LIMA -- Tarika Wilson was to begin college Monday to study business in hopes of making a better life for herself and her six children. "She was supposed to start Monday with me," her sister, Tania Wilson, said. Tarika Wilson will never have that chance. A Lima Police Department SWAT team officer shot her to death Friday inside her home at 218 E. Third St. during an evening drug raid. The circumstances remained under investigation Saturday with police officials releasing few details about what happened inside the home. [continues 469 words]
Black Community, City Officials Clash Over Search LIMA, Ohio -- Darla Jennings walked through the streets of south Lima last night sobbing as hundreds of people behind her called for justice after the shooting of her daughter, who was killed by police as she held her baby. Tarika Wilson, 26, was shot and her 1-year-old son was wounded when Lima police conducted a drug raid on their home Friday night, prompting members of the black community to organize a candlelight vigil and demand answers from police. [continues 1029 words]
LIMA -- Less than a day after the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old mother by a Lima Police Department SWAT team officer during a drug raid, Chief Greg Garlock said they knew they were entering a "high-risk" situation with a good chance there would be children inside. Toys on the front porch of 218 E. Third St. were the tip-off children may be inside. Police officers also knew the man they were after, Anthony Terry, 31, had been in prison and had numerous run-ins with police officers including a time in which he tried to use a weapon on an officer. [continues 1215 words]
LIMA, Ohio -- The Lima police officer involved in a shooting that caused the death of a mother and injured her 1-year-old son has been placed on administrative leave, however police have released little other information about a drug raid Friday night that led to the shooting. Tarika Wilson, 26, was pronounced dead at 218 East Third St., where Lima police were executing a search warrant at 8:15 p.m. Her son, Sincere Wilson, was also injured during the drug raid Friday night. [continues 272 words]
When I was a boy, there were certain critters that were still considered predatory and dangerous to animals and children. In order to reduce this population, a bounty was set. Young men who wanted to earn extra spending money, would bring in their tails or ears and collect the bounty. We need more than just the ears and tails of drug dealers to begin to reduce this problem; we need their bodies. So, I'm suggesting that we establish an irresistible bounty, high enough to make even the most timid roll over on their relatives to collect. Upon conviction, these dealers should be given the maximum sentence and immediately shipped to a Mexican prison. [continues 402 words]
It's that time of year again to declare the war of "them against us". We have the war on drugs, the war on terror, and like every year for so many years it's hard to keep track, we have the perennial war on Christmas. This is the war where a vocal minority of extremist Christians, threaten to boycott those businesses that don't commercialize Christmas in the way that those extremists demand they do. They insist, "You will say Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays, or we will destroy you financially!" My, how Christian. [continues 216 words]
THE nation's capital, Washington, D.C., has a dubious distinction. It is also the capital of AIDS infections, with the highest rate of AIDS of any major U.S. city, according to a recent report. There is another shameful fact about Washington that logic suggests may be linked to the first. For the past nine years, until reason prevailed last week and the law was changed, Washington was the only American city specifically barred by federal legislation from using local funds for programs that provide clean syringes to drug users - a widely accepted strategy to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS. [continues 288 words]
Cleveland Recorded Most Homicides in 13 Years Fueled by gangs, drugs and guns, Cleveland recorded more homicides in 2007 than it has in any year in more than a decade. The city reported 134 slayings. It was the most since 1994, when 141 people were killed. Cleveland's overall crime numbers dropped about 15 percent, police said. Robberies, rapes, felonious assaults and burglaries all decreased. But rising gun violence led to the increase in murders, Mayor Frank Jackson said. City officials said they will aggressively target organized crime, drugs and guns in 2008. The mayor is troubled by the murders. [continues 490 words]
While methamphetamine usage appears to be under control in Crawford County, we still have a drug problem and it involves heroin and cocaine. The Telegraph-Forum recently conducted a question and answer session with Sgt. Chris Heydinger, Crawford County access officer for METRICH, on the subject of methamphetamine use here. What we learned was a bit eye-opening regarding drug use. Heydinger relayed how drug users and dealers operate under the radar of law enforcement. Despite local law enforcement officers' best efforts, they can't see and hear about every illicit drug deal. [continues 140 words]
