicated themselves to smuggle drugs for the Cartel De Sinaloa. Over the bodies, the investigators found a narcomessage with threats against Rene Arzate “La Rana”.

In the official Facebook page of Peoples nightclub, Cesar Rodriguez, the main director of the Bar, made the following statement:

“Yesterday morning we suffered an attack, and to be honest we are very mad and at the same time happy because this is a symbol that the work that we are doing its really good and therefore people are jelous because we are succesful. We are sad to know that a lot of people tries to incriminate our work, we are understand that it bothers other people, however we will continue to work because thats why we went to college and we work hard because #peoples is a dream that was achieve after years and years of planning”. Some clients demonstrated support and others made comments such as:

“Something bad is going to happen there very soon, there has been a lot of threats, you come in and the type of people that go there creates a tense atmosphere, you go to the restroom and you see people snorting cocaine, the waiters sell drugs, everybody in there thinks they are Zambada…”.

Borderland Beat Reporter El Wachito Posted at12:19 AM

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2016/12/tijuana-whole-city-crime-scene.html

Along with shortening the sentences of 153 nonviolent drug offenders on Monday, President Obama also pardoned 78 people. Here are their names:

Ryan Michael Ashbrook — DeWitt, Mich.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute approximately 56 pounds of marijuana (Southern District of Texas)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon six months’ home confinement and performance of 200 hours of community service (September 8, 2000)

• Robert Spencer Baines — South Thomaston, Maine
Offense: Conspiracy to possess, possession with intent to distribute over 1,000 pounds of marijuana (District of Maine)
Sentence: Six years’ imprisonment (July 31, 1986)

• Roy Darrell Benson — Albuquerque
Offense: Bank fraud (District of Oregon)
Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $50,000 restitution (January 30, 1995)

• Theresa Marie Bishop, a.k.a. Teresa Clark — Pittsburgh
Offense: Knowingly disposing of a firearm to a person convicted of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year (three counts); falsification of firearms purchase forms (two counts) (Western District of Pennsylvania)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon one year of home detention (December 8, 2006)

• Tavia Dion Blume — Snohomish, Wash.
Offense: Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute; use of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense (District of Montana)
Sentence: 42 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (May 21, 1999) (as amended July 12, 1999)

• Bob Edward Bone — St. Louis
Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine (Eastern District of Missouri)
Sentence: One year and one day of imprisonment; two years’ supervised release (May 2, 2006)

• Philip Stephen Brown, a.k.a. Phil Brown — Rock Springs, Wyo.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine (District of Wyoming)
Sentence: Five months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release, including five months’ home confinement (May 11, 2000)

• Jesse Daniel Burgher, a.k.a. Jessie Burgher — Montgomery, Ala.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute at least 100 kilograms of marijuana (Southern District of Florida)
Sentence: 60 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release (September 8, 1989)

• Caryn Lynn Camp, fka Caryn Lynn Camp-Kenworthy — Taichung, Taiwan R.O.C.
Offense: Wire fraud (10 counts); mail fraud (two counts); conspiracy to steal trade secrets; conspiracy to transport stolen goods; interstate transportation of stolen goods (District of Maine)
Sentence: Three years’ probation; $7,500 restitution (December 7, 1999)

• Randy Dale Cantu — Niwot, Colo.
Offense: Conspiracy; falsely making and forging endorsement on government bonds (Southern District of Georgia)
Sentence: Five years’ probation; $169.80 restitution (February 8, 1978)

• James Randolph Carter — Wagoner, Okla.
Offense: Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute (Northern District of Oklahoma)
Sentence: 60 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (May 30, 1991) (as amended May 15, 1997)

• Dolly Ann Chamberlain, fka Dolly Ann Taylor — Herald, Calif.
Offense: Conversion of government money (Eastern District of California)
Sentence: 36 months’ probation, including 180 days of home confinement; $3,000 fine; $82,673.06 restitution (September 23, 2002)

• Tietti Onette Chandler, fka Tietti Chandler-Shelton — Columbus, Miss.
Offense: Embezzlement of mail matter by a postal employee (Northern District of Mississippi)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon the performance of 150 hours of community service (April 1, 1999)

