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Brazen woman tries to sell crystal meth in courtroom while standing trial for previous charges

A woman allegedly tried to sell drugs, namely methamphetamine, in a Magoffin courtroom. After being charged with third-degree terroristic threatening earlier this year, 24-year-old Telby Fields of Mount Olive, Kentucky, was given a court date scheduled for Monday, July 2.

While the attendees waited for the judge to appear on the scheduled date, Fields allegedly asked three other people sitting behind her if they would be interested in buying crystal meth from her. The transactions were reportedly heard by a security officer standing nearby who subsequently informed Detective Neil Adams from Magoffin County Sheriff's Department.

The detective then followed a suspicious Fields out of the courthouse. She was seen walking around the building to the Church Street side and then running down the breezeway that leads to the parking lot behind the courthouse, Adams said. Allegedly, the woman jumped into the back of a car parked nearby and laid down in the back seat.

On the driver's seat was 20-year-old Cole Gaylord of Aurora, Indiana, who nervously spoke to the detective. Adams then asked him and another male who was sitting in the front passenger seat to step out of the car, while Sheriff Carson Montgomery and Kentucky State Police Trooper Haney stood on the passenger side of the vehicle.

The man on the passenger side was later identified as 24-year-old Collin Tenhundfeld and he tried to run past both Haney and Montgomery. However, Haney tugged at his shirt and stopped him, but his shirt subsequently ripped and he was able to tackle the two officers and scamper towards a nearby creek. Detective Adams reported that Tenhundfeld eluded the police for several hours after doing a "15-foot swan dive" into the shallow creek.

Unfortunately for Tenhundfeld, he had left his phone behind while desperately trying to evade the authorities. Once they got hold of his phone, the officers were able to release pictures of him to the public, which were subsequently posted on the Salyersville Independent’s Facebook page.

Dispatch received calls of a man walking through yards in the East Maple/Back Street area of town within an hour of the pictures going online. Deputies from the Salyersville Police Department, accompanied by Constable James Rudd, tracked the man down and apprehended him on Back Street.

In a conversation with the Independent, Sheriff Montgomery informed that the trio was in a car with Indiana license plates which, according to police records, did not match the car. Over 35 grams of methamphetamine, hundreds of plastic bags, scales, and a BB gun which resembled a real pistol were found in the vehicle by law enforcement.

Once apprehended, they were individually taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, where they are currently being held.

Currently, Telby Fields has been slapped with charges including one count of trafficking in a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, greater than or equal to two grams of methamphetamine, as well as two counts of buying or possessing drug paraphernalia.

The driver, Cole Gaylord, is facing the same three charges, along with resisting arrest, menacing, an instructional permit violation, and second-degree disorderly conduct.

Having said that, the maximum of charges is being faced by the fugitive who was apprehended later, with a total count of nine.

He is facing third-degree criminal trespassing; two counts of second-degree fleeing or evading police (on foot); menacing; two counts of resisting arrest; second-degree disorderly conduct; first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first offense (greater than or equal to two grams of methamphetamine); and buying or possessing drug paraphernalia, according to The Salyersville Independent.

At press time, no court date has been scheduled as yet in either of their cases. However, Fields will appear before the judge on July 9 for her misdemeanor case. The woman has another case pending in Campbell County, wherein she has been charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance, first-degree promoting contraband and opiates.

Police bust daycare facility and recover over 100lbs of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and guns

Over 100 pounds of marijuana were seized by law enforcement authorities when they arrested three people in two consecutive drug busts in Fayetteville, with one of them being a child care center. According to a police report, a search warrant was executed Tuesday on a residence in the 1000 block of Ronald Reagan Drive by the Fayetteville Police Department’s Gang Unit.

While preparing for the search, authorities learned that the residence also served as a childcare center, and was named Tori's Playhouse. Detectives made sure no child would present at the time of the raid and thus waited until the childcare center was closed.

“We don’t have anything to indicate that children had access to it. They were located away from where the children had daycare. They were in the residence, but they were away from where the children would commonly be,” said Lt. Douglas Nicolosi.

Nicolosi has been in charge of the Fayetteville Police Department's Gang Unit's investigation, which began several months ago and is still underway. They were able to obtain over 100 pounds of marijuana, laced cookies and gummies, as well as half a dozen firearms.

