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NEWS ABOUT: drug dealer

drug dealer stories: 14 news summaries
SILENCE IS GOLDEN

 I Know Lilo's Drug Dealer: Dad 

Lohan's always-talking dad Michael is still, not surprisingly, running his piehole

Oct 14, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - For all those wanting to know exactly which drugs LiLo is on, Michael Lohan might have the answer. In yet another TMI interview with Radar, the celebu-dad says he definitely knows who her drug dealer is: “This guy follows Lindsay all over the place,” he says, adding, “... More »

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entertainment • drugs • Lindsay Lohan • Dina Lohan • celebrity • drug dealer • Michael Lohan

book review

Drug Dealers: Experts in Recessionary Business

CEOs could learn a lot from hustlers

Sep 21, 09 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - 50 Cent is the first rapper to pen a book of management advice. It’s a shame, then, that The 50th Law, co-written by Robert Greene, boils down to the worst kind of “be authentic” self-help boilerplate, writes Lucy Lucy Kellaway for the Financial Times. As a former drug... More »

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layoffs • CEO • business • 50 Cent • downsizing • drug dealer • self-help • rightsizing

(Newser) - Amid the ongoing drug wars in Mexico, one small branch of the country's finance ministry has a special job: selling off the jewel-encrusted pistols, armor-plated Hummers, and even wild panthers and lions seized from dealers' bling-tastic mansions. "You realize that the mansions in movies like Scarface aren't exaggerations,"... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • bling • drug dealer • drug traffickers • narcotics

 Mexican Heroin 
 Seeps Into 
 Rural US 

Mexican cartels push the drug into the heartland

May 31, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the battle between drug cartels and law enforcement rages in Mexico, traffickers are gaining footholds in America's Heartland. Ohio saw heroin-related deaths spread into 18 new counties between 2004 and 2007, just one indication that dealers aren't limited to big cities. "It's like going to pick up beer,... More »

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drugs • illegal immigrant • Mexico • heroin • drug cartel • drug dealer • heartland

NYC Man Pleads Not Guilty in Harvard Shooting

Cops: Suspect aimed to rob drug dealer

May 22, 09 5:38 PM CDT
(AP) - A New York songwriter pleaded not guilty today to murder charges in the shooting at a Harvard dormitory of a man prosecutors say was there to sell drugs. Jabrai Jordan Copney, 20, whose girlfriend is a Harvard senior, traveled to the Cambridge, Mass., campus on Monday with two other men... More »

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crime • Cambridge • drug dealer • campus shooting • Harvard University • Jabrai Jordan Copney • Justin Cosby

Watchdog: Mexican Army's Abuse of Civilians Unchecked

Desperate to fight the cartels, government turns a blind eye to military crimes

May 1, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Mexican army, enlisted by President Felipe Calderón in the battle against drug cartels, is abusing civilians with de facto immunity from the government, a watchdog group says. The army was supposed to be a temporary replacement for corrupt or incompetent police forces. But some soldiers, unaccustomed to the... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • murder • civilian casualties • Mexican army • drug cartel • Human Rights Watch • drug dealer

 Ecstasy Lands Brazilian 
 Elite in Jail 

University-educated clubbers dominate new crop of drug dealers

Feb 14, 09 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Brazil’s battle against the rising use of Ecstasy has shifted from the slums to the upscale suburbs, the New York Times reports. Now university-educated “playboys” are targets of drug enforcement officials out to stop dealing in the pulsing rave scene. Last week, federal police officers arrested and charged... More »

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drugs • Brazil • drug dealer • ecstasy

Pot-Growing Dad Busted After Baby Calls 911

Mounties led to operation by toddler playing with phone

Jan 22, 09 4:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Mounties responding to an aborted 911 call from a Vancouver home discovered a cute baby playing with a cordless phone upstairs—and 500 marijuana plants downstairs, the Globe & Mail reports. The boy's pop was arrested and the baby was returned to his mom, who is separated from the... More »

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911 call • marijuana • toddler • drug dealer • emergency responders

US Shuts Consulate in Mexico After More Gunfire

Mexican police, FBI hunt for evidence

Oct 17, 08 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials shut down the US consulate in Monterey, Mexico, yesterday after shots were fired nearby, reports Reuters. The latest incident followed an attack last weekend when gunmen opened fire and lobbed a hand grenade at the same consulate. Mexican police swarmed the area and FBI officials gathered evidence to determine... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • drug dealer • gun violence • US Consulate

 Mexican Troops
 Accused in Drug War Deaths 

Military responsible for deaths of 13 unarmed citizens

Jun 29, 08 9:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexicans increasingly accuse state troops of beating and murdering innocents on their mission to curb violent drug cartels, Time reports. Since the state assigned 25,000 soldiers to fight drug-runners 2 years ago, troops have killed at least 13 unarmed people—while traffickers have added 1,800 more to the... More »

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Congress • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • civilian casualties • drug trafficking • drug dealing • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • drug dealer • civilians

NFL Steroid Dealer's Death Called Suicide

Medical examiner still mum on killing of David Jacobs' girlfriend

Jun 7, 08 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs’ death has been ruled a suicide, the Dallas Morning News reports. Authorities say Jacobs, 35, shot himself in the stomach and head. Officials also found some 150 containers of steroids in his Texas home. The medical examiner has not yet explained the death of Jacobs’... More »

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suicide • NFL • steroids • Texas • murder • bodybuilder • drug dealer • David Jacobs

NFL Steroids Dealer, Girlfriend Shot to Death

He recently met with league officials
to talk about clients

Jun 6, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted steroids dealer and bodybuilder David Jacobs and his girlfriend have been found shot to death to death in his Texas home. Jacobs, 35, who got probation after cooperating with investigators, recently met with NFL officials to discuss his client list. The couple had a volatile relationship, but police would... More »

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steroids • Texas • Dallas Cowboys • murder • bodybuilder • drug dealer • David Jacobs

 After Drug Arrest, 
 Pats Lineman
 Aids in Bust 

Kaczur helps cops nab dealer of prescription painkiller OxyContin

Jun 5, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - New England Patriots offensive tackle Nicholas Kaczur wore a wire to help authorities nail a drug dealer after he was arrested in April for possession of prescription painkillers, the Boston Globe reported yesterday. The 28-year-old starter secretly recorded three $3,900 OxyContin transactions with Daniel Ekasala, sources say. But Kaczur... More »

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New England Patriots • OxyContin • football • DEA • drug dealer • Nicholas Kaczur

Woman Sues Meth Dealer Over OD

The darnedest part? She wins

Jan 10, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - A 23-year-old Canadian woman is suing her drug dealer for selling her the crystal meth she overdosed on in 2004, the Leader-Post reports. And since the judge struck down the defendant’s testimony on Friday, she’s essentially won—an outcome her attorney says is the first of its... More »

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drugs • overdose • lawsuit • crystal meth • coma • drug dealer • Sandy Bergen

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