• Larry Wayne Childress, Jr. — Williamsville, Mo.
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine (two counts) (Eastern District of Arkansas)
Sentence: One day of imprisonment; four years’ supervised release, including 12 months’ home detention (March 6, 1997) (as amended November 13, 1997)

• Kristi Lynn Coe, a.k.a. Kristi Lynn Coe-Hagan, fka Kristi Hinshaw — Haw River, N.C.
Offense: Mail fraud (mistakenly listed in the judgment as mail theft) (Middle District of North Carolina)
Sentence: Five years’ probation, conditioned upon four months’ home confinement; $17,785.72 restitution (October 11, 2001)

• Melissa Rae Conley, fka Melissa Faith — Midland, Tex.
Offense: Aiding and abetting distribution of a detectable amount of methamphetamine (Western District of Texas)
Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (January 24, 2007)

• Christopher John Darville — Missouri City, Tex.
Offense: Making false statements to a federally insured financial institution (Middle District of Louisiana)
Sentence: One day of imprisonment; three years’ supervised release conditioned on three months’ home detention; $2,000 fine (November 27, 2001)

• Amanda Kucharski DeBlauw, fka Amanda Richmond — Newmarket, N.H.
Offense: Distribution of heroin (District of New Hampshire)
Sentence: Five months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release, conditioned upon 11 months’ home detention (November 29, 1999)

• Lehi Victoria Dickey, a.k.a. Lahi Dickey, fka Lehi Dickey Bryant — Oakland, Calif.
Offense: Bank embezzlement (Northern District of California)
Sentence: Three years’ probation; $1,000 fine (September 13, 1985)

• Ronald Lee Eyler — Williamsport, MD
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute in excess of one kilogram of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine (District of Maryland)
Sentence: Two years’ imprisonment (March 9, 1992)

• Michael Anthony Facchiano, Jr. — Venetia, Pa.
Offense: Mail fraud (two counts) (Western District of Pennsylvania)
Sentence: Six months’ imprisonment; five years’ probation; $2,000 fine (February 22, 1985)

• Theresa Renee Gardley, fka Theresa Renee Naper, fka Theresa Renee Thornton — Hillside, Ill.
Offense: Unlawful use of an unauthorized access device (Southern District of Texas)
Sentence: Three years’ imprisonment, suspended; five years’ probation, conditioned upon 200 hours of community service; $6,411 restitution (December 9, 1988)

• Karim Riad Georgy — Tampa
Offense: Acquiring and possessing controlled substances by fraud, deception, or subterfuge (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Three years’ probation; $1,500 fine; $1,000 restitution (November 6, 2001) (as amended January 28, 2002)

• Donald Lee Gilbert — Phoenix
Offense: Interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle (District of Maine)
Sentence: Two years’ probation (October 19, 1964)

• Pamela Ann Golemba — Enfield, Conn.
Offense: Conspiracy to export cocaine (District of Connecticut)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, including six months’ house arrest; $2,500 fine (December 15, 1989)

• Richard Allen Graham — Callahan, Fla.
Offense: Destruction of mail matter by a postal employee (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: One year of probation, including 25 hours of community service (December 19, 2008)

• Bobby Joseph Guidry, a.k.a. Bob Guidry — Youngsville, Calif.
Offense: Conspiracy to import marijuana; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana (Southern District of Mississippi)
Sentence: Three years’ imprisonment; five years’ probation; $1,000 fine (March 4, 1988)

• Edward John Hartman — Westampton Township, N.J.
Offense: Conspiracy (submitting false and fraudulent documents to FHA and VA) (District of New Jersey)
Sentence: Four months’ imprisonment; three years’ probation; $3,000 fine; unspecified restitution (July 11, 1986)

• William Bernie Heckle, Jr., a.k.a. Billy Heckle — Orangeburg, S.C.
Offense: Falsifying medical prescriptions and illegally dispensing controlled substances (Schedule II through Schedule V); dispensing prescription medication without a legitimate written order from a prescribing physician (District of South Carolina)
Sentence: 18 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (December 4, 1996)

• Juleen Nicole Henry — Duluth, Ga.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute marijuana (Eastern District of Michigan)
Sentence: Time served (115 days’ imprisonment); two years’ supervised release (April 23, 2001)