34-year-old Victoria L. Everett, who owns and operates Tori's Playhouse, and 32-year-old Reshod J. Everett, her husband, who is an employee of the U.S. Postal Service and is also co-owner of the center, were both arrested on a lengthy list of charges.

According to Fox 8, Victoria Everett faces charges of:

• trafficking in marijuana by possession (Level II) – 62.8 lbs.

• trafficking in heroin by possession (Level III) – 31 gm

• trafficking in heroin by manufacture (Level III) – 31 gm

• possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana – 381 gm

• maintaining a dwelling for keeping/selling controlled substances

• conspiracy to traffic in heroin

While Reshod Everett faces charges of:

• trafficking in marijuana by possession (Level I) – 37.8 lbs.

• trafficking in marijuana by manufacture (Level I) – 37.8 lbs.

• trafficking in cocaine by possession (Level III) – 443 gm.

• trafficking in cocaine by manufacture (Level III) – 443 gm.

• conspiracy to traffic in marijuana

• conspire to traffic in cocaine

• maintaining a dwelling for keeping/selling controlled substances (2 counts)

• trafficking in marijuana by possession (Level II) – 62.8 lbs.

• trafficking in heroin by possession (Level III) – 31 gm

• trafficking in heroin by manufacture (Level III) – 31 gm

• possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana – 381 gm

• conspiracy to traffic in heroin

As of now, both Victoria and Reshod are being held in Cumberland County under secured bonds of $287,500 and $430,000 respectively. Authorities also said that the house on Ronald Reagan Drive that holds Tori's Playhouse looks harmless and is a licensed family child care facility.

“Very friendly. They have wonderful kids playing outside like any normal and friendly people. We love this street. We love this neighborhood,” a neighbor said. After Fayetteville police recovered the hidden contraband from the daycare facility earlier this week, a neighbor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she was shocked by their discovery.

“We heard they had drugs and some sort of guns and things like that hiding there,” she said.

The owners of Tori's Playhouse, Reshod J Everett, left, and Victoria L Everett, center, and Alvin Davis III, right, have been arrested and are each facing multiple drug trafficking charges. (Fayetteville PD)

“I never expected anything of this nature from these young men,” another neighbor, Cynthia Austin said. She said she has cooked for the suspects and even helped them get airline tickets, completely oblivious to what they were up to. "I don’t know where they went, but they were planning on going to Miami,” Austin said.

The childcare center was busted on Tuesday, one day after another Fayetteville drug bust at the Addison Ridge Apartment complex. Sgt. Shawn Strepay, a police spokesman, said that no one lived at the residence and it was solely used for the storage of drugs and other items.

At the apartment, officers seized:

• 275.5 grams of marijuana

• 1 ounce of marijuana wax

• 437 grams of cocaine

• A Smith & Wesson .380 handgun

• A Scorpion 9mm handgun

After the previous bust, cops arrested 27-year-old Alvin Davis III of Fayetteville and slapped him with a series of charges:

• two counts each of trafficking marijuana, trafficking cocaine and conspiracy to traffic

• one count each of maintaining a dwelling for controlled substance, maintaining a vehicle for controlled substances and carrying a concealed weapon

However, Davis posted bail and was released from prison. It was not immediately clear if or how he is related to the couple but authorities said he worked at a Food Lion Distribution Center.

The unit was able to seize more than 300 pounds of marijuana, half a kilogram of cocaine, more than an ounce of heroin, 10 guns, more than $70,000 in cash, and a 2013 Audi Q7 SUV in a span of 36 hours. Police did not say who owned the vehicle. “We’re not going to stop. The chief’s got a push to reduce violent crime, so eventually we’ll catch you,” Nicolosi said.

The operation was part of an ongoing investigation into gang activity and narcotics and the arrests were made with help from the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team and the Central District Community Empowerment Team, police said.

Disclaimer : This is based on sources and we have been unable to verify this information independently.

Donald Trump wants DEATH PENALTY for drug barons in new strategy to combat devastating drug crisis

Donald Trump wants to execute drug dealers as part of a new strategy to combat the devastating opioid addiction crisis which has left thousands dead.

Capital punishment is already allowed in certain drug cases including murder related to a trafficking offence.

But the US president wants to put high-volume drug dealers in the death chamber in cases where it's "appropriate" under existing law as he seeks tougher sentences for convicted traffickers.

