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Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN]
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Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges
Februaru 14, 2006 - herald-citizen.com

COOKEVILLE -- A package which arrived in Cookeville by Fed Ex delivery last week got a Baxter man arrested, police said.

Allegedly, the package contained over five pounds of illegal drugs, namely psilocybin, or mushrooms that may be used for their psychedelic effects.

Greg Newton, 27, of Baxter Road, Baxter, is charged with possession of drugs for resale in the case, according to a warrant taken by 13th District Drug Task Force Director Steve Randall.

According to that warrant, the package was sent here from Eugene, Oregon, to be delivered to Newton.

But before the delivery was made, police entered the picture.

According to Cookeville Police Capt. Nathan Honeycutt, the Drug Task Force and the TBI had been conducting an investigation for about a month before the delivery was to be made on Feb. 7.

"They asked for the assistance of one of our trained dogs, and we sent Officer Craig Wilkerson and K-9 Officer Boomer, who has been in service here for several years and has done a great job," Capt. Honeycutt said.

Working with DTF agents and TBI agents, Officer Wilkerson took Boomer to a designated location for purposes of searching a Fed Ex delivery truck.

"The dog indicated on a shelf in the truck on one package, and that package contained the mushrooms," Capt. Honeycutt said.

The package was addressed to Newton, and though officers will not reveal much about the case, the warrant indicates that the package was actually delivered to Newton during the investigation.

Drug Task Force agents obtained a search warrant to open the package "prior to the package being delivered to Mr. Newton," the warrant says.

Putnam Sheriff's Narcotics Investigator J.R. Scott served the possession of drugs for resale warrant on Newton after he was brought to the Putnam County jail.

Mushrooms, or 'shrooms,' as they are sometimes called, of the type confiscated in this case are a Schedule I controlled substance, Capt. Honeycutt said.

"This is a hallucinogen," he said.

The investigation into the case is not over, Honeycutt said.

He declined to give further details, but presumably, a portion of the investigation is taking place in Oregon.

Newton is scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court on Feb. 27.

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: veggie]
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<<"The dog indicated on a shelf in the truck on one package, and that package contained the mushrooms,">>

Safety & Security people need to see this. I can't count the times I've seen people ask whether or not <some> drug dogs can be trained to detect mushrooms.


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Manoa said:
I need to stop spending all my money on plants and take up a cheaper hobby, like heroin. :lol:

Looking for Rauhocereus riosaniensis seeds or live specimen(s), :pm: me if you have any for trade

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: SuperD]
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"K-9 Officer Boomer"

What do you think the likelihood that this dog is trained to smell for cubensis? :wink:

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Mezcal]
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> What do you think the likelihood that this dog is trained to smell for cubensis?

About the same as the likelihood that the dog is trained to fly the space shuttle.


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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Seuss]
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I'm with Seuss, even if he is being a bit cynical. It take months to train a dog to locate a controlled substance, explosive or whathaveyou. Why would they spend that much time training the dog to find something he'd probably never encounter in quantity, esp. when police get MUCH bugger props when they snag someone for coke or H. I've NEVER heard of a drug dog trained to find mushrooms. The only way I can think of a dog finding shrooms is if he was given some shrooms to as a track scent THAT DAY (most likely a bloodhound, not a Shepard) then sniffed around for them in a known location.

If I was that guys lawyer I'd demand to see that dogs training records. If he wasn't trained specifically for shroom detection, the evidence and warrant are inadmissible.

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: kyonshibeta]
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You gotta keep in mind, it said they had been following this investigation.
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According to Cookeville Police Capt. Nathan Honeycutt, the Drug Task Force and the TBI had been conducting an investigation for about a month before the delivery was to be made on Feb. 7.


So they knew it was coming at some point I would suppose. They may have borrowed a dog from another precint or they may have actually had this one trained prior to or as a result of this case.


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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: demiu5]
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Right, they knew it was coming and acquired the right dog for the task. Obviously most dogs don't do it, but it isn't odd to consider that there might be a few out there, especially if it was done in eugene.


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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: veggie]
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This is local news to me, and I must say it's pretty fucked up all the way around. I get the sinking feeling they're gonna hang that poor guy.  :frown:

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Seuss]
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Seuss said:
> What do you think the likelihood that this dog is trained to smell for cubensis?

About the same as the likelihood that the dog is trained to fly the space shuttle.


:lol: Best response ever!

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Le_Canard]
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this is the second bust in cookeville within the last month or two involving mushrooms. The first was the 4 college kids who were growing all sorts of things, and now this. I wonder if they're gonna get tougher on it now.


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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: demiu5]
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'Shrooms certainly seem to be on their radar nowadays, so I'm glad I don't grow. What irks me is that there's plenty of crack and meth to be had around here, but I haven't heard about a bust of those things lately.  :frown:

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: veggie]
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A couple of things to consider...

1) There may have been other substances in the box other than mushrooms that the dog hit upon. The story says "namely mushrooms", which I originally read to mean "mostly mushrooms", not exclusively mushrooms.

2) If the person that was putting the package together had been smoking cannabis, or handling cannabis, then the smell of that would have transfered from them to the box.

3) Police dogs are typically trained to "hit" on command.

4) When trying to protect an informant or the use of illegal search tactics, the police will often fabricate a story for the news. It is not illegal for police to lie.

5) I have yet to hear of a reliable case in which a dog was able to differentiate between types of mushrooms. Not to say that they can't, I donno...


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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Seuss]
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2 words...vaccuum sealer  ..best invention ever..works for nugs as well as shrooms :wink:

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Seuss]
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Seuss said:
It is not illegal for police to lie.


Technically it is, but they will if they can get away with it.

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Le_Canard]
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It's illegal? What's the law? Are you sure you're not thinking of Superman?


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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Koala Koolio]
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Well, on their police reports and in open court. But like I said, if they can get away with it, they will. I've had cops lie their asses off in open court.  :mad:

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Re: Mushrooms via Fed Ex leads to drug charges [TN] [Re: Le_Canard]
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> It's illegal? What's the law?

It is illegal for them to commit perjury, but it is not illegal for them to lie. These are two very different things. Police are actually trained how to lie in order to get suspects to self-incriminate. Again, not illegal. However, if an LEO lies on an affidavit or under oath, then it is perjury, which is illegal. (I'm no lawyer, this is from a layman's perspective...)


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