Buiey now faces charges of possession of a controlled substance and introduction of a controlled substance into a county detention facility.  The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident and other possible charges could be added.

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The sheriffs department received tips that individuals were traveling to central Florida and paying doctors to write illegal prescriptions for pain killers, muscle relaxants and anti-anxiety pills in large quantities.The individuals would then fill them at different pharmacies and take them back to Taylor County to be sold.

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According to patients, Shook performed little or no examination before giving them prescriptions, which he advised them not to take to large pharmacies.

Boyd county police officers searched Dr. Michael R. Shook’s office in Lauderhill Medical Clinic in Oakland Park, Florida and found 1,400 patient files of people with addresses in eastern Kentucky.  Kentucky police say that some of the people arrested in Kentucky’s largest-ever drug raid last October were associated with Shook’s office.

According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the top fifty prescribers of oxycodone are in South Florida.  An FBI task force are still investigating others involved in this cross country drug pipeline.

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According to court documents, Judge John Jarvey sentenced Prentice Spraggins to five years in prison. One of Spraggins’ associates was given a life sentence for crack distribution.

During a search of an apartment in the 500 block of East George Washington Boulevard, several rocks of crack cocaine were found in Spraggins’ pants pockets. The crack weighed 6.8 grams and was packaged for sale, according to police reports.

Spraggins was living in the apartment with Ricky Bernard Randle, who was a known crack dealer in the neighborhood, prosecutors say.

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According to officials with the Boca Raton police department, a 5 year-old girl and 11 year-old boy were found when a maintenance worker noticed an exhaust fan which vents the garage had been running for more than two hours. The worker found that the fan had been turned on after a carbon monoxide detector had gone off.

Police say the man then noticed a vehicle was running near the detector and two children were locked in the backseat. Responding officers spoke with the children who informed them that their parents were upstairs cleaning.

The children’s mother, Tatiano Marinho and their stepfather, Breno Lopes were questioned. The couple first claimed that one parent had stayed in the car with the children for most of the time, however garage surveillance video shows both adults were upstairs cleaning.

The two were arrested and charged with child neglect.

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According to officials with the Florida Department of law Enforcement, the trailer was seized as part of a multi-jurisdicitonal investigation that, police say, uncovered two marijuana trafficking operations in the state. Kim Cannaday, spokeswoman for the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department, said the investigation led to more than forty arrests.

The trailer contained tar that had cooled. “It looked like huge chunks of coal,” Cannaday said. “Because it was cool, it was extra dense…But the agents were able to reveal the hidden compartments underneath it. … It was like a false top, if you will. Under plywood was a compartment that kept all of this packaged pot.

The investigation involved the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The probe began in September of 2009 when detectives learned that a Seminole County man was distributing high-grade marijuana, smuggled from California, to University of Central Florida students.

Marijuana is the one of the most common illegal drugs found in the United States. The penalties for possessing, trafficking, and selling this substance are based upon the quantity found. Possessing or trafficking 20 grams or less of marijuana is a misdemeanor offense, punishable by up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine. All other charges, however, are felonious, and offenders face years in prison and fines of up to $100,000.

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According to a report released by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, 25 year-old Antony Ducasse was entering the prison when guards discovered the drugs during a staff inspection. A search of Ducasse at the prison gate uncovered seven ounces of marijuana in a packaged plastic bag in his pants, police say. Investigators estimate the street value of the marijuana is roughly $500.

Ducasse was arrested and is being held at the Lake County Jail in lieu of a $12,000 bond.

The Florida Department of Corrections says Ducasse was a vocational instructor who trained inmates in the kitchen. The department says they are preparing to fire Ducasse.

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21 year-old Charleston resident, Herbert Butler, pleaded guilty to selling marijuana to an undercover police officer. According to police, the incident occurred during a music festival in November. Investigators say Butler had to be subdued with a tazer gun.

Butler made headlines last month after he reported being tied up and robbed at gunpoint by Citadel cadets.

Being charged with a drug crime in Florida could cost you thousands of dollars in fines and years of jail time. Whether you have been accused of possessing, selling, or trafficking illegal drugs, a Boca Raton criminal attorney of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., may be able to help with your defense. Please call 561-353-2800.

Authorities began investigating the transportation of large amounts of marijuana on Interstate 10 on Tuesday. One of the first vehicles stopped by police, a Ford pickup truck that was driving erratically on the highway, was found to be transporting drugs. Police canines alerted officers to the presence of marijuana in a toolbox in the bed of the pickup truck. A search of the vehicle uncovered nine packages of marijuana weighing a total of 58.75 pounds.

The driver of the pickup, 29 year-old Luis Ignacio Lopez Jr., and his two passengers, 25 year-old Javier Ortiz and 31 year-old Marc Salinas, were arrested and charged with trafficking.

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According to a police report from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, narcotics detectives attained a search warrant for the residence of 29 year-old Arion Oz Kedan after receiving a tip that he might be growing marijuana in his home. During the search, detectives say they discovered an elaborate marijuana growing and harvesting system in one of Kedan’s bedrooms.

Kedan was arrested and charged with manufacture of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver.

Police seized 279 grams of marijuana, 62 un-harvested marijuana plants, and $3,263 in cash.

If you or someone you know has been charged with a crime in the state of Florida, please contact a Boca Raton criminal defense lawyer of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., by calling 561-353-2800.