Trump raised the issue at a rally earlier this month and has said individual dealers of highly-addictive drugs such as fentanyl are responsible for thousands of deaths in America.

Inside the death chamber at Florida State Prison (Image: Florida Department of Corrections/Doug Smith)

The tycoon-turned-politician will unveil a new plan on Monday with measures to tackle the crisis, including seeking the death penalty and urging Congress to introduce tougher sentences in cases where capital punishment isn't applicable.

A senior administration official told CNN the tougher penalties would be for dealers bringing large quantities of opioids, including fentanyl, into the US, adding: "The president thinks that the punishment doesn't fit the crime."

The official said Trump's plan and the wording of his announcement are subject to change.

A lethal dose of fentanyl (right) next to a lethal dose of heroin

Andrew Bremberg, director of Trump's Domestic Policy Council, told reporters: "The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty against drug traffickers when it's appropriate under current law."

The White House did not offer any specific examples of drug cases in which it would be considered appropriate to seek the death penalty.

The death penalty is legal in 31 states, and lethal injection is the primary method used, although some states allow prisoners to choose to be shot by a firing squad or put in the electric chair instead.

No one is on death row in the US for drug trafficking (Image: Florida Department of Corrections)

Florida allows the death penalty for capital drug trafficking, while New Hampshire, where Trump will announce his new drug strategy alongside his wife Melania, permits it for murder committed in the course of drug crimes, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

No one is on death row in the US for drug trafficking.
The Trump administration also plans to cut opioid prescriptions by a third over the next three years, punish criminally negligent doctors, pharmacies and manufacturers, and lower the amount of drug possession that triggers mandatory minimum sentences for certain opioids.

A small bag of straight Fentanyl at a crime lab in the US (Image: Getty)

It is estimated that 42,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the US in 2016. The number of opioid overdose deaths has tripled since 1999.

US Congress recently set aside $6bn (£4.3bn) to combat the opioid crisis which has largely focused on fentanyl, which is 100 times stronger than heroin and can be lethal in very small doses.

At the rally in Pennsylvania, Trump told supporters: “The only way to solve the drug problem is through toughness. When you catch a drug dealer, you’ve got to put him away for a long time.”

He added: “If someone goes and shoots somebody, kills somebody they get the death penalty."

He said "a drug dealer will kill 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 people during the course of his or her life" and not be punished as much as a murderer.

The president said: "Thousands of people are killed or their lives are destroyed, their families are destroyed. So you can kill thousands of people and go to jail for 30 days. They catch a drug dealer, they don't even put them in jail."

He touted the way Singapore handled drug dealers with the death penalty, adding: "That means if we catch a drug dealer, death penalty."

This New Obesity Fighting Drug Can Melt Your Fat and Lower Cholesterol,Without Suppressing Your Appetite

A new weight loss drug being developed by scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston takes a very different approach to fighting obesity: It burns fat without suppressing appetite, according to a study published in the journal Biochemical Pharmacology.

It’s important to note that this research is preliminary and was conducted on mice. But the fat fighting pill’s action mechanism is intriguing. In the study, mice were given food until they became obese, and were then fed the drug, which increases the cellular metabolism of obesity-linked white fat cells. The size of these fat cells in mice given the drug shrunk 30% after 10 days of treatment compared to those given a placebo. Strikingly, the drug-taking mice’s blood cholesterol levels also returned to normal.

Senior study author Stanley Watowich notes that weight loss and obesity drugs of this kind could help prevent conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Most American children today are expected to be obese by the time they’re 35, according to recent research by Harvard, compared with about 40% of U.S. adults who are currently obese.

“As fat cells grow larger, they begin to overexpress a protein that acts as a metabolic brake that slows down fat cell metabolism, making it harder for these cells to burn accumulating fat,” he said in a statement. “In addition, as the fat tissue expands, they secrete greater amounts of hormones and pro-inflammatory signals that are responsible for several chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.”The most common approaches to fighting obesity include bariatric surgery and pills (or devices) which suppress appetite. Accelerated fat cell metabolism would essentially tackle obesity at its root biological level, rather than simply facilitate behavioral changes.

SOURCE: https://www.utmb.edu/newsroom/article11716.aspx

FDA Says Walnuts Are Drugs: What Do You Have To Say About This?

