15 Responses to “Man Wanted On Outstanding Narcotics Related Warrant Leads Deputies On Chase”

1. me on October 31st, 2009 8:07 am

   Who’s Who you hit the nail on the head inmates are living a better life than a lot of honest hard working people it should make us all sick. I will be the first to admit I dont have all the answers , but come on cable in jail for the life of me I will never understand our goverment and dont want to its so messed up. Pray and make do the best we can and look forward to going home…..

2. Who's Who on October 30th, 2009 9:49 am

   I say close that Hilton Hotel will call the jail and put the criminals in chicken coups like the did in the 40’s & 50’s. Make them do hard labor 6 days a week and I bet you most will not want to come back. Our jails today caters to much to the criminals, it is like a Hilton hotel. There cloths are washed for them, there meals are cooked for them, there medical is free to them all they got to do all day is watch TV all day and yes it is cable(The law says we must provide cable TV for them) or worst play games all day. It sound like a life most of us would enjoy with the eception of not being able to come and go when we want. But we have to work a real job so we can pay taxes to support the very sames criminals that rob and steal from us. When will the politicans we the tax payers are paying big money for figure out that their plan is not working and try something else. The old saying was if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime but today its just probation. We make life to easy for the criminal. I say: if we keep doing the same thing everyday the we will get the same results. Its time for a change from the President on down to the County Commissioners. We need to bring common sense back to our country and government and start doing what we all know needs to be done and start making this country the greastest country in the world again instead of just the worlds ARMY. And the rest of the world is just laughing at us as we cruble down to nothing. We are laughing stock of the world

   Run them college boy’s out of office and put common sense back in control

3. Wild Bill on October 30th, 2009 8:46 am

   Billy,
   I believe you and I will have to agree to disagree on many points. However you did use Singapore as your example that prohibition works. In my research I learned that even though Singapore has VERY strict drug laws, they still have a VERY high number of illicit drug users. So please explain how prohibition changed anything there?

   In places such as my example, the Netherlands, where drug laws still exist but are quite liberal, the crime rates remain low and the percentages of drug users are far lower than those in the U.S. and Singapore. So again I ask “how is prohibition the answer”?

   You and I both know the answer lies in education not incarceration.

   The answer is education not capital punishment.

   The answer is education not PROHIBITION!

   History has proven that prohibition has not worked. We have had 30 plus years of prohibition at a cost of combined state and federal funding of 30 billion dollars per year and what has it accomplished?

   Are there fewer drug users? NO

   Are there fewer kids using drugs? NO

4. Billy on October 29th, 2009 2:19 pm

   I see you did include one about heroin.

   You should try asking 100 people a shameful question in person. Then ask the same 100 people the same question in confidence on paper with no one present. See how accurate the statistics are.

   The only statistic that you listed that could be correct is the incarceration and crime’s reported rate. The others are not factual.

5. Billy on October 29th, 2009 2:13 pm

   Prohibition still works,

   I see all your questionable statistics are about marijuana. I believe the article was about cocaine. Where are the statistics about cocain, meth, heroin, etc. You can’t gather any because they are prohibited everywhere in the world. NO country is stupid enough to legalize these drugs. And if you notice, the countries who choose not to strictly enforce their prohibition are primarily third world couintries who are mostly impoverished and still have a modern day slavery system to supply the rest of the world with the drugs that have completely ruined theirs. You have NOT answered the questions that I asked you.
   Legalization will not stop addiction
   What are we going to do with the addicts and their children of our government decides to legalize all these horrible drugs. It would probably be the most devistating thing that we could do to our society and economy because the tax money produced off of the new product could in no way compare to the cost that our government would feel obligated to spend in order to get them off of the drugs, pay their bills and raise their children. It is much deeper than money and crime. There are human beings that would suffer from it and many more than in the present day.

6. Still say prohibition does not work. on October 28th, 2009 5:16 pm

   Billy,
   You failed to mention the fact that it is also illegal to carry arms. Singaporean authorities define “arm” as any firearm, air-gun, air-pistol, automatic gun, automatic pistol and any other kind of gun or pistol from which any shot, bullet or other projectiles can be discharged or from which noxious liquid, flame or fumes can be emitted, and any component part thereof. This definition also includes any bomb or grenade and any component part thereof. Carrying arms results in imprisonment or caning depending on the weapon type.

   Do you think that passing similar law here would reduce our crime rate? I can see the response now when 8 year old Joey gets a public caning for plinking targets with his bb gun.

   IMO Singapore is a bad example because their justice system is quite different from our own. But I will see your Singapore and raise you a Netherlands. The Netherlands has a very liberal drug policy and also enjoys low crime rates. So please explain this?