A MySpace page for Ohio University's student center included an ad for a Web site that appears at first glance to sell marijuana. A student employee of the center created the MySpace page to promote concerts at the Athens university's Baker Center, but the official university Web site for the student center included a link to it. After being notified of the ad, which was posted on Dec. 6, the university took the link to the MySpace page down, said George Mauzy, an OU spokesman. [continues 260 words]
LANCASTER - Drinking and illicit drug use by teens has continued to decline, according to a recent survey of high school students in Fairfield County. However, parents still have cause for concern, officials say. But a new program at Fairfield Medical Center is teaching parents how to help their children make healthy choices when it comes to drugs and alcohol. Results from the 2006 Youth Survey indicate that about 80 percent of high school seniors have drank alcohol and about 40 percent have smoked marijuana. Although fewer teens reported regularly using alcohol and marijuana, most said those substances were easy to obtain and not particularly harmful. Trisha Saunders says that is the wrong attitude to have. [continues 370 words]
An area service agency has received statewide recognition for addressing the needs of local youths struggling to deal with issues of alcohol and drug abuse in their homes. Recovery and Prevention Resources of Delaware and Morrow counties' YES Program is one of two prevention programs serving elementary students to be named an "Exemplary Prevention Program" this year by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. This is the fourth year RPR of Delaware and Morrow Counties has offered YES, also known as the "You're Extra Special" program. It partners with local schools to identify students ages 5 to 13 who live in homes where alcohol or other drug abuse is believed to be a problem. [continues 545 words]
MANSFIELD -- Richland County Common Pleas Judge James Henson knew the "war on drugs" needed to change. "Sending young people to prison for using drugs wasn't working," he said. "We were getting the same people out that we were sending in." Chief probation Officer Dave Leitenberger agreed. "We've seen so much growth in drug crimes over the last two decades," he said. "The long-term problem has to be solved through behavior change and treatment. You have to offer them treatment and an opportunity to live a normal life." [continues 463 words]
Do as we say, not as we do" appears to be the philosophy of some members of Ohio's Education Standards Board in regard to ethical behavior by public school teachers. That may be a bit harsh, given the fact that the board's lapse involved state public meetings law -- while the subject of its improper gatherings was criminal misconduct by educators. Still, members of the board should have deliberated the issue in public, if only to obtain input from Ohioans. [continues 546 words]
MANSFIELD -- Meth-amphetamine presents special risks for law enforcement. "Meth labs are extremely dangerous and volatile given the chemicals and methods used to manufacture the drugs," METRICH Commander Lt. Dino Sgambellone said. "Meth abusers exhibit extreme chronic effects and are prone to paranoia and violence among other physical characteristics." Meth use can be highly addictive, even lethal. Its effects are similar to those of amphetamine but are more damaging to the central nervous system. Meth can be smoked, snorted or taken orally, but it's most frequently injected. The user experiences an intense rush. [continues 694 words]
The survey of Licking Valley High School students regarding use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco was disappointing in many ways. Just as disturbing, it is not unique to Licking Valley. The November survey indicated more than 55 percent of LV high school students tried alcohol within the past year. For seniors, the number came out to 70 percent. About 33 percent of the students have used tobacco and almost 18 percent used marijuana within the past year. A 2006 survey at Newark High School found that 62 percent of the students said they had tried alcohol at some point in their lives. [continues 281 words]
MOUNT VERNON - According to court officials, there are 24 juveniles enrolled in the Knox County Juvenile Drug Court Program for various drug-related crimes. This represents the highest level of participation at any one time since the program's inception. Created by Juvenile Judge James M. Ronk in March 2001, the drug court program was designed to specifically address the intervention needs of the growing body of Knox County teens exhibiting addictive or potentially addictive drug-related behavior. "Throughout the time I've been judge, there have been teen drinking parties and smoking marijuana," said Ronk. "[At the time], I wasn't happy with our response. We were looking around for evidence-based programs that offered the opportunity for more effective interventions." [continues 1250 words]
