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State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA]
#5139724 - 01/04/06 05:23 PM (18 years, 27 days ago) |
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State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' January 4, 2006 - pittsburghlive.com
NORTH BUFFALO — State police made a rather unusual drug arrest on New Year’s Day when troopers nabbed a DuBois couple with a “felony amount” of psilocybin mushrooms.
East Franklin state police commander Thomas Dubovi said Tpr. Jeremy Bowser stopped a vehicle Sunday on Route 422 for a vehicle-code violation and noticed that the driver was acting in a peculiar manner.
After detecting the odor of marijuana, Bowser obtaining permission to search the vehicle and discovered several plastic bags of mushrooms. Suspecting that the find might be psilocybin mushrooms, used as a psychedelic drug, Bowser arrested 29-year-old Ryan Vaughn Muirhead and a companion, Loryn Rae Amilkavich, 20.
Muirhead was evaluated at the East Franklin station by Tpr. Ronald Vetovich, and it was determined that Muirhead was under the influence of marijuana.
Dubovi said Vetovich is one of eight troopers in the state qualified as a drug-recognition expert.
Later, Muirhead consented to a blood test at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in East Franklin.
“We’re very fortunate to have Tpr. Vetovich at our station,” Dubovi said. “Additional troopers are being trained in drug-recognition symptoms, but right now, we have only eight in the entire state.”
Dubovi said Vetovich is “on call” to assist municipal police departments that might need his expertise.
He added that Vetovich’s training qualifies him to do a battery of tests that take about an hour and determine what drug a person may have used.
Dubovi did not disclose the exact amount of mushrooms that were confiscated Sunday but said it was significant enough to warrant felony charges against the couple.
Amilkavich told police that the bags of mushrooms were worth between $80 and $120 each and said they were a “Christmas gift” from a friend. A small amount of suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia also were taken from the couple along with about $4,000 in cash that was hidden in Amilkavich’s clothing.
Armstrong County Chief Detective and head of the District Attorney’s Drug Taskforce, Paul Rearick, said the task force has never made an arrest for possession of psilocybin mushrooms to date.
“We had a small amount that was found and turned into us about four years ago,” Rearick said, “but we never found out who had possession of them.”
Rearick said that although the mushrooms, a member of the Amanita mushroom family, may grow wild in parts of the country, including Pennsylvania, possession of the mushrooms is a crime.
However, Rearick and Dubovi said Sunday’s arrest was more likely an isolated case and did not necessarily mark the start of a new trend.
Heroin remains the number one drug problem in Armstrong County.
Possession of a small amount of the mushrooms is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison or a $5,000 fine.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources, psilocybin mushrooms are a psychedelic drug that can cause hallucinations that last four to seven hours after consumption.
However, side effects may often include a cold feeling, nausea and vomiting, gas bloating and stomach discomfort, an increased heart and blood-pressure rate, mood swings, and anxiety or paranoia.
Muirhead and Amilkavich were arraigned before District Judge J. Gary DeComo and committed to the Armstrong County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bond each. DeComo said this is the first case involving the drug in the county that he can recall.
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TheHateCamel
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: veggie]
#5140150 - 01/04/06 06:48 PM (18 years, 27 days ago) |
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Rearick said that although the mushrooms, a member of the Amanita mushroom family, may grow wild in parts of the country, including Pennsylvania, possession of the mushrooms is a crime.
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: veggie]
#5140166 - 01/04/06 06:51 PM (18 years, 27 days ago) |
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For Amanitas? That's bullshit!
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: Le_Canard]
#5140196 - 01/04/06 06:55 PM (18 years, 27 days ago) |
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They were arrested for psilocybin mushroom possession.
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Le_Canard
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: TheHateCamel]
#5142125 - 01/05/06 02:42 AM (18 years, 27 days ago) |
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Well, the statement "...a member of the Amanita mushroom family, may grow wild in..etc " led me to conclude that they were arrested for aminitas. Meh, perhaps it's a newspaper error....
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TheHateCamel
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: Le_Canard]
#5142261 - 01/05/06 07:20 AM (18 years, 26 days ago) |
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Yep.
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: TheHateCamel]
#5144061 - 01/05/06 05:40 PM (18 years, 26 days ago) |
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However, side effects may often include a cold feeling, nausea and vomiting, gas bloating and stomach discomfort, an increased heart and blood-pressure rate, mood swings, and anxiety or paranoia.
Sounds like any pregnant woman...actually, most any woman...to me
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: demiu5]
#5145948 - 01/06/06 06:16 AM (18 years, 26 days ago) |
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Ya know, if you have shrooms/pot/whatever in the car simply obay all traffic laws, dont smoke pot IN THE CAR, and you'll be fine. Run a red light or a stop sign and it's your own fault.
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: veggie]
#6612330 - 02/26/07 12:16 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hi folks!
I am the guy that got arrested and mentioned in this post. We were pulled over on Jan. 1, 2006, by a state trooper. We were NOT breaking any laws or speeding or anything. On the report, he said my license plate light WASN'T working properly to illuminate my plate where it could be seen under 50 yards away. I am STILL using the same bulb today. The cop entered and searched us WITHOUT a search warrant, and in court CLAIMED he lost the audio of the arrest. It was a dirty pull over, and there was NO reason for a search. He CLAIMED he smelled marijuana after repeatedly CLAIMING he knew we had a weapon. He OPENED our glove box HIMSELF, found a baggie, and yelled... I TOLD you I knew there was MJ in here, then as he looked at the bag, He said.. "what is this shit?" Our civil rights were THROWN out the window.
They got 10g of psilicybin mushrooms (in one bag) and a small amount of MJ.
No scales, extra baggies etc.
They gave me a blood test and I had MDMA in my system & MJ, and so they were also trying for DUI.
Well to make this short, They gave me a plea..
I got a first offense DUI w/ARD and one year probation.
They dropped ALL drug charges and ALL charges against my girl.
I told you it was dirty.
But anyways, the moral of the story IS:
Carry EVERYTHING in your trunk, and DON'T think cops are gonna play fairly.
They DON'T!
Thanks!
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: StabbyandLoryn]
#6612351 - 02/26/07 12:22 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wow... Celbrity postings on the shroomery!
Glad it worked out for you man.
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: veggie]
#6612366 - 02/26/07 12:25 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Oh, by the way, We got pulled over on Rte. 28, Near Kittaning PA, about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh.
Oh, and when we got pulled over.. it was 8:50pm (remember, one of the darkest days of the year) and it was pouring out.
WE WERE NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS!
We were the ONLY car in sight when the cop pulled us over.
There was no reason for the pull-over except... it was Jan. 1
The cop approached the passenger side, and his FIRST words were:
"i want ALL the windows down NOW" and then started to push that we had a weapon in the car...
The DIRTY cop's name is State Trooper Jeremy Bowser of Kittaning, PA
I had seen the "busted" video by the ACLU PRIOR to this pull-over, so I was prepared for what to do...
He BYPASSED ALL our rights!
---Be Safe!
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: StabbyandLoryn]
#6613548 - 02/26/07 05:49 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sorry that happened to you man saw your myspace nice garden
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: Willsk8t4shrooms]
#6613599 - 02/26/07 06:08 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hire a lawyer.
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Re: State police nab Dubois couple for 'mushrooms' [PA] [Re: TrancedShroom]
#6615402 - 02/27/07 01:59 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Good thing you got off man, sounds like a shitty story.
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