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Piehl Guilty; Faces 20 Years For Shooting Over $40 Worth Of Fake Crack
May 8, 2010
A Molino man is facing at least 20 years in state prison after being found guilty of shooting into an elderly woman’s home in a dispute over $40 in fake crack cocaine.
Robert Grant Piehl, 42, of Wilder Road, Molino, bought what he thought was crack cocaine for $40 on April 15, 2009, on Barth Lane, according to his original arrest report. But when he discovered the crack was fake, he returned to confront the alleged dealer with a .22 caliber rifle.
Armed with the rifle, he confronted two women — one 88-years old at the time — in the front yard of a home on Barth Lane and eventually fired several rounds through the front door of the residence near where the two women were standing, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Piehl then proceeded to the residence next door where he fired yet another round through a window.
As Piehl left the scene, he was immediately apprehended by an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy responding to a 911 call from the area. The .22 caliber rifle and ammunition were found in Piehl’s truck. Testing by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement discovered gunshot residue on Piehl’s hands.
He will be sentenced by Circuit Judge Terry Terrell on June 21. At sentencing, he will be facing a minimum mandatory sentence of 20 years under Florida’s 10-20-Life law, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
There was a second man with Piehl at the time his truck was stopped by deputies; charges against him were later dropped.
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15 Responses to “Piehl Guilty; Faces 20 Years For Shooting Over $40 Worth Of Fake Crack”
Just lock him away forever so we do not have to worry about him…
If you type in “fake pot” on your search engine, the first offering is:
K2: Scary Drug or Another Drug Scare? – Newsweek.com
What would he make of all the recent stories about K2, or “fake marijuana,” which is essentially a legal, smokable form of psychoactive potpourri? …
since I’m not interested in smoking anything (although smoked mullet is good) or cutting my brain function even further, I didn’t open the site
David you crack me up! Whitepunknotondope idk what the stuff is called, I just know that my friend got it from a gas station in Pensacola and she said it affects you the same as pot without showing up on drug tests.
As a matter of fact, that 88 year old woman knew nothing of the “fake crack” being sold. This was a God- fearing Christian woman who tried her best to raise a wild child. She just was too old to run behind this child when she got him. So if you want to blame someone, blame the parent for putting this juvenile delinquent on an 88 year old woman. Just say “grandchildren gone wild”. Oh yeah, she’s deceased now.
Apparently, smoking fake crack makes you pretty crazy. Better to stick to the real stuff.
well meaning people for years have said you should keep a bit of money on you so in the event of a robbery, you would not anger them by being broke and them shoot you. looking at this incident, it seems you should keep a little crack at home for the ones expecting it too
anything sold to you as marijuana which is not
would be fake pot
is what you got
What is fake pot?
supporting the claim that it takes a dope to take dope
Selling fake pot isn’t illegal. They have it in some gas stations in downtown Pensacola. So fake crack shouldn’t be any different. But I really don’t care if she knew or not. He was dumb enough to buy it and nobody in their right mind is going to arrest an old lady.
It doesn’t matter if it was fake crack or not, selling counterfiet crack is a felony just like selling real crack.
In any case, shooting at somebody over $40, he deserves at least 20 years.
Another Molino hoodrat bites the dust GO ECSD ggod job……..
She probably did know it was being sold, but if its fake she can’t get in trouble. Plus, who is really going to arrest an 88 (or 89 now) year old woman.
I still say the “88 year old” knew “fake crack” was being sold at HER house!
Good job ESCO!
Glad you got this guy… so often overlooked are sentences like “As Piehl left the scene, he was immediately apprehended by an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy responding to a 911 call from the area.”
We appreciate it!