Boy Arrested for Selling Crack Near His Elementary School
The 12-year-old boy was among eight people arrested in connection to illegal crack cocaine sales near Samoset Elementary School.
OUTSIDE SARASOTA, FL -- A 12-year-old boy faces a charge of selling crack cocaine near his elementary school, according to the local sheriff's office.
The boy was among eight people arrested after a two-month investigation into alleged sales of illegal drugs near Samoset Elementary in Bradenton.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said that six suspects are still at large.
The alleged transactions were taking place at a home about a block from the school, according to investigators.
Detectives seized 1.8 grams of oxycodone (18 pills), 11 grams of rock cocaine and 3.9 grams of marijuana.
According to TBO.com, the following adults were charged:
- Castora Moesley, 52, faces charges of child neglect and sale of a controlled substance with 1,000 feet of a school.
- Tabitha Guthrie, 30, faces charges of sale of rock cocaine with 1,000 feet of a school.
- Pascual Betancourt, 26; William Hunt, 24; Roy Woods, 21; Christopher Dixon, 34; and Linda Martini, 37, sale of a controlled substance with 1,000 feet of a school.
MutherFooker
4:39 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Where's the little thugs photo?
Max Pain
7:11 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
little thugs?!?
Selling drugs does not infringe upon any individuals life liberty or property. If you don't want crack don't buy it...
I guess you could mean the cops when you say thugs. Cops are the ones forcing people, under threat of violence, to pay their salaries not the drug dealers. Cops are the ones who waste my money harming individuals that have harmed no one, not drug dealers. If anyone is a 'little thug' in this story it's the cops.
John
10:17 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
As per law photos and names of minors are not published unless charged as an adult.
Dewey Lehew
8:44 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Max Pain
7:11 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
little thugs?!?
Selling drugs does not infringe upon any individuals life liberty or property. If you don't want crack don't buy it...
I guess you could mean the cops when you say thugs. Cops are the ones forcing people, under threat of violence, to pay their salaries not the drug dealers. Cops are the ones who waste my money harming individuals that have harmed no one, not drug dealers. If anyone is a 'little thug' in this story it's the cops.
My God, some folks are born stupid, some work at being stupid and people like you abuse the privelage for all the rest of us.
Al
8:44 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Kind of stunned by some of these comments. However, this is not that
unusual. Whether you are a crack head, drug dealer, or whatever, I
would not think that someone who really cares about their child would
want that kid to follow in their foot steps? If they do, they do not deserve
to have children.
Carolyn and Cricket
3:30 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
This is a tragic situation!! What else has this child seen and learned by example? Can this type of damage be undone?