Spartanburg Herald Journal _SC_ 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
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41 US SC: PUB LTE: Mandatory SentencesThu, 14 Feb 2002
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Robinson, Traci Area:South Carolina Lines:45 Added:02/15/2002

Locked-In Sentences Aren't Going To Keep Drug Lords Off The Streets

I understand the opinion of the letter writer who said he is in favor of even stiffer sentences for drug offenders. We all are anxious for a "quick fix" to remove the cancer that drugs have become in our society.

Some of these drug offenders receiving mandatory 25-year sentences, however, have never been in trouble previously. They have no prior record and are not career criminals.

Yes, they made huge mistakes and committed serious crimes - because of addiction! But with a 25-year mandatory sentence, they will never have the chance to correct their mistakes, get help for their addiction and start over. Neither will their ripped apart families.

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42 US NC: A Dubious Distinction For The Town Of GroverTue, 12 Feb 2002
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Meier, Barry Area:North Carolina Lines:176 Added:02/12/2002

The two doctors in Grover, N.C., are separated by a few streets, a world of trouble and a tiny drugstore crammed inside a house trailer that is this country's biggest retailer of the painkiller OxyContin.

Sharing a parking lot with that drugstore is a clinic run by one physician, Dr. Joseph H. Talley, a self-styled specialist in pain treatment described by some of his patients as their best hope for relief.

But the town's other doctor, Dr. Philip M. Day, says he has watched the pain clinic's growing practice with concern that some of Talley's clientele came to the town on the Cherokee County border not seeking treatment, but for a narcotic high or to get drugs like OxyContin to sell on the street.

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43 US SC: LTE: Drug SentencesFri, 08 Feb 2002
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Crocker, Eddie Area:South Carolina Lines:52 Added:02/10/2002

Mandatory Sentences Are Necessary To Help Rid Nation Of Horrible Scourge

In response to two recent letters to the editor, the writers asked for compassion for drug offenders with first-time convictions. These letters lack understanding. The consequences of drug addiction are terrorizing. With every day that passes, more and more teen-agers try drugs.

Many of the drugs are amazingly addictive. Some experts will tell you that some people can become addicted to crack cocaine after using it only one time. The addiction to a drug such as crack subverts a child's mind. It confounds, confuses and literally destroys the users. They will steal and trade everything they can to obtain a rush that can never be duplicated.

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44 US SC: PUB LTE: Lack Of CompassionMon, 28 Jan 2002
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Hughes, Tina P Area:South Carolina Lines:43 Added:01/28/2002

Mandatory Sentencing For First-Time Drug Offenders Removes Human Element

I am happy that repeat violent drug offenders are finally going to get long prison sentences. I am surprised that these people did not receive mandatory sentences when they were previously caught.

I'm actually shocked at this, because one of my friends is sitting in prison for a first-time drug of-fense despite no prior record and despite being a person loved by family and friends. We all wrote letters and pleaded with prosecutors to look at this friend's case with compassion. They did not, and the judge had no choice but to sentence my friend to a mandatory 15 years in prison.

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45 US SC: Suspected Drug Dealers IndictedThu, 24 Jan 2002
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Killian, Teresa Area:South Carolina Lines:86 Added:01/24/2002

Spartanburg and Cherokee county investigators worked with state authorities to track medium-to high-level dealers of marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine.

Sheriff Bill Coffey peered at photos on boards Wednesday as if searching for familiar faces in a high school yearbook.

On a poster labeled "cocaine," he saw the toothy smile of Felton Smith and the mane of black hair cascading to Arturo Vasquez's shoulders.

And Coffey recognized two other faces among the photos of those indicted in "Operation Back Pay," which state Attorney General Charlie Condon announced Wednesday.

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46 US SC: Man Gets 25 Years on Drug ChargeWed, 23 Jan 2002
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Spencer, Janet Area:South Carolina Lines:46 Added:01/23/2002

A Spartanburg Man Was Convicted Of Trafficking Cocaine And Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison Late Tuesday Afternoon

A Spartanburg man was convicted of trafficking cocaine and sentenced to 25 years in prison late Tuesday afternoon.

The jury deliberated about two hours before returning a guilty verdict.

Eugene Wilson Kearns, 37, of Apt. 16-H, 2096 E. Main St., had been charged with trafficking more than 28 grams of cocaine.

Assistant Solicitor Tommy Wall with the Seventh Circuit Solicitor's Office said Spartanburg Public Safety units were conducting a checkpoint at the intersection of Howard and Aden streets on Sept. 4, 2000, when officer Les Lindsay noticed Kearns did not have on a seat belt.