Prosecutor: Informant Set Up Four People A federal informant staged drug deals with friends while investigators watched but disguised the identities of the friends to frame innocent people and get them sent to prison. Informant Jerrell Bray gave drugs to friends and arranged for them to make sales to undercover federal officers. Then, Bray testified in court or gave sworn statements identifying others as the parties in the deals, said Bruce Teitelbaum, a federal prosecutor investigating how a controversial drug case spun out of control. [continues 371 words]
The Feds Offer An Incentive To Collaborate On Fighting Drug Use The effects of methamphetamine production and use are well-known to local law enforcement agencies, the toll measured in ruined lives, properties contaminated by illicit labs, roadsides turned into dumps for poisonous chemicals. Akron and Summit County lead the state in the number of meth-lab related prosecutions, 16 from October of 2006 through September. The vigilance is a good start. Even better is that local efforts will be bolstered through a new, federally funded initiative that stresses a cooperative, regional approach. Another key aspect of the Ohio Methamphetamine Pilot Initiative is an emphasis on stopping drug use before it gets started. [continues 143 words]
Luther Ricks Sr., to put it mildly, is living the American Nightmare. What else can you call it when police take your money because they're suspicious you're selling drugs, then fail either to file charges or to return your money? Public pressure isn't likely to help Ricks get back what is his. Ricks needs a lawyer - but the government has depleted his means of hiring one. What he also needs is his congressman to try to intervene on his behalf. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, should involve himself in pressing the FBI to return the money to his constituent. [continues 499 words]
LIMA - Two robbers who broke into Luther Ricks Sr.'s house this summer may have not gotten his life savings he had in a safe, but after the FBI confiscated it he may not get it back. Ricks has tried to get an attorney to fight for the $402,767 but he has no money. Lima Police Department officers originally took the money from his house but the FBI stepped in and took it from the Police Department. Ricks has not been charged with a crime and was cleared in a fatal shooting of one of the robbers but still the FBI has refused to return the money, he said. [continues 343 words]
Clermont Receives Grant To Combat The Drug Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann will be in town Monday to announce a major campaign against methamphetamine, which Sheriff A.J. "Tim" Rodenberg said is the most devastating illegal drug in Clermont County. Dann lined up a $450,000 grant from the U.S. Justice Department to help police in Clermont County battle meth, Rodenberg said. That's about $100,000 more than the annual budget of the Clermont County Narcotics Task Force, and Rodenberg said it will be the largest grant his office has received in his 11 years as sheriff. [continues 549 words]
Ashtabula County Taking Part In Pilot Program To Combat Problem JEFFERSON -- "It is a life-death struggle to get meth labs wiped out, says Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann. To help counties like Ashtabula County Dann and his staff helped obtain $1.8 million in federal grants to start methamphetamine pilot initiative program. Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department received a $449,661 portion of the total for its model initiative in eradicating, enforcing, preventative and education awareness program on the growing meth drug problems here. Dann along with staff members and Special Agent Supervisor Scott Duff with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation spent part of Friday morning at a press conference in Jefferson to explain the federal grant goals. [continues 313 words]
ZANESVILLE -- Zanesville Police Chief Eric Lambes said he is confident that no more officers with his department will be charged with conspiracy or drug charges as a third officer was arrested this morning. Donald E. Peterson, 33, who has been with the department for a couple of years, Lambes said at a press conference at the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office, was arrested early this morning along with four other individuals on two federal charges. "The Zanesville Police Department is a dedicated group of officers," Lambes said. "I still lay claim to that." [continues 193 words]
PROTECTING the public health is one of the basic charges of government, making it incomprehensible that a bill to mandate the cleanup of former methamphetamine labs in homes, apartments, vehicles, or hotel/motel rooms before people are allowed to take up residence has been stuck in an Ohio House committee for more than eight months. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Stephen Dyer (D., Green), would require the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to establish cleanup standards and the Ohio Department of Public Safety to create a public database of properties used as meth labs so that people could check online about potential health risks before buying or renting. Properties that have met the cleanup standards would be dropped from the Web list. [continues 372 words]
