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Drug Arrests Were Real; the Badge Was Fake
New York Times ^
| 7-01-08
| Monica Davey
Posted on 07/02/2008 4:16:46 AM PDT by Renfield
GERALD, Mo. — Like so many rural communities in the country’s middle, this small town had wrestled for years with the woes of methamphetamine. Then, several months ago, a federal agent showed up.
Arrests began. Houses were ransacked. People, in handcuffs on their front lawns, named names. To some, like Mayor Otis Schulte, who considers the county around Gerald, population 1,171, “a meth capital of the United States,” the drug scourge seemed to be fading at last....
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New York
KEYWORDS: crime; donutwatch; ny; wod
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posted on
07/02/2008 4:16:47 AM PDT
by
Renfield
To: Renfield
What a story! We are in rural central Missouri, and meth is definitely a problem.
Carolyn
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posted on
07/02/2008 4:44:03 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Renfield
He told them he didn’t need a warrant because he worked for the federal government...
I’m surprised his little charade lasted as long as it did. Must have been a lot of morons involved on both sides of the law.
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posted on
07/02/2008 4:45:19 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: CDHart
As many civil rights were violated in this story and as bad as the crime, you can’t help but pull for this guy. Absolutely nothing changes in town for years—things maybe get worse—and then a vigilante shows up....
To: CaspersGh0sts
Somebody had a large "empty" Sudafed box at the ready. No doubt something's going on eh?!
Wonder how they're fixed for matches.
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posted on
07/02/2008 4:52:32 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
(We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
To: Renfield
ewwww! I just read the NY slimes. I need a shower.
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:07:10 AM PDT
by
central_va
(Co. C, 15th Va., Patrick Henry Rifles-The boys of Hanover Co.)
To: Renfield
What? Six posts and no "Badges" yet...OK, here goes...
'Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!'
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:11:34 AM PDT
by
Prov1322
(Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
To: Prov1322
We don't need no steenkin' badgers!
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:15:17 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("I'm Melvin Laertes, 'n I'm a ax-man.")
To: CholeraJoe
Hey! WATCH IT!..................
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:22:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: Renfield
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:24:30 AM PDT
by
timm22
(Think critically)
To: All
MAN!!! I love my home state; the craziest stuff happens here :-)
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:32:32 AM PDT
by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: Renfield
“When the call was placed, a woman — whose identity is unknown — answered with the words “multijurisdictional task force,” and said that the city’s request for federal services was under review, the mayor said. Mr. Schulte said he now suspects that Mr. Jakob adapted the nonexistent task force name from the “Beverly Hills Cop” movies starring Eddie Murphy.”
Priceless.
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:34:34 AM PDT
by
WL-law
To: WayneS; Renfield
He told them he didn’t need a warrant because he worked for the federal government...
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posted on
07/02/2008 5:35:49 AM PDT
by
WVKayaker
(Your mileage may vary.)
To: CDHart
The cops make a meth bust every week around here. Its an epidemic.
To: Renfield
They said the agent, a man some had come to know as “Sergeant Bill,” boasted that he did not need search warrants to enter their homes because he worked for the federal government. Could you pass the latest citizenship test?
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posted on
07/02/2008 6:12:37 AM PDT
by
Fundamentally Fair
(If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
To: Renfield
There was a similar episode on Reno 911.
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posted on
07/02/2008 7:17:46 AM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Of course freedom is free. If it wasn't, it would be called expensivedom. ~Cindy Sheehan 11/11/06)
To: Renfield
You were in 'Nam? So were we. Where? I was in...Sang Bang...Dang Gong...I was all over the place, a lot of places.
What unit?
I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions... Commando Airborne Tactics...Specialist Tactics Unit Battalion. Yeah, it was real hush hush.
I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me.
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posted on
07/02/2008 7:26:12 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Barack Hussein Obama=Jimmy Carter II)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Yes, it is an epidemic. An apartment building in Stover went up in flames because there was a meth lab in it that caught fire or blew up. The whole building went.
Carolyn
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posted on
07/02/2008 8:45:57 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: CDHart
Well, I thought our area of the country was the Meth Cooking Capital...we’d hear of mobile “homes” blowing up in remote areas (and sometimes not so remote...). Law Enforcement/Police Chief friend tells us stories of these labs showing up and blowing up...
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posted on
07/02/2008 9:22:40 AM PDT
by
Prov1322
(Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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