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47 US SC: Jonesville Policeman Loses Job In Missing Drug EvidenceThu, 17 Jan 2002
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Spencer, Janet Area:South Carolina Lines:51 Added:01/20/2002

A Jonesville Policeman Lost His Job And Became The Focus Of A Criminal Investigation After Crack Stored As Evidence Came Up Missing From The Town Hall

A Jonesville policeman lost his job and became the focus of a criminal investigation after crack stored as evidence came up missing from the town hall.

Officer James Randolph Ivey has been fired, Police Chief Jerry Cudd said Wednesday. Ivey, 40, had worked with the department for 18 months.

"I basically brought Mayor Jamie Long up to date on what's been going on and let him make the determination," Cudd said.

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48 US SC: Attorney Admits Cocaine Use To Supreme CourtThu, 27 Dec 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Langhorne, Tom Area:South Carolina Lines:79 Added:12/30/2001

Spartanburg attorney Donald L. Smith has admitted to the state Supreme Court that he was a cocaine user until his arrest on three felony drug charges earlier this year.

Smith's admission is disclosed in a Supreme Court opinion accepting a consent agreement to suspend his law license for six months, retroactive to March 1.

The 33-year-old attorney, whose criminal charges were dismissed for lack of conclusive evidence or probable cause for arrest, has been reinstated to the South Carolina Bar.

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49 US SC: LTE: Tragedy Of DrugsThu, 13 Dec 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Thompson, Kathy Area:South Carolina Lines:30 Added:12/14/2001

Tragedy of drugs This is just a reminder to the teen-agers who are out enjoying the holiday season with their friends: Please have the strength and intelligence to say no to drugs. I pray that they have the wisdom to realize that you do not have to use drugs to have a good time.

Working in two emergency rooms, I see the danger that people place themselves in every day due to the use of drugs.

I personally know the pain and heartbreak that drugs can cause. I lost my 17-year-old son, David Crowder, on Dec. 29, 1996, due to LSD (better known as "acid" to the younger generation).

Don't let the same thing that happened to my son happen to you. Always remember that getting high on drugs only lasts for a short time, but death is forever.

Kathy Thompson -- Inman

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50 US SC: Crowded Cells Make Tense JailsThu, 25 Oct 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Maultsby, Baker Area:South Carolina Lines:108 Added:10/25/2001

On busy nights, some inmates at the Spartanburg County jail sleep three to a cell.

Meanwhile, each officer must monitor the activity of as many as 120 prisoners -- twice the number of prisoners some experts believe an officer can safely and efficiently supervise.

It's a situation that can cause tension for jail officers and inmates, according to director Larry Powers. "Obviously, it makes things more hectic," he said. "Inmates have a tendency not to get along in a two-inmate room with three inmates."

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51 US SC: Suspect In Old Pot Warrant ArrestedTue, 16 Oct 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Killian, Teresa Area:South Carolina Lines:50 Added:10/17/2001

An Inman woman accused of being involved in growing nine marijuana plants near her home six years ago was arrested Sunday.

Diane Sandra Dalton, 57, of 271 River Oak Drive was charged with manufacturing marijuana, according to a warrant.

The warrant is old, but it is not the oldest waiting to be served by the 15 officers who serve warrants, said Lt. Ron Gahagan of the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.

Gahagan said some of the 11,166 active cases as of Monday afternoon date back to the late 1980s.

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52 US SC: City Knows Drug Fight Is Far From OverFri, 05 Oct 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Killian, Teresa Area:South Carolina Lines:61 Added:10/05/2001

Spartanburg police officers know a drug investigation takedown this week that put dozens -- from alleged street-to supply-level drug dealers -- behind bars isn't the end.

"At some point it's going to surface again," Col. Ray Murray said of the local illegal drug industry.

After all, this week's massive arrests developed despite a similar investigation with federal, state and local agencies five years ago.

In 1996, the mobile enforcement team, or MET, under the Drug Enforcement Administration directed an intensive investigation in Spartanburg. They boosted manpower and brought in state-of-the-art equipment.

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53 US SC: PUB LTE: Protecting LibertiesWed, 26 Sep 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Brennan, Ryan Area:South Carolina Lines:46 Added:09/28/2001

We are all told to continue with business as usual to show the terrorists that they haven't damaged the American way. I, for one, totally agree with that.

We should continue on with our daily lives. Our going to work or buying and selling and even travel should not change.

Our way of government also should not change. Our constitutional republic should also stay within the legal bounds set forth by its very founding document, the Constitution.