   Social Indicator Comparison USA Netherlands
   Lifetime prevalence of marijuana use (ages 12+) 36.9% 17.0%
   Past month prevalence of marijuana use (ages 12+) 5.4% 3.0%
   Lifetime prevalence of heroin use (ages 12+) 1.4% 0.4%
   Incarceration Rate per 100,000 population 701 100
   Per capita spending on criminal justice system (in Euros) €379 €223
   Homicide rate per 100,000 population 5.56 1.51

   Our laws will never be as tough as the laws in Singapore, because we put human rights first, as we should. We believe innocent until proven guilty, as we should. We believe we should have the right to bear arms, as we should. Singapore does not. In Singapore you can be imprisoned for wearing short shorts or even showing too much skin, a “crime of modesty”. Should we do the same? I think not. In Singapore police are permitted to hand out immediate punishments without benefit of trial. Do you really want to rely on an officer like the one who shot the kid out of his cruiser window then ran him over making the decision of guilty or innocent on the street? I don’t!

   If prohibition worked here in the U.S. under our law system then one would think that our streets would be drug free by now. But they are not. I am neither drug user nor dealer but I can plainly see what are doing is not working.

7. K.B. on October 28th, 2009 12:53 pm

   Two words…INSTANT GRATIFICATION!!!
   That seems to bo the answer to a lot of “why’s” about criminal behavior.

8. Note on October 28th, 2009 9:42 am

   Neighbor, their mind set: Drugs=Fast Money–Can get what I want–Fast. Much easier, in their minds, than getting an education and a respectable job. And it’s not just drugs. You would be surprised how many teenagers are into prostitution, also, to make fast money. Sad, very sad.

9. a fellow century neighbor on October 27th, 2009 11:31 pm

   I had Kevin all the way thru K – 8th grade at Century and Carver. A fine young man. This isn’t the first time I have looked at former students who were so nice, capable, smart, maybe not brilliant, but smart, clean, and respectful.
   To each of them; can you tell me why, why did you give up? No excuses please just the real reason you gave up. Girls/Boys who are now young men and women some with babies. What will become of them.
   Is there something we did not do for you. Did not teach you? And most of all why did you turn to drugs, stealing, why. Will you please let’s us know so we can try to help other young people in our communities. Is there a Program we need?
   Lucky us there are several locations where a program or programs could be set up.
   One more question: How can we help you now?

10. billy on October 27th, 2009 11:09 am

    if it works, it works and the numbers don’t lie. Might not be traditional but it doesn’t mean it isn’t successful.

11. Cynical on October 27th, 2009 11:04 am

    Another Singapore innovation; caning might work quite nicely on drug possession defendants. Be found guilty get 25 whacks with a bamboo rod. second offense, 50. 3rd offense, firing squad.

    Bet that would slow ‘em down.

12. billy on October 27th, 2009 9:48 am

    Take a look at the countries who have legalized drug use and/or became too relaxed with it. They are proof that legalization is never the right answer. Do some research on Singapore and you will find out how extremely well prohibition works when enforced properly. Singapore had laws allowing drugs like cocaine and heroin and yes even marijuana to be legal for personal use. Along with this came the highest child exploitation and prostitution numbers in the world. They also had the highest HIV/AIDS rate in the world. Singapore credits this partially to the high homosexuality rate brought on by drug use in the nation at the time. They finally had enough because their tourism had virtually dropped to nothing (money) and enacted law that made it illegal to be a drug addict. They also made it possible for you family to file court action because you were an addict to have you in lock up for detox and manditory inhouse rehab for up to three years. First time offenders for drug possession were sentenced to a mandatory 10 years in prison before they could even go to rehab. Second time offenders didn’t get another chance. Now 12 years later Singapore’s crime has dropped to one of the lowest in the world and the HIV/AIDs rate is dropping faster than any has ever dropped anywhere else in the world.
    Most of you remember the crack epidemic in the 80s. Crime rate was on the rise in the late 70s to mid 80s due to the crack epidemic. Judges got really strict and didn’t give second chances or rehab. People were serving 15 to 20 years for possession. The crime rate began drastically falling and did so until around 2001. In 2001 these criminals now much older were getting out of prison and committing crimes again, thus causing crime to rise. People rarely go to prison anymore for drug offenses because of prison overcrowding. Legalization is never the answer when it comes to drugs that make people crazy and do crazy things. Strict punishment is the answer and if it doesn’t fix them then it takes them off of the street and protects us and our property.

13. justsaying on October 27th, 2009 9:11 am

    I agree. Prohibition does not work. It’s a decent theory but you cannot legislate a lifestyle effectively.

14. Prohibition does not work. on October 27th, 2009 8:47 am

    Century Resident wrote:
    I want to say thank you to our deputies for arresting all these thugs. You are reallly cleaning our town up!

    If this were true your town would someday be rid of drug dealers, but unfortunately for every one police arrest, two more start up shop. The draw of fast money is to much for many to resist. No number of arrests will ever rid your or any other community of drug dealers. Prohibition has never worked any where in history. Unfortunately the only way to rid your town of drug dealers is to legalize the stuff, thus removing the criminal element’s ability to gain profit from its sale.

15. Century Resident on October 27th, 2009 7:08 am

    SCORE! One for the cops, and another one down, another one down, another one bites the the dust!

    I want to say thank you to our deputies for arresting all these thugs. You are reallly cleaning our town up!