• James Ralph Hoeckelman — Irwin, Pa.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana (Western District of Pennsylvania)
Sentence: 30 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (April 10, 1992) (as amended April 18, 1997)

• Ralph Allen Hoekstra, a.k.a. Ralph Alan Hoekstra — Huntington Beach, Calif.
Offense: Importing wildlife contrary to law (Central District of California)
Sentence: One year of probation; $5,000 fine (January 19, 2005)

• Samuel Wesley Howze, a.k.a. Sala Udin — Pittsburgh
Offense: Unlawfully transporting firearms; possession of untaxpaid distilled spirits (Western District of Kentucky)
Sentence: Five years’ imprisonment (November 20, 1970)

• Herman Lamont Jackson — Maple Heights, Ohio
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine (two counts) (Northern District of Ohio)
Sentence: 63 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release; $2,000 fine (March 29, 1999)

• Mark Edward Johnson — Hanscom Air Force Base, MA
Offense: Conspiracy to import more than 100 kilograms of marijuana (Western District of Texas)
Sentence: 24 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release, conditioned upon 200 hours of community service (April 6, 2004)

• Cathy Mae Jones, fka Cathy Mae Bennett — Alamogordo, N.M.
Offense: Conspiracy (District of New Mexico)
Sentence: Time served (nine days’ imprisonment); five years’ supervised release; $1,423.50 restitution (September 14, 2006)

• Fabius Romero Jones — Oakland, Calif.
Offense: Theft from interstate shipment (Northern District of California)
Sentence: One year of probation; $100 fine (August 24, 1977)

• Ricky Eugene Jones — Alamogordo, N.M.
Offense: Conspiracy to manufacture 5 grams or more of methamphetamine; attempt to manufacture 5 grams or more of methamphetamine; maintaining a place for manufacture of methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute less than 5 grams of methamphetamine (District of New Mexico)
Sentence: Time served (42 days’ imprisonment); five years’ supervised release; $1,423.50 restitution (September 14, 2006)

• James Harold Keaton — Bassett, VA
Offense: Possession of a stolen firearm (Western District of Virginia)
Sentence: 30 months’ probation, conditioned upon 50 hours of community service (November 9, 2007)

• Dean Robert Kondo — Daly City, Calif.
Offense: Possession of counterfeit currency (Northern District of California)
Sentence: 12 months and one day of imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (July 19, 2000)

• Mary Ann Krauser, fka Mary Ann Iron Shield — Fort Yates, N.D.
Offense: Involuntary manslaughter (District of North Dakota)
Sentence: Three years’ imprisonment, suspended; five years’ probation (June 1, 1982)

• Emmanuel Gabriel Leeper — Plano, Tex.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute marijuana (Eastern District of Missouri)
Sentence: 151 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (April 9, 1993)

• Keith Alan Little — Odessa, Tex.
Offense: Interception of electronic communications (Western District of Texas)
Sentence: Five years’ probation, including four months in a halfway house; $10,000 fine (June 14, 1990)

• Victoria Hunter Lowe — Tucson
Offense: Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine (Western District of Texas)
Sentence: 46 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (July 18, 2006)

• Dawn Mascari, fka Dawn Steponavich — North Branford, Conn.
Offense: Aiding and abetting in illegal gambling operation (District of Connecticut)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon two months’ home confinement; $2,000 fine (April 23, 2002)

• James Willie McGrady, Jr. — Fayetteville, N.C.
Offense: Distribution of cocaine and aiding and abetting; distribution of cocaine in excess of 500 grams and aiding and abetting; possession of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime (Eastern District of North Carolina)
Sentence: 37 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release; $5,000 fine; $1,000 restitution (April 11, 1989) (as amended May 3, 1990)

• John Frederick McNeely, Jr. — Santa Ana, Calif.
Offense: Receiving counterfeit government obligations (Central District of California)
Sentence: Three years’ probation (July 27, 1970)

• Kenneth Shannon Meadows, a.k.a. Kenny Shannon Meadows — Celina, Tenn.
Offense: Manufacture, assemble, modify, sell and distribute electronic devices for the unauthorized decryption of direct-to-home satellite television services (Western District of Kentucky)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon six months’ home confinement; $36,424 restitution (August 25, 2003)

