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Drug case is wrapped up after two years
    #7842958 - 01/07/08 10:28 AM (16 years, 25 days ago)

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RAPID CITY, S.D. — A report of a marijuana odor in a motel hallway helped break open an investigation that ultimately sent 28 people to prison for dealing drugs on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

The longest prison sentence — 34 years — went to Geraldine Blue Bird, the alleged ring leader and host to President Bill Clinton at her Pine Ridge home in 1999.

Prosecutors said the operation trafficked an estimated $2 million worth of cocaine from Denver to Nebraska and South Dakota over three years.

A call to Rapid City police on Dec. 21, 2005 led to the arrest of five people after officers found 1½ pounds of cocaine and 16 firearms in the motel room and related vehicles.

The hotel arrests, along with the shooting death of a teenager at Blue Bird’s house just weeks before, were key to an investigation that was already under way.

“We already had the case initiated but it was those two things that really helped us as far as that investigation,” said Bob Perry, supervisory senior resident agent for the FBI.

Eventually, 23 people pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and/or related charges. Five others, including Blue Bird, were convicted at trial.

Last month, U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier sentenced the last defendant in the case, Maritza Perez, 25, of Denver, to 135 months in prison. Prosecutors say Perez was the main source of cocaine sold by Blue Bird’s operation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mara Kohn said she had no idea the case would become so big when she took it on.

“The hope is that when you do a case of this magnitude it will have a positive impact on the community,” she said.

“It was a wonderful example of how, when all levels of law enforcement pulls together, it works,” she said.

Blue Bird became known nationwide in 1999 when she was photographed with President Clinton during his “poverty tour” of the reservation.

She was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.


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Re: Drug case is wrapped up after two years [Re: Bridgeburner]
    #7843052 - 01/07/08 11:00 AM (16 years, 25 days ago)

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“The hope is that when you do a case of this magnitude it will have a positive impact on the community,” she said.




No not usually, the people who use, most likely will still get there coke.

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“It was a wonderful example of how, when all levels of law enforcement pulls together, it works,” she said.




"It was a wonderful example of how much money we can waist to arrest a handfull of people, and in the end, really do nothing."


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Re: Drug case is wrapped up after two years [Re: ThirdEyeOpening]
    #7846052 - 01/07/08 09:59 PM (16 years, 25 days ago)

wow more people getting shot over blow


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