This is hard to believe..
I'm trying to figure out how a person selling heroin could think they wouldn't get caught posting it online.
They almost have to be using...Because otherwise, they must be either dumb as rocks or just brazen as hell.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/08/jpso_suspects_accused_of_peddl.html#incart_river
Jefferson Parish authorities arrested three men accused of selling heroin through an ad posted on Craigslist. A concerned citizen contacted the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Wednesday (July 30) to tip them off about the suspicious post, which was published in the online classified advertisement website's "general for sale" section, according to Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department.
The ad solicited for customers who wanted to "take a ride on H train d@pe" for the price of $100. The poster referred to his merchandise as "dog food," a street name for heroin, Fortunato said.
Sheriff Office narcotics detectives teamed up with the West Bank Major Crimes Task Force and contacted the poster via text message. The detective asked for three bags of "dog food," telling the poster, "I got a big hunger dog," arrest reports said.
The poster responded affirmatively, quoted a price of $150 and then asked, "You not the police, huh?" according to the report.
After the detective assured the poster he was not an officer, he made arrangements to meet in the parking lot of a grocery store in the 3700 block of Power Boulevard on Thursday, the arrest report said.
A pick-up truck pulled into the parking lot and a man later identified as Geral Bowman, 24, of 4917 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, got out to meet with the buyers, according to authorities. But something must have spooked Bowman because the threw down three bags containing a "tan powdery substance" and tried to run for it, Fortunato said.
Authorities arrested him in the 3700 block of Power Boulevard in Metairie. Investigators later determined the bags contained heroin.
The other occupants of the pick-up truck drove off, but they were quickly pulled over by other assisting authorities at Power Boulevard and West Esplanade Avenue in Metairie. Detectives arrested the driver, Michael Zeringue, 32, of 233 Cypress Lane, Slidell, and his passenger, Avion Nelson, 24, of 7130 Pinebrook Drive, New Orleans, Fortunato said.
A search of the truck turned up a .380-caliber, semi-automatic pistol with a obliterated serial number
Bowman was at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna with possession of more than 9 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute 3 grams of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm in the presence of a illegal drugs and possession of an unidentifiable firearm.
Nelson and Zeringue were booked with possession of 6 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm in the presence of illegal drugs and possession of an unidentifiable firearm.
I'm trying to figure out how a person selling heroin could think they wouldn't get caught posting it online.
They almost have to be using...Because otherwise, they must be either dumb as rocks or just brazen as hell.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/08/jpso_suspects_accused_of_peddl.html#incart_river
Jefferson Parish authorities arrested three men accused of selling heroin through an ad posted on Craigslist. A concerned citizen contacted the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Wednesday (July 30) to tip them off about the suspicious post, which was published in the online classified advertisement website's "general for sale" section, according to Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department.
The ad solicited for customers who wanted to "take a ride on H train d@pe" for the price of $100. The poster referred to his merchandise as "dog food," a street name for heroin, Fortunato said.
Sheriff Office narcotics detectives teamed up with the West Bank Major Crimes Task Force and contacted the poster via text message. The detective asked for three bags of "dog food," telling the poster, "I got a big hunger dog," arrest reports said.
The poster responded affirmatively, quoted a price of $150 and then asked, "You not the police, huh?" according to the report.
After the detective assured the poster he was not an officer, he made arrangements to meet in the parking lot of a grocery store in the 3700 block of Power Boulevard on Thursday, the arrest report said.
A pick-up truck pulled into the parking lot and a man later identified as Geral Bowman, 24, of 4917 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, got out to meet with the buyers, according to authorities. But something must have spooked Bowman because the threw down three bags containing a "tan powdery substance" and tried to run for it, Fortunato said.
Authorities arrested him in the 3700 block of Power Boulevard in Metairie. Investigators later determined the bags contained heroin.
The other occupants of the pick-up truck drove off, but they were quickly pulled over by other assisting authorities at Power Boulevard and West Esplanade Avenue in Metairie. Detectives arrested the driver, Michael Zeringue, 32, of 233 Cypress Lane, Slidell, and his passenger, Avion Nelson, 24, of 7130 Pinebrook Drive, New Orleans, Fortunato said.
A search of the truck turned up a .380-caliber, semi-automatic pistol with a obliterated serial number
Bowman was at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna with possession of more than 9 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute 3 grams of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm in the presence of a illegal drugs and possession of an unidentifiable firearm.
Nelson and Zeringue were booked with possession of 6 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm in the presence of illegal drugs and possession of an unidentifiable firearm.