• Roger Delos Melius — Faulkton, S.D.
Offense: Conspiracy to submit false statements (District of South Dakota)
Sentence: Three years’ probation; $87,712.91 restitution (October 11, 2007) (as amended December 17, 2007)

• Samuel Nyamongo Mongare — Arlington, Tex.
Offense: Possession of false identification documents with intent to defraud the United States (Western District of Texas)
Sentence: Four months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (March 27, 2001)

• Steven Odell Moon — Burleson, Tex.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess phenylacetic acid (Northern District of Texas)
Sentence: 60 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (January 24, 1991)

• George Bernard Moran — Federal Way, Wash.
Offense: Conspiracy to import a substantial amount of marijuana into the United States; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute an amount of marijuana over 1,000 pounds; subscribing to a false United States Income Tax Return (District of Maine)
Sentence: Eight years’ imprisonment (May 11, 1984)

• Thomas Whitfield Morris, Jr. — Pawleys Island, S.C.
Offense: Conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States (District of South Carolina)
Sentence: Five years’ probation, conditioned upon 300 hours of community service (August 26, 1992)

• Christopher Muratore — Tampa
Offense: Devising a scheme to defraud the United States of money and property and devising a scheme to deprive the United States Bankruptcy Court and the citizens of the United States of honest services (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: 36 months’ probation, including six months’ home detention; $107,850 restitution (September 25, 2001)

• Serena Denise Nunn — Atlanta
Offense: Aiding and abetting in the attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine (District of Minnesota)
Sentence: 188 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (sentence commuted) (April 11, 1990)

• Francis Joseph O’Hara, Sr. — Camden, Maine
Offense: Conspiracy to restrain, suppress and eliminate competition by rigging bids; conspiracy with others to knowingly and willfully make and use false documents containing false statements in matters within the jurisdiction of the Defense Personnel Support Command (District of Maine)
Sentence: Six months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release; $200,000 fine; $950,000 restitution (September 13, 1991)

• James Allen Palmatier — Highland, N.Y.
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine (mistakenly listed in the judgment as possession of cocaine) (Northern District of Alabama)
Sentence: 97 months’ imprisonment; four years’ supervised release, conditioned upon 300 hours of community service (September 21, 1989)

• Allen Wayne Parker — Fort Smith, Ark.
Offense: Officer of U.S. stealing property of another (Western District of Arkansas)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon an undetermined term of home confinement and five weekends of intermittent confinement; $1,000 fine (May 1, 1991)

• Robert Allen Petty — Mineola, Tex.
Offense: Distribution of methamphetamine (Western District of Oklahoma)
Sentence: 33 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (April 4, 1994)

• Benjamin Ramos — Jamaica, N.Y.
Offense: Conspiracy to transport and sell stolen goods (two counts) (Southern District of New York)
Sentence: Four years’ probation; $5,000 restitution (September 21, 2000)

• Erica Renee Ramos, fka Erica Renee DeVore, fka Erica Renee Ramirez — Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Offense: Use of a communication facility to facilitate a drug felony (Middle District of Florida)
Sentence: Two years’ probation (February 20, 2003)

• Doretha Doreen Rhone — Philadelphia
Offense: Theft (District of Columbia)
Sentence: Three years’ probation; $3,060 restitution (March 14, 1989)

• Adam Philip Ricciardiello — Naples, Fla.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute marijuana (District of Vermont)
Sentence: Time served; three months’ residence in a community confinement center; four years’ supervised release, conditioned upon 200 hours of community service; $5,000 fine (July 1, 2002) (as amended July 3, 2002 and January 28, 2003)

• Ramon Escalera Sanchez — Cheney, Wash.
Offense: Possession of less than 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute (Eastern District of Washington)
Sentence: 27 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (September 19, 2003)

• Bryan Scot Sandquist — Gig Harbor, Wash.
Offense: Felon in possession of a firearm (District of Oregon)
Sentence: 40 months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (November 4, 2002)

• Heidi Kay Schmidt, fka Heidi Kay Watt — Denton, NE
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute controlled substance (District of Nebraska)
Sentence: 30 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release, conditioned upon 250 hours of community service (June 30, 2005) (as amended April 12, 2006)

