NORML Attempts to Change Marijuana Laws in Georgia According to a 2007 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study, more than 62 million Americans said that they have used marijuana at some time in their life and 4.6 million Americans 35 years or older said they had used marijuana in the last month. Now NORML, the National…
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Steroid Use
Staten Island Drug Charges Against Dr. Arrested for Prescribing Steroids As reported in a story on February 10, 2009, Dr. Richard Lucente, 37, had been arrested for the NY drug crime of illegally selling steroids to bodybuilders. Lucente is also the main doctor involved in a steroid scandal involving NYPD officers. Lucente operated the New York anti-aging and wellness…
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Man Sought After Attempted Bank Robbery in Sandy Springs Police are seeking a man who attempted a bank robbery in Sandy Springs, according to a published report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The man walked into the Bank of America, which was on Roswell Road, at 11:30am and presented a large envelope with a note to a…
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Weapons Charges Filed in Road Rage Case Atlanta placed 5th in cities with road rage in the country, and its surrounding areas must surely not fall far behind them, as the following story illustrates. A preacher was not intimidated when he faced a man who acted very aggressively and threatening. The 41-year-old priest was driving…
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Man Held in Rape, Child Molestation, and Pimping of Juvenile A man is being held in Fulton County Jail and has been charged with sex crimes in Georgia including rape, child molestation, and procuring for pimping by the Fulton County police. The underage girl who accused him of rape met the suspect at the West End MARTA…
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Georgia DUI Sweeps Net 4 Dozen in One Night June 27, 2009, two DUI checkpoints in Georgia patrolled by the University of Georgia police, Athens-Clarke police, and Georgia State Patrol on the second night of AthFest resulted in the arrests of 48 people for DUI in Georgia. An additional 100 citations were given for lesser offenses….
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Bronx Drug Crime Leads to Women Being Held Hostage February 10, 2009 an undercover sting operation resulted in the arrest of parolee Kirkland Smith, 58, for selling methadone to an undercover police officer. Due to a slip up, either by the NYPD or the district attorney’s office, they botched up the drug test results and…
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Brooklyn Hit and Run Critically Injures 2 February 10, 2009 an SUV fled the scene after running down a family crossing the street. Following their mother, Ralph Nicholas was struck as he was holding his sister Sade’s hand at the intersection of Avenue H and Utica Ave in Brooklyn. Sade Nicholas, 11 said, ‘We was…
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New York Sex Crime Offender Russell Harding Fights to Stay off Sex Offender List The nydailynews.com reported in a story on February 10, 2009, that Russell Harding, housing czar during Rudy Giuliani’s governor term, is fighting court attempts to place his name and address in a New York statewide registry of sex offenders for life. More than…
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Queens Violent Crime Kills Landlord In a report from February, 11th stated that Rosario Prestigiacomo, 64 was killed with a knife while inside his apartment in Ridgewood on Green Ave. According to police reports, Prestigiacomo was the landlord there and family relatives said that he owned the apartment. Police were investigating and did not know if Prestigiacomo…
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