A New Position In Prosecutor's Office Will Focus On Specific Crimes. SPRINGFIELD -- Clark County will receive more than $70,000 in federal money to create a position in the county prosecutor's office. The Clark County Commission passed a resolution accepting the funds last week. The money will be used to finance an additional assistant prosecutor who will handle cases involving drugs and guns, said Clark County Prosecutor Stephen Schumaker. "We are very pleased to get this," he said. "We've had a lot of cases dealing with guns that are related to drugs and we hope to make a further dent in it." [continues 122 words]
COLUMBUS - A former Zanesville police officer has to stay in jail until his trial in March, a federal judge ruled Tuesday because of the severity of the charges. Sean Beck, 28, was indicted by a federal grand jury Oct. 25 on six federal charges - two counts of drug trafficking in Percocet, three counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a drug trafficking crime and one count of conspiracy to traffic drugs. On Friday Beck was in Judge Terrance Kemp's court asking to be allowed out of the Franklin County Jail on bond to await his trial. According to Kemp's ruling, he took into consideration that the charges had risen out of a pattern of criminal activity involving the seizure of drugs and re-distribution of those drugs from suspected drug traffickers in the Zanesville area and a plan to obtain additional drugs by stealing them from a drug supplier. [continues 258 words]
Family Fled Their Contaminated Home, But Kids Still Suffer Cindy Wilson's kids aren't happy with their new toys. The old ones went out to the curb with most of the family's belongings last spring after their mother decided they weren't safe. But whiny children are the least of Wilson's worries. Spasms of coughing and an occasional nosebleed still plague three of her children, she said, nearly four months after she moved the family out of her country dream home in far western Hamilton County once it was discovered that she was renting a former methamphetamine lab. [continues 2428 words]
JUSTICE is supposed to be blind, especially color-blind. But legal and civil rights advocates have agreed that hasn't been the case in sentencing crack cocaine offenders. Usually they have been black, and usually they have received harsher penalties than middle-class white offenders convicted in powdered cocaine cases. The U.S. Sentencing Commission, an agency of the federal judicial branch, is finally moving to correct this inequity. For years, groups have lobbied for parity in sentencing for crack and powdered cocaine offenders. Crack cocaine is potentially more addictive, but its chemical properties are the same as powdered cocaine. Crack appeals more to the poor, many of whom are minorities, because it is less expensive. It's only right that the commission try for consistency in sentencing. Last spring it set more lenient sentencing guidelines to be issued to crack cocaine offenders in the future. Now it is weighing retroactively reducing sentences of crack inmates in federal prisons. [continues 307 words]
A coalition of groups that last week helped defeat a sales tax increase for a new Hamilton County jail is now calling on Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis to release several million dollars in drug-forfeiture funds to prevent the release of inmates from the Hamilton County Justice Center. The group is urging Leis to let county commissioners spend at least half of an estimated $6.5 million in confiscated proceeds from drug busts to lease extra beds in Butler County's jail. [continues 309 words]
I would like to hear the views of one or more Repository columnists, local law enforcement, lawmakers and the public on our skewed system of punishment for drug use, drug selling and drug making. I would like the rationale for letting drug abusers rot in prison for five, 10 or 20 years, then letting them out to repeat-offend. Why punish people who are addicted instead of helping them? I am more concerned with those who sell and, worse, make drugs. Yet we hear about arrests for possession far more than about arrests for intent to sell or about drug labs being "busted." [continues 208 words]
Ohio University's vice president of student affairs last Wednesday asked Student Senate to recommend one of two proposed "protocols" for judicial sanctioning of common B-6 marijuana offenses on campus. VP Kent Smith reported that since the implementation of a stricter alcohol policy last year, the number of students receiving alcohol violations has dropped significantly, while drug and marijuana busts have increased by 50 percent. Smith told Senate that there is a 98 percent chance he will go with the marijuana protocol they favor. [continues 518 words]
The Ohio Senate Addresses A Glaring Disparity In Punishment The Ohio Senate gave unanimous approval last week to a measure that would change penalties attached to cocaine and crack offenses. The approval has been a long time coming. In the 1980s, as cocaine powder and its cheaper derivative, crack, took hold across the country, violent crimes soared. Draconian sentences were imposed for drug offenses, with the goal to take drug kingpins and dealers off the streets for a long time. The goal was defensible. Still, the laws made an artificial distinction between cocaine powder and crack, creating indefensible disparities in punishing drug trafficking and possession. [continues 556 words]