• Allen Thompson Sherwood — Ooltewah, Tenn.
Offense: Conduct unbecoming an officer (shoplifting) (United States Air Force general court-martial convened at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana)
Sentence: Dismissal from service; four months’ confinement; forfeiture of $500 pay per month for four months; $5,000 fine (January 24, 1990)

• Kaseen Lathell Simmons, a.k.a. Ceno Smith — Detroit
Offense: Possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana (District of New Mexico)
Sentence: 21 months’ imprisonment; two years’ supervised release (May 17, 1999)

• Brenda Lorene Sinclair, fka Brenda Lorene Pontius — Boise, ID
Offense: Receiving, possessing, concealing and disposing of stolen money (District of Oregon)
Sentence: Ten years’ imprisonment; five years’ probation; $1,986 restitution (October 27, 1986)

• Michael Slavinsky — Irvine, Calif.
Offense: Misdemeanor illegal supplementation of salary by an employee of the United States (District of Columbia)
Sentence: Three years’ probation, conditioned upon performance of 50 hours of community service; $10,000 restitution (January 7, 1998)

• Richard Earl Smout — Blackfoot, ID
Offense: Possession of stolen mail (District of Utah)
Sentence: Time served (77 days’ imprisonment) and two years’ supervised release (November 20, 2001)

• Robin Shelley Soodeen — Upper Marlboro, MD
Offense: Bank embezzlement (District of Columbia)
Sentence: Eight months’ halfway house confinement; five years’ supervised release; $49,000 restitution (October 2, 2001)

• Pamela Joy Stokes — Southfield, Mich.
Offense: False Statement (Eastern District of Michigan)
Sentence: Two years’ probation, conditioned upon 120 days’ home confinement (May 3, 2006)

• Joseph Eugene Swies — Frederic, Wis.
Offense: Forgery of postal money orders (Western District of Wisconsin)
Sentence: Three years’ probation; $1,259.71 restitution (July 27, 1984)

• Shari Dee Trompke — Grand Island, NE
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine (District of Nebraska)
Sentence: 36 months’ imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (April 17, 1997)

• Jessica Ann Tyson, fka Jessica Ann Martin — Grand Rapids, Mich.
Offense: Conspiracy to commit bank fraud (Western District of Michigan)
Sentence: Two years’ probation; $1,200 restitution (December 2, 1997)

• Robert Steven Warden — Monroe, Wash.
Offense: Simple possession of approximately two grams of heroin (Central District of California)
Sentence: One year of probation (December 4, 1972)

• Vera Mae Yurisich — Cashmere, Wash.
Offense: Perjury (Eastern District of Washington)
Sentence: Three months’ imprisonment; three years’ supervised release (April 30, 2007)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/12/19/obama-pardoned-more-than-70-inmates-here-are-their-names/?utm_term=.7cca93c09dd3

• 32-year-old Juan Rodriguez-Rivera, also known as “Juan Carillo,” “Armando Garcia,” and “Luis Rodrigues,” a citizen of Mexico.
• 27-year-old  Rafael Elodaid Baylon-Palma, also known as “Eli” of Kansas City, MO
• 34-year-old  Mauricio Daniel Dominguez of Kansas City, MO.
•  Rolando Segura, age unknown, of Kansas City, MO.
• 29-year-old Jesus David Baylon-Palma, also known as “Raul,” “Fathead,” and “Primo” of Raytown, MO.
• 27-year-old Esmeralda Contreras-Fernandez of Raytown, MO
• Jose Carlos Baylon-Carrasco, age unknown, a citizen of Mexico residing in Grandview, MO.
•  26-year-old Eduardo Luna-Avina, a citizen of Mexico residing in Kansas City, KS.
• 36-year-old Jose Santana-Chavez of Kansas City, KS.
• 32-year-old Rory Sanchez, address unknown.

www.newstalkkzrg.com/2016/12/19/ten-busted-in-kc-with-100-pounds-of-meth/

A 25-year-old woman is facing charges after U.S. border customs officials say she tried to smuggle liquid methamphetamine inside Native American-style dreamcatchers.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the woman was detained Sunday at the Columbus, New Mexico Port of Entry after a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officers. The officers found six dreamcatchers in the woman’s 2000 Dodge Neon.

