David Dunlap was stopped on Monday in Lake Forest for rolling past a stop sign. When the officer pulled him over, he smelled a strong marijuana smell. Upon further investigation, the officer found 1 gram of marijuana on Dunlap and another 97 grams and a scale in his backpack. Dunlap…
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Sleeping Irvine Man Found With Drugs in Car
On Saturday, Irvine police noticed a man parked by UCI, sleeping in a running car. The individual was woken up and the car was searched. Inside the car was about 200 ecstasy pills and 2.5 gallons of GHB or liquid ecstasy. GHB is also known to be a date rape drug.…
Tustin Pot Grower Busted in Orange County Raid
A Tustin couple were arrested yesterday for possessing over 100 marijuana plants after an anonymous tip led police to their home. Police found a grow room, with over 100 plants, lights, and irrigation system in place. The police said when they went to the house they could smell marijuana. They…
South Orange County Robbers Get More Than They Bargained For
Three Orange County teenage robbers, looking to get high or cook methamphetamine, punched a Target security guard in the face in order to make their getaway in a stolen BMW. Cold medicine is frequently used in manufacturing methamphetamine. Due to increase drug abuse and drug related crimes, California state law…
Man arrested trying to smuggle marijuana ashore on surfboard from Mexico
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man attempting to smuggle 24 pounds of marijuana ashore on a surfboard. Five packages of marijuana with an estimated street value of $74,400 were found inside a duffel bag the man threw into the water. The suspect…
Founder of anti-drug program is arrested in Redondo Beach drug sting
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Kendall Craig Farris, who heads the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey, was arrested Thursday at a Starbucks after an undercover Redondo Beach officer was allegedly sold methamphetamine and ecstasy. According to police reports, Farris, arrived at the coffeehouse in a…
Howard K. Stern pleads not guilty to drug charges, conspiracy
Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend and two of her physicians pleaded not guilty at their arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday to charges of illegally providing prescription drugs to the reality star and former Playboy model. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Howard K. Stern is charged with…
California’s Proposition 5 would overhaul sentencing of drug offenders
Sponsors of the Proposition 5 are asking voters in November to increase treatment and eliminate incarceration for those convicted of nonviolent, drug-related crimes. The Los Angeles Times reports that the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act, funded in part by billionaire George Soros, would be “the most ambitious sentencing and prison reform…