COLUMBUS - Legislation that would bring penalties for offenses involving powder cocaine in line with those involving crack cocaine could backfire and lead to greater prison populations, a defense attorneys group said. A bill that passed the state Senate with unanimous support Tuesday imposes stiffer penalties for possession and trafficking of powder cocaine, bringing sentencing guidelines to the same level as those involving crack cocaine. The original penalties imposed on offenders with crack cocaine were racially discriminatory, said state Sen. Ray Miller, the bill's sponsor. The use of crack cocaine is largely based in poor and minority areas, and powder cocaine users are often white, he said. [continues 395 words]
The Guernsey County Common Pleas Court recently received a $20,000 grant from the local Department of Job and Family Services to assist with operating its drug court. A drug court is a special court given the responsibility to handle cases involving drug and alcohol addicted offenders through extensive supervision and treatment programs. The local drug court currently has five individuals participating in the program with an additional five cases pending. The grant will enable the drug court to serve an additional 10 individuals. [continues 262 words]
Every weekend at Wright State, students go out to bars and drink inordinate amounts of alcohol, drive home drunk and generally make bad decisions. Students who get caught doing this are ticketed, arrested or given a fine. Students who smoke pot, more commonly in smaller groups at home or at friends' houses, are ticketed, arrested, or given a fine - and then, their financial aid is often taken away. Why does this make sense? Some argue that students who are getting money from the government should not use this help, directly or indirectly, to fuel a drug habit. (You don't have to spend as much money on tuition so you can afford to buy drugs.) [continues 281 words]
Students With a Marijuana Misdemeanor Have Same Consequences The number of on-campus drug arrests increased from 2006 to 2007, and being convicted of a drug offense while in college can put students' federal financial aid packages in jeopardy. The Wright State Police Department made 12 on-campus drug-related arrests in 2006, according to a crime statistics report published by the University. With two-and-a-half months left in the year, the number of campus drug arrests stands at 14 for 2007, according Wendy Chetcuti, Wright State Police Records Manager. [continues 769 words]
I recently sent the following letter to every state legislator in Kentucky, and it occured to me that the same solution would help Hamilton County out of its jail problem. After applying it they will either not need a new jail or will save enough to build one. The federal government has made it pretty clear that with the exception of emergencies, the states have to come up with their own money for aging infrastructure. It also expects the states to spend money prosecuting the government's War On Drugs. [continues 273 words]
ZANESVILLE - The second Zanesville police officer who is the target of a federal investigation will be resigning from the department, according to the police chief. Sean Beck, 28, was arrested by FBI agents and charged with one count of extortion and one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Beck was immediately transported to the Franklin County Jail and waived both a preliminary hearing and a bond hearing this past week. According to Chief Eric Lambes, Beck has notified the department of his intention to resign in the next few days. [continues 324 words]
Delegation Of Hope Wants To Chase Drug Use Out Of Mansfield MANSFIELD -- Ben Mutti, the Rev. El Akuchie, Don Merritt and Gilbert Howell believe Mansfield and Richland County can be transformed. Their example is Manchester, in Clay County, Kentucky. That city was transformed from being known as the "painkiller capital" to the "city of hope" after a 2004 march by local churches, law enforcement, government officials and residents protesting local drug abuse. "Community transformation is a culture where values and institutions are overrun by the grace of God; a society in which natural change has been disrupted by invasive supernatural power," Mutti said. [continues 465 words]
New Policy Was Initiated After Letter From Middletown Regional Hospital Social Workers. HAMILTON - Butler County commissioners agreed Monday that Ohio does too little to ensure that children born to drug-addicted mothers are going home to a safe environment. They passed a resolution directing Butler County Children Services to conduct a full investigation of the home life of any mother with illegal drugs in her system at childbirth. State guidelines adopted in February call for an investigation only if drugs are found in the newborn's body, or if the child shows signs of withdrawal. [continues 221 words]