Officials say the dreamcatchers’ rings were made of rubber tubing filled with a liquid that later tested positive for methamphetamine.

The woman from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, was handed over to ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/

A Rockmart woman was in jail Monday after being accused of forgery and identity fraud.

According to Floyd County Jail reports:

Macy Renee James, 22, of 49 Crayton St., was arrested Sunday at 8:38 p.m. at Staples, 212 Shorter Ave., after she used identification cards belonging to another person and signed a check as someone else.

She also gave two false names to police when asked and signed the wrong name on her booking information.

James had a bag of methamphetamine in her possession as well.

James is charged with two felony counts of identity fraud, four felony counts of forgery in the first degree, four felony counts of false statements and writing and felony possession of methamphetamine.

She also is charged with misdemeanor counts of giving a false name and date of birth and theft by receiving stolen property.

http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/police_fire/rockmart-woman-accused-of-forgery-identity-fraud/article_75f7efcc-c60e-11e6-b185-a7a735987f1a.html

A homeless mom is facing felony drug charges after Cheyenne Police found her high on meth in front of her kids.

Officer Kevin Malatesta says police were called to Little Philly on December 15, after someone reported that an occupied car had been sitting in the parking lot for several hours.

“When the officers approached the car they found a person named Glenda Lewis standing outside of the car with the trunk open and all of the doors of the car open,” said Malatesta. “Lewis was throwing things out of the trunk and ranting about someone being planted in her car.”

Malatesta says Lewis’ 5-year-old daughter and 16-month-old son were in the back seat.

“Lewis was found to be under the influence of methamphetamine,” said Malatesta. “She had a small amount of methamphetamine on her and she admitted to using the methamphetamine around the kids.”

The 32-year-old was arrested and her kids were taken into protective custody.

Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 21 at 1:30 p.m. in Laramie County Circuit Court.

http://kgab.com/homeless-mom-facing-felony-meth-charges/

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — A woman and three men were arrested at a Goldsboro home after deputies say they were found making meth at the house.

The arrests took place on Tuesday at 2002 Margaret Drive in Goldsboro, according to an email from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.

“During the course of the investigation officers executed a search warrant at the above listed residence,” deputies said. “During the search officers located items consistent with manufacturing methamphetamine … and numerous items of drug paraphernalia.”

Edwin Alan Foil, 42, James Creech, 49, Amanda White, 27, and Bobby Pelt, 41, all of the Margaret Drive home were charged.

Each suspect is charged with one count of manufacture methamphetamine, six counts of possess / distribute methamphetamine precursor, one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Each of those charged is being held in the Wayne County Jail on a $300,000 secured bond.

http://wncn.com/2016/12/20/4-arrested-after-deputies-raid-goldsboro-meth-house-deputies-say/

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — As part of an ongoing investigation into large-scale trafficking and distribution of crystal methamphetamine in the Mobile area, the Mobile County Street Enforcement Narcotics Team executed an operation in Eight Mile Dec. 19 – 20 that led to the arrest of a husband and wife.

During the operation, a search warrant was executed at the home on 9171 Spice Pond Road. Officers seized over a half a kilo of crystal methamphetamine worth $60,000. An ounce of marijuana, a Toyota pickup truck, and $3,000 cash were also seized.

Carlos McDonald, 35, was charged with two counts of trafficking methamphetamine, possession of marijuana first degree, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Kimberly McDonald, 37, was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

http://local15tv.com/news/local/husband-and-wife-arrested-for-trafficking-meth

Roseburg Police arrested a 37-year-old woman on suspicion of stealing from Coastal Farm & Ranch and possession of methamphetamine. 

Amber Michelle Douglas, no address provided, allegedly stole merchandise from the supply store before fleeing from the scene in a blue 1995 Nissan Pathfinder in the 740 block of Garden Valley Boulevard, Roseburg.

At approximately 7 p.m., officers located the vehicle and contacted Douglas. During an investigation police found the woman to be in possession of the stolen items and a small amount of methamphetamine.

She was arrested without incident on suspicion of second-degree theft and methamphetamine possession. She was lodged at the Douglas County Jail in lieu of $56,250 bail.

http://www.nrtoday.com/news/crime/woman-arrested-on-meth-theft-charges/article_25c7a315-d226-5a27-91dc-f059a4e80266.html