Organizer of Burlington heroin, crack cocaine ring gets 15 years
Organizer of Burlington heroin, crack cocaine ring gets 15 years
A Burlington-area heroin and crack cocaine trafficker was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday in U.S. District Court in Burlington. Michael “Macho” Vasquez of New York City received his sentence after several co-conspirators turned on him and … Read… Continue reading
Crack Pipe Vending Machine in Canada Will Cut Number of Injuries, Spread of …
Crack Pipe Vending Machine in Canada Will Cut Number of Injuries, Spread of …
Crack cocaine. A man places a piece of crack cocaine into a pipe to be smoked in the suburb of Bluefields City in the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua January 28, 2007. (Photo : Reuters). A Vancouver… Continue reading
Heroin's current wave is not nation's first
Heroin's current wave is not nation's first
The number of recorded heroin overdose deaths nearly doubled from 1,842 in 2000 to 3,036 in 2010, according to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last month, the governor of Vermont devoted almost his entire … Read… Continue reading
IM v LM & Others [2014] EWCA Civ 37
IM v LM & Others [2014] EWCA Civ 37
Her life, at least as an adult, has been chaotic with an extensive history of drug and alcohol abuse; she has convictions for offences related to prostitution. All three of her children (by a former abusive partner) have, at some time,… Continue reading
Control spread of betting machines
Control spread of betting machines
CALLS have been made for new powers to be introduced to control the spread of betting machines dubbed the “crack cocaine of gambling”. Ian Gilbert, leader of Southend Council's Labour group and Parliamentary candidate for Rochford and Southend East, … Read more on Echo
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Dragging the Fourth Amendment into the 21st Century
Dragging the Fourth Amendment into the 21st Century
Police followed the buyer, who had bags of crack cocaine, and he identified Wurie as the seller. When the officers arrested Wurie, they confiscated his cellphone. It was an older “flip phone,” and the police looked at the call log on it.… Continue reading