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  Sheriff Levels Blast at Drug War
Posted by FoM on February 24, 2002 at 16:36:56 PT
By John L. Kane, Special to The Denver Post  
Source: Denver Post 

justice Years ago, the sheriff of a Colorado mountain county was approached by an informant. A load of meth was entering the state from California. The tip was good: The informant knew who was picking up the load, what type of car would be used, the date it was due to arrive and where it was going.

The dealers lived in a neighboring county. The sheriff filed his report with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and passed the tip on to the sheriff in the county where the dealers lived. Imagine his surprise when, more than a year later, the very sheriff he had warned was arrested along with key members of his staff for running the meth-dealing ring.

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Comment #5 posted by The GCW on February 25, 2002 at 04:11:15 PT
It doesn't work that way....
but, does one good shariff cancel out one bad sheriff? And does one bad cancel out the good...? Bill Masters, shounds like a good sheriff, from other writtings... He is sheriff of the area that includes Telluride ski area.

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Comment #4 posted by E_Johnson on February 25, 2002 at 01:09:11 PT
Is he a child or a grownup?
Even though this is a misdemeanor, there will be serious, serious consequences.

Like you're going to do what to someone who is legally an adult, Mommy?

The soccer moms are OUT OF CONTROL!!!



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Comment #3 posted by goneposthole on February 24, 2002 at 19:22:26 PT
yikes
The sheriff of a county in Colorado is running a meth ring.

700,000 arrests for possession of marijuana.

Let's see, the sheriff is running a meth lab and ring in Colorado.

Let's venture a guess: They are so high on speed, they can run around 24 hours a day arresting people for possession of marijuana.

An incorrect assumption, I am jumping to an erroneous conclusion.

The kind of conclusion Joyce will jump to all too often.



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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on February 24, 2002 at 18:11:50 PT
freedom fighters, link =
That all six students were charged with misdemeanors instead of felonies indicates that they were caught with fairly small amounts of the drug, Phillips said.

The Washington Post quoted American University students Saturday as being surprised and skeptical that their school hosts such an -----advanced drug ring.



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Comment #1 posted by freedom fighter on February 24, 2002 at 17:41:16 PT
Barnes-Gelt's son charged in D.C. drug raid
Sunday, February 24, 2002 - WASHINGTON - Police in ski masks pounded on a Washington dorm room door in a late-night raid last week, and what they found rocked one of Denver's most prominent political families.

Ben Gelt, 20, who led a post-Columbine gun control campaign all the way to the White House, found himself in a District of Columbia jail Thursday after being arrested in his dorm. He was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

The arrest stunned Gelt's well-known parents, Denver City Councilwoman Susan Barnes-Gelt and former Colorado Democratic Party chairman Howard Gelt. Barnes-Gelt has been mentioned as a potential candidate for mayor.

"This whole thing is heartbreaking," Barnes-Gelt said Saturday. ""He's screwed up, big time. He's already spent what I hope was an extremely unpleasant night in jail. Even though this is a misdemeanor, there will be serious, serious consequences."

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E422654,00.html

Yet another double standard..

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