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158 charged in Wood Co. drug bust [WI]
#5630393 - 05/14/06 10:08 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Parents are shocked by extent of drug case Associated Press May 13, 2006 - twincities.com
WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Parents are reeling at news that investigators expect to charge 158 people in a Wood County drug case that allegedly included parents selling illegal drugs to their children's friends.
Sue Ulrich, of Rudolph, has children in the seventh and 10th grades in the Wisconsin Rapids school system and said it was difficult to believe parents would sell drugs to children.
Just as surprising to Debbie Wood was the apparent extent of the drug network in Wisconsin Rapids, where she has lived for four years since moving from Kenosha. She said she might have expected something like it in southeastern Wisconsin, but not in Wood County.
The Wood County Sheriff's Department began arresting people Monday and had made about 60 arrests by Friday afternoon, Sheriff Thomas Reichert said.
Two of the defendants were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. According to criminal complaints, the couple had been involving a 15-year-old boy in selling marijuana.
Reichert said the department will likely finish with the arrests in the next week. He said the apparent cases of parents selling to friends of their children was "certainly one of the most appalling and disturbing aspects of this case."
Wisconsin Rapids School Superintendent Dean Ryerson had a similar reaction. "It tells me there's a huge community problem that needs to be addressed," he said.
The arrests followed 15 months of investigation by the sheriff's department and other local law enforcement agencies.
Reichert said the drug bust was the largest in the county's history. The case could result in 617 criminal charges, according to the sheriff's department.
According to Reichert, the investigation showed drugs were made available to undercover officers almost every time they made an inquiry to buy.
Investigators said they recovered more than $100,000 in marijuana, plus cocaine, methamphetamines, Ecstasy, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms and a variety of other controlled substances.
The Central Wisconsin Drug Task Force received funding for the undercover investigations from the state Office of Justice Assistance.
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Re: 158 charged in Wood Co. drug bust [WI] [Re: veggie]
#5631363 - 05/15/06 04:11 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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The police must have knowningly let children continue to buy and take drugs during quite a long period of time in order to fully investigate 150+ people. This says something about our society when an arrest is more important than the welfare of our children.
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Re: 158 charged in Wood Co. drug bust [WI] [Re: veggie]
#5631398 - 05/15/06 04:57 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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veggie said: the investigation showed drugs were made available to undercover officers almost every time they made an inquiry to buy.
Another good hookup taken off the streets. If only I had that good of a hookup when I was a young pothead.
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Re: 158 charged in Wood Co. drug bust [WI] [Re: Seuss]
#5632272 - 05/15/06 12:04 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Seuss said: The police must have knowningly let children continue to buy and take drugs during quite a long period of time in order to fully investigate 150+ people. This says something about our society when an arrest is more important than the welfare of our children.
It took these pigs over a year and a half to finally arrest me at my workplace, and obviously I lost a damn good job because of it. My attorney quickly asked in court why it took so long for them to bust me if I was such a 'dangerous criminal' (according to the prosecutor) and of course, he didn't have a response, because I'm a very peaceful person which the judge saw. I still got 10 years probation for selling pot but that's much better than prison.
Oh, and no, I never sold to children.
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Re: 158 charged in Wood Co. drug bust [WI] [Re: SuperD]
#5637626 - 05/16/06 01:54 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Whoah. I lived in Wood County for several years, and have friends who live there still.
Wierd.
Thats a very small town, not big at ALL. 150 people is a HUGE bust for a city that size.
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