Industrialized Hemp Would Alleviate Oil Dependency, Raise Farm Profit With an election just around the corner in 2008 we as young Americans are most concerned with our futures as well as the next generation. Hot topics on Capitol Hill are global warming, dependence on foreign fuels and the search for a renewable fuel source. All of which could be solved with the utilization of hemp. In July 2005, Cornell University published a study saying it is not economical to produce ethanol or biodiesel from corn and other crops. The study confirmed what other studies have shown in the past. The vegetable sources that are currently (legally) available are insufficient. Hemp is the only proven source for economical biomass fuels. [continues 458 words]
Those Who Know 3 Accused Officers Wonder What Went Wrong ZANESVILLE - The arrest of two Zanesville Police officers and a Genesis Police officer has fellow law enforcement officials and officers shaking their heads and wondering what apparently made the three turn their backs on their oaths to "protect and serve." Zanesville officers Sean Beck and Trevor Fusner, along with Genesis HealthCare System officer Chad Mills have been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Beck has an additional charge of extortion. [continues 1448 words]
Many parents are in danger of enduring the heartache that gnaws at Johnna Cook - but they don't even realize it. When Cook learned that her teen daughter, Kayla, was abusing drugs, she went into overdrive. She and Kayla's father shelled out $33,000 for nine months in a drug treatment program in Hamilton County. After that, Kayla stayed clean for a couple of months late last year. But the allure of drugs was too strong. On the night of May 13, Kayla went to hang out with friends, and ended up with multiple drugs coursing through her veins. The 18-year-old girl lapsed into a coma. Three days later, she died at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash. [continues 973 words]
Free Time, Parties Can Open Door To Using National studies show teen drug and alcohol abuse has leveled off or decreased; however, local students say most parents and teachers would be surprised to learn how many kids abuse substances -- and why. About half of all students have tried an illicit drug by the time they have reached 12th grade, according to a 2006 survey conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a federally funded program conducted by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. [continues 724 words]
COLUMBUS -- Three Zanesville police officers remained locked up in the Franklin County jail today following their arrest Monday on federal charges resulting from an alleged cocaine distribution ring. Officers Sean Beck, 28, Trevor Fusner, 31, and Chad Mills, 29, were arrested by the FBI and Muskingum County sheriff's deputies on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The locations of their arrests were not released by authorities. The men were scheduled to appear in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio in Columbus at 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Fred Alverson of the U.S. Attorney's Office. [continues 153 words]
Drug activity is spiking in Huron County, and law enforcementofficials say heroin use is a problem among young and old alike. Norwalk has nearly tripled its drug investigations from 2002 to 2006, and drug arrests in the city are at a five-year high. But with increased enforcement and awareness raised by community organizations, the number of heroin users may be on the decline, according to Huron County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board Director Jean King. Drug treatment [continues 471 words]
One issue that police officers always have to face is drugs. Whether it is prescription pills, over-the-counter medication, marijuana or methamphetamine, drugs are prevalent everywhere. One of the biggest changes is the use of harder drugs and one of the hardest drugs that has become popular in recent years is methamphetamine. So far, Lawrence County hasn't seen the methamphetamine problem that exists in other parts of the Appalachian region and the country. Ironton Police Chief Jim Carey said the drug of choice is prescription pills. [continues 708 words]
Drug addiction has been ruining lives and destroying families for years in Huron County, but experts say it's getting worse. Enemy No. 1? Heroin. Whether it's white powder, Mexican brown or the popular black tar version, drug enforcement officers say heroin is the most addictive drug on the local market and the most troublesome. Packaged in tiny balloons or stamp collector envelopes with prices of $20 to $40, heroin is bought and sold discretely on streets, back alleys and apartment complexes throughout the county. [continues 846 words]
Marijuana eradication 'an ongoing battle' for law enforcement MARION - "We're going to go over here to the right," Marion County Sheriff Tim Bailey said Tuesday, flying one of the office's helicopters 500 feet above Hoch Road on the county's west side. He circles the aircraft around, passing over a browning cornfield. "Right down there." "I see it," said co-pilot Deputy Ryan Zempter. Their trained eyes have spotted what they've been looking for - a bright green spot tucked between cornstalks. A short time later, officers on the ground make their way through the corn and confirm they have located one small marijuana plant. The plant is cut and loaded into a truck. Officers draw a smiley face in the dirt. [continues 864 words]
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