Posted on 11/06/2019 9:33:38 AM PST by Gamecock
TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa man arrested after a routine traffic violation was able to smuggle more than 7 grams of a fentanyl laced powder into jail, authorities said.
Timothy CarthCart, 33, was pulled over by a Pasco County sheriff's deputy on suspicion of driving under the influence on Jan. 24, arrest records indicate.
According to Drug Enforcement Administration investigators and Pasco County deputies, CathCart quickly concealed more than 7 grams of fentanyl-laced substance before deputies approached the vehicle.
CathCart was taken to Pasco County Jail following the DUI traffic stop, authorities said.
There, he was able to smuggle in the concealed substance, which also included a mix methamphetamine and gabapentin, commonly used as an anti-seizure drug.
Sometime between Jan. 24 and Jan. 25, CathCart distributed the substance to three inmates all of whom subsequently lost consciousness, overdosed and suffered severe injury, prosecutors said.
On Tuesday, CathCart pleaded guilty to conspiracy and intent to distribute fentanyl and non-fentanyl-laced substances.
He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison with the guilty plea.
The case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.
Somebody didn't do a full cavity check.
Good search of the perp b4 they locked him up
See it’s NOT OUR PAIN MANAGEMENT MEDS YOU STUPID politicians!!!!!
Notes to self:
Don’t take drugs into jail.
Don’t distribute drugs in jail.
Don’t take drugs a prisoner gives you.
Don’t take drugs while in jail.
Was this an attempt to lower the prison population through recreational activities?
It didn’t work, if so...I thought fentanyl was so potent you couldn’t touch any?
“intent to distribute fentanyl and non-fentanyl-laced substances”
Wait, so it’s illegal for me to distribute fentanyl AND illegal for me to distribute not-fentanyl?
Seems like damned if you do, damned if you don’t!
Maybe the 3 inmates wanted to do unspeakable things to him, and this was his method of “self defense”?
Personally I don’t see a problem with this and I strongly Encourage ALL Police Agencies to distribute all the Fentanyl they confiscate to our local jails and prisons, give them their last hurrah!!
Putting two and two together, where did he smuggle them, and what method was used to pass the drug? Was the transfer done in one step?
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