Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Two Women Charged With Trafficking Methamphetamine After Controlled Buy
Your high school drug buddies probably used to exchange stories about how they got caught smoking weed or how they hid their habits in plain sight. Perhaps they traded stories about which over the counter eye drops were best for hiding the signs of cannabis intoxication in one’s eyes, and one friend may have… Read More »
Sheriff’s Deputies Seize Four Pounds Of MDMA From Hotel Room
The market for illegal drugs is always changing, much more quickly than drug laws change. The so-called crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s now seems like ancient history. If your school curriculum included sessions in health class dedicated to recreational drugs and how to avoid them, the teachers’ information about drugs probably seemed woefully… Read More »
Ocala Man Pleads Guilty To Possession With Intent To Distribute After Police Find His DNA At The Crime Scene
In early 2019, Glenn Edward Davis, Jr. of Ocala was 32 years old, and he already had 14 felony convictions on his record; the Department of Justice did not say what the felonies on his record were or how much time, if any, Davis had served in prison. Because of his criminal record, he… Read More »
South Florida Nutritional Supplement Salesmen Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Anabolic Steroids
Now that the Olympic Games are in session, the media has once again turned its attention to performance-enhancing drugs, but in Florida, we never forgot about them. In certain parts of Florida, especially near beaches and gyms, it is a common occurrence to see people with such muscular physiques that you wonder if they… Read More »
Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced To 19 Years After Police Chase Across Indian River County
Those social media posts about people needing to be revived with naloxone after accidentally touching a grain of fentanyl powder are not factual, but it is true that fentanyl is so powerful that ingesting a tiny dose can be fatal. Fentanyl is approximately 100 times as strong as morphine, making it much more potent… Read More »
Tampa Man Gets Prison Sentence For Selling Cocaine And Firearms To Confidential Informant
Movies about the criminal underworld make confidential informants look like cool antiheroes, but acting as an informant in a drug investigation is a delicate balancing act. The ideal plea deal would be one that enables you to serve your probation or your relatively brief prison sentence and then move on with your life. Being… Read More »
How Prior Convictions Can Affect Your Current Drug Case
If you plead not guilty in a criminal case, you have the right to a fair trial with twelve unbiased jurors. One way that the courts protect against juror bias is by letting your lawyer and the prosecution speak up if they think that a prospective juror has already made up their mind, before… Read More »
Flagler County Woman Investigated For Selling Drugs Out Of Animal Rescue Facility
Medications for humans and animals are not interchangeable. You may have heard about experimental treatments where doctors give veterinary drugs for humans, but these are the exception, rather than the rule. Your dog’s vet might even have given you the okay to share an over-the-counter topical or oral medication with your furry friend from… Read More »
Kissimmee Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
Although public opinion has largely shifted toward the belief that sentencing someone to life in prison for drug crimes is cruel and unusual punishment, long prison sentences, including life sentences, remain a possibility for people who are convicted of trafficking or distribution of large quantities of illegal drugs, especially if the defendant has prior… Read More »
Two Central Florida Men Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison After Attempting To Buy Cocaine From Federal Agents
There is a trope in movies about drug dealing that no one trusts anyone. In fact, the feeling of paranoia when one is involved in illegal activities and could get caught at any time is a factor that some people will tell you motivated them to seek addiction treatment. People who have completed pretrial… Read More »
