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Escambia Grandma Dies In Prison After Beginning Drug Sentence
December 9, 2010
The 87-year old grandma caught on video selling crack cocaine to undercover officers has died in prison.
The Florida Department of Corrections confirmed that Ola Mae Agee, 87, of Pensacola died Monday. She was just over a month into her 18 month prison sentence for selling cocaine.
Agee was arrested May 13 at her Dr. Martin Luther King Drive home. An undercover Escambia