Seen any walnuts in your medicine cabinet lately? According to the Food and Drug Administration, that is precisely where you should find them. Because Diamond Foods made truthful claims about the health benefits of consuming walnuts that the FDA didn’t approve, it sent the company a letter declaring, “Your walnut products are drugs” — and “new drugs” at that — and, therefore, “they may not legally be marketed … in the United States without an approved new drug application.” The agency even threatened Diamond with “seizure” if it failed to comply.

Diamond’s transgression was to make “financial investments to educate the public and supply them with walnuts,” as William Faloon of Life Extension magazine put it. On its website and packaging, the company stated that the omega-3 fatty acids found in walnuts have been shown to have certain health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and some types of cancer. These claims, Faloon notes, are well supported by scientific research: “Life Extension has published 57 articles that describe the health benefits of walnuts”; and “The US National Library of Medicine database contains no fewer than 35 peer-reviewed published papers supporting a claim that ingesting walnuts improves vascular health and may reduce heart attack risk.”

This evidence was apparently not good enough for the FDA, which told Diamond that its walnuts were “misbranded” because the “product bears health claims that are not authorized by the FDA.”

The FDA’s letter continues: “We have determined that your walnut products are promoted for conditions that cause them to be drugs because these products are intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease.” Furthermore, the products are also “misbranded” because they “are offered for conditions that are not amenable to self-diagnosis and treatment by individuals who are not medical practitioners; therefore, adequate directions for use cannot be written so that a layperson can use these drugs safely for their intended purposes.” Who knew you had to have directions to eat walnuts?

“The FDA’s language,” Faloon writes, “resembles that of an out-of-control police state where tyranny [reigns] over rationality.” He adds:

This kind of bureaucratic tyranny sends a strong signal to the food industry not to innovate in a way that informs the public about foods that protect against disease. While consumers increasingly reach for healthier dietary choices, the federal government wants to deny food companies the ability to convey findings from scientific studies about their products.

Walnuts aren’t the only food whose health benefits the FDA has tried to suppress. Producers of pomegranate juice and green tea, among others, have felt the bureaucrats’ wrath whenever they have suggested that their products are good for people.

Meanwhile, Faloon points out, foods that have little to no redeeming value are advertised endlessly, often with dubious health claims attached. For example, Frito-Lay is permitted to make all kinds of claims about its fat-laden, fried products, including that Lay’s potato chips are “heart healthy.” Faloon concludes that “the FDA obviously does not want the public to discover that they can reduce their risk of age-related disease by consuming healthy foods. They prefer consumers only learn about mass-marketed garbage foods that shorten life span by increasing degenerative disease risk.”

Faloon thinks he knows why this is the case. First, by stifling competition from makers of more healthful alternatives, junk food manufacturers, who he says “heavily lobb[y]” the federal government for favorable treatment, will rake in ever greater profits. Second, by making it less likely that Americans will consume healthful foods, big pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers stand to gain by selling more “expensive cardiac drugs, stents, and coronary bypass procedures” to those made ill by their diets.

But people are starting to fight back against the FDA’s tactics. “The makers of pomegranate juice, for example, have sued the FTC for censoring their First Amendment right to communicate scientific information to the public,” Faloon reports. Congress is also getting into the act with a bill, the Free Speech About Science Act (H.R. 1364), that, Faloon writes, “protects basic free speech rights, ends censorship of science, and enables the natural health products community to share peer-reviewed scientific findings with the public.”

Of course, if the Constitution were being followed as intended, none of this would be necessary. The FDA would not exist; but if it did, as a creation of Congress it would have no power to censor any speech whatsoever. If companies are making false claims about their products, the market will quickly punish them for it, and genuine fraud can be handled through the courts. In the absence of a government agency supposedly guaranteeing the safety of their food and drugs and the truthfulness of producers’ claims, consumers would become more discerning, as indeed they already are becoming despite the FDA’s attempts to prevent the dissemination of scientific research. Besides, as Faloon observed, “If anyone still thinks that federal agencies like the FDA protect the public, this proclamation that healthy foods are illegal drugs exposes the government’s sordid charade.”

Source: The New American – Like The New American on facebook

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Brazen woman tries to sell crystal meth in courtroom while standing trial for previous charges

Woman accused of selling meth in Magoffin courtroom while waiting for judge to appear

Police bust daycare facility and recover over 100lbs of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and guns

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