Fresh Take FloridaNovember 13, 2024
'This was a very significant criminal conspiracy with some very high-level players.'
Tag: methamphetamine
Fresh Take FloridaNovember 13, 2024
Jesse SchecknerMarch 11, 2023
6min0
That’s a rate of 54 people — or roughly one Martha's Vineyard flight — a day.
Associated PressApril 3, 2022
16min0
Some state lawmakers are pushing harm-reduction plans instead of just tougher penalties.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 24, 2022
6min0
The Senate is ready to take up the bill but is waiting for the House to send over their version.
Associated PressDecember 23, 2021
1min550
He didn't say who the drugs belonged to.
Renzo DowneyJune 25, 2021
7min2377
The Governor teased a possible cameo in Republican Governors' fight against crime.
Associated PressApril 19, 2020
12min401
Coronavirus shutdowns are disrupting supply chains for methamphetamine and fentanyl.
Staff ReportsOctober 20, 2016
2min428
State and federal authorities have taken down a methamphetamine distribution ring in Volusia County, arresting 16 alleged participants and issuing arrest warrants for another nine, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. The Office of Statewide Prosecution worked with the Department of Homeland Security; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Volusia County […]
Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016
3min196
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of seven Florida men convicted in federal courts of dealing cocaine or methamphetamine, the White House announced late Thursday. Two of the federal prisoners, Benjy Neil Allums of Niceville, and Virgil Leon Darville of Boynton Beach, will be eligible for release from prison in February under the commuted sentences. The others still have many years […]
Jim RosicaJune 15, 2016
4min319
The liquid left over from making methamphetamine can be counted toward its weight for criminal charging purposes, an appellate court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal issued its unanimous opinion Wednesday in the case of Ryan Wilder. He was convicted on murder and methamphetamine trafficking charges following a February 2012 drug bust […]