Because some maniac murderers want to try to scare us is not a good enough reason to infringe on the rights of the legal citizens of our land. There are no footnotes to the Bill of Rights. There are no exceptions or conditions to our liberties.

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54 US SC: Methadone Rehab Clinic Proposed For CountyFri, 28 Sep 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Maultsby, Baker Area:South Carolina Lines:118 Added:09/28/2001

Spartanburg County planners and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control are reviewing proposals by private drug counseling companies that hope to open a methadone clinic in the county.

South Carolina currently has six methadone centers, according to Larry Worley, director of the Piedmont Treatment Center, one of two such facilities in Greenville.

Worley believes that as many as 125 patients drive from Spartanburg to Greenville each day for treatment. "We're quite sure there are several times as many who don't have ready, accessible treatment options," he said.

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55 US SC: D.A.R.E. Program Phased Out LocallyTue, 07 Aug 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Maultsby, Baker Area:South Carolina Lines:94 Added:08/08/2001

Go to any school lunchroom, mall or playground in America, and you're likely to see the T-shirt: "D.A.R.E."To Resist Drugs and Violence." Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) has become a common experience, an educational rite of passage, for a generation of American kids. Lauded for its efforts to steer kids on the brink of adolescence away from trouble, D.A.R.E. was honored this past spring by President George W. Bush, who declared April 12 "National D.A.R.E. Day."

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56 US NC: LTE: Regulating BehaviorTue, 24 Jul 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Bond, James Area:North Carolina Lines:48 Added:07/24/2001

Liberty gives us the opportunity to regulate our behavior. It is not the freedom to do anything we wish in order to gratify our passions. If we have liberty, we must have self-control.

The price this nation pays for uncontrolled passions is the oversupply of criminals behind bars and the number of people with venereal diseases.

This is no small price. More than a million inmates are there for drugs, hatred resulting in harm or death to others, disrespect that led to fights and killings, intoxicating beverages that led to fights and automobile deaths and other offenses.

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57 US SC: Crackdown Results in 27 ArrestsTue, 03 Jul 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Woodcock, Julie Area:South Carolina Lines:31 Added:07/03/2001

Cherokee County

Bureau GAFFNEY -- Deputies with the Cherokee County Sheriff's office kicked off operation "Summer Crackdown 2001" with 27 drug arrests Monday.

A total of 43 arrests on 132 warrants are planned for the sweep, which officials said is targeted at dealers of crack, marijuana and prescription drugs.

Officials said the operation is the culmination of six months of undercover investigations at several housing complexes, as well as Fourth, Fifth and Logan streets. According to a statement by the sheriff's office, many of the defendants have prior drug arrests, and several are on probation or out on bond on drug distribution charges.

The sheriff's office plans to ask that bond be denied for those with prior drug convictions, as well as those out on bond for drug charges.

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58 US SC: New Drug Court Hopes Tough Love Cracks AddictionThu, 28 Jun 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Langhorne, Tom Area:South Carolina Lines:85 Added:06/28/2001

It's got a few minor kinks to work out, but Spartanburg County's drug court is officially in business.

The state- and county-funded special court for select nonviolent offenders saw its first action Tuesday, processing six guilty pleas in about 90 minutes.

Drug court is intended to hear the cases of addicts who commit crimes to get money to supply their habits. Defendants receive suspended prison sentences in return for their guilty pleas. They must participate in a rigorous 12- to 18-month rehabilitation program.

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59 US SC: Number Of Drug Incidents On The RiseWed, 13 Jun 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC) Author:Glenn, Murray Area:South Carolina Lines:76 Added:06/18/2001

Listen to Spartanburg County Sheriff's Investigator Ken Hancock talk about his job for several minutes and it is not hard to understand why he is concerned about the local drug scene. The veteran narcotics agent has vivid memories of the night he and co-workers found a dehydrated teen-age girl lying in a garbage can behind the Ground Zero night club on Howard Street.

Hancock also sounds like a worried parent when he tells the story about the time he found $39,000 cash in the jacket pocket of a teen whose mother worked two jobs to pay the family's bills.

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60 US SC: Police in SC Use Thermal Imaging DevicesSun, 17 Jun 2001
Source:Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC)          Area:South Carolina Lines:58 Added:06/18/2001

CHARLESTON -- A drug agent in South Carolina says he will miss being able to use heat-sensing devices to look through walls for drug activity.

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that using the device is like performing a search without a warrant.

Agents used the thermal imaging devices to detect excess heat inside houses. Marijuana growers often use high-powered sunlamps when cultivating the plants indoors.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents have used the machines in South Carolina for several years, said acting special agent Jim Matthews.

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