”controlled substance” News

Georgia inmate arrested trying to get back in jail

WOODBINE, Ga. – Authorities say they arrested an escaped jail inmate trying to sneak back into the lockup with cigarettes allegedly stolen from a nearby store. Sheriff Tommy Gregory said Saturday that 25-year-old Harry Jackson
03 8 2009 2:46PM (...more)

Woman tries to pay old fine, but gets arrested

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. – A mother of three was arrested when she tried to pay a 13-year-old fine for a youthful misstep. Christina Dugan Lloyd was sorting old papers when she found a $2,000 citation from 1996 she said she forgot about. The offense: speeding through Utah with an expired
02 23 2009 11:58PM (...more)

Police say alleged drug dealer accepted gift cards

ATHENS, Ala. – You can call it a case of creative drug-dealing. Athens police have a 38-year-old man in custody for allegedly accepting gift cards for payment for crack cocaine and prescription drugs . Police Captain Marty Bruce,
01 1 2009 10:52AM (...more)

Man arrested after cops find crack in his vomit

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 25-year-old Detroit-area man literally spilled his guts to police and was arrested on a drug charge after officers found crack cocaine in his vomit. Police said the man swallowed the drugs after a short car and foot chase Tuesday about 20 miles northeast
12 8 2008 11:02AM (...more)

Rapper Warren G arrested on drug-related charge

LOS ANGELES - Warren G has been arrested on a drug charge after police pulled over the car he was riding in.
06 11 2008 11:31AM (...more)

Tatum O'Neal: Manhattan drug arrest `saved' her

NEW YORK - Tatum O'Neal has told a newspaper that she was distraught over the loss of her dog when she went looking to buy drugs from a Manhattan street dealer last weekend.
06 4 2008 1:28AM (...more)

Tatum O'Neal released after NYC drug arrest

NEW YORK - Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been released after her drug arrest in lower Manhattan.
06 3 2008 8:06AM (...more)

Washington County Pair Charged With Growing Marijuana on SGL

To: STATE EDITORS Contact : Jerry Feaser of PA Game Commission, +1-717-705-6541, PGCNews@state.pa.us HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 10 29 2009 5:25PM (...more)

A federal misstep with medical marijuana?

The federal government has limited resources to fight drugs, and funds should not be wasted on prosecuting users and providers of medical marijuana who comply with state laws, the Obama administration said this week. While this argument may indeed seem a sensible prioritizing of federal effort
10 23 2009 11:09PM (...more)

Man accused of leaving pot in Ark. patrol car

DeQUEEN, Ark. – Police said a man arrested on an outstanding warrant following a traffic stop was accused of leaving marijuana in the police officer 's patrol car. A
08 22 2009 4:59AM (...more)