Friday, November 4, 2011
Tampa pharmacists, a pharmacy owner and 90 people in Pasco were arrested.
A two-year, multi-state undercover investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Tampa pharmacy owner, two pharmacists, and more than 90 people in Pasco County on oxycodone-related charges. The joint, on-going investigation between the Pasco County Sheriff's Office and federal Drug Enforcement Administration determined that two organized crime rings, were selling fraudulently obtained oxycodone pills on the streets of Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky. The rings are called the Humphrey Family, based in Hudson, and the Garcia/Barber organization. Investigators estimated that 400,000 pills were sold, worth $4 million in Florida street value and $12 million in Kentucky and Tennessee because of stricter prescription drug laws in those states. …
Thursday, October 27, 2011
You might not want flush those meds just yet.
Citizens looking to get rid of unused prescription pills will soon be able to dispose of them in new drop boxes provided by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. One box will be installed in each of the Sheriff's Office's three road patrol district headquarters. One will be in Trinity, one will go to New Port Richey and the other will be located in Dade City. The boxes are meant to help curb access to prescription drugs. Anyone can just show up and drop off their prescription drugs “with no questions asked,” according to the Sheriff’s Office. “We just want them off the street,” Sheriff Chris Nocco said in a press conference. The Sheriff's Office wants to prevent people from flushing the pills or throwing in the garbage. Expired and otherwise …
Friday, October 21, 2011
Recent arrests in the New Port Richey area.
A Hudson resident accused of stealing prescription medication from her employer, a pharmacy in Holiday, remained in jail Friday. According to the arrest report, Laura Edsall, a pharmacy technician at a Walgreens, admitted to stealing 3,500 oxycodone tablets and 500 alprazolam tablets, valued together at just over $7,290, over the period of a year. Edsall admitted to the theft to the sheriff’s office and in a written statement to Walgreens after her employer suspected her to be under the influence of drugs and tested her. The results yielded both oxycodone and alprazolam in her system. Edsall admitted to stealing 40-70 oxycodone pills a week and 500 alprazolam pills over the past year. She was arrested on Thursday, charged with grand theft…
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Robert Mistkowski, 48, of 1238 Classic Drive, Holiday, was in possession of pills when he crashed into a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office-owned car Friday night, according to investigators.
A resident of Holiday was arrested for possession of controlled substances after rear-ending a car owned by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office on Omaha Street in Palm Harbor on Friday night, causing minor injuries to its driver and a lane closure, according to Sheriff’s Office investigators. Robert Mistkowski, 38, of 1238 Classic Drive, Holiday, struck the Ford Fusion driven by Jennifer Wilson, who serves in the Child Protection Investigations Division, with a 1997 Jeep Wrangler at Omaha Street and Alderman Road. Child Protection Investigation Division employees are unsworn members of the sheriff’s office. Wilson had stopped at a red light on Omaha street around 7:38 p.m. as she was driving home with her 1-year-old son was in a child …
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
The sheriff wants to add two new squads to tackle prescription drug concerns.
Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco has released his 2011-12 budget request, asking the county for a total of $83.3 million. This is a 3.5 percent drop over last year’s $86.4 million budget, but falls short of the 4.5 percent amount county commissioners asked constitutional officers to trim. Nocco wants to add 10 detectives and two additional sergeants to the sheriff’s office’s roster to help address growing concerns related to illegal prescription drug use. “In 2010, prescription drug related cases rose to 64 percent of all cases generated by the vice and narcotics unit,” a sheriff’s office media release said. “In 2009, that number was 45 percent.” One of the proposed squads would focus on street level distribution of pills, doctor shopping …
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Once a promising business major at the University of Tampa, Sharlene Jamiel fell into prescription drug addiction. Her mother has been speaking out about the growing issue in Tampa Bay ever since.
Sally Jamiel sat on the steps of a Pasco County Courthouse in New Port Richey one day before Easter weekend waiting for her bubbly, outgoing daughter Sharlene to walk up. It was normal for Sharlene to take hours getting dressed, applying her make-up and fixing her hair. “Any minute now,” Jamiel thought. She sat with an Easter basket in her hand, filled with her daughter’s favorite things - chocolate ducks, Cadbury and Reese’s eggs - and tried to stay positive. Jamiel sat there for four hours, waiting, thinking, hoping. “I was going to do whatever it was to save her because she’s my daughter,” Jamiel resolved. Sharlene never showed up for her court order for a charge of possession of oxycodone. Her mother’s hope had turned into hopelessness…
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Residents are asked to drop off expired and unused medications of all kinds, and sharps for safe disposal.
Start spring cleaning early by purging your medicine cabinet of expired or unwanted medications. Saturday, March, 19, is your chance to easily and properly dispose of them. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office and Pasco County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) are participating in a pharmaceutical take-back initiative, or pill drop, where residents can drop off their medications – no questions asked. The pill drop is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at two locations in West and Central Pasco: Overflow parking lot near the sign on US 19 9409 Us Highway 19 Port Richey, FL 34668 Parking Garage Ground Level 28211 Paseo Drive Wesley Chapel, FL 33543 Citizens can simply drive up, drop off the unwanted medications and drive away without having…
bobthe
8:46 pm on Monday, January 23, 2012
so instead of praying to stop the death of 1 child every 4 seconds (7.6 million a year) worldwide from easily preventable problems like childhood disease, starvation or lack of clean water, you and your cult pray for people to get arrested. it's a shame christians arent int he slightest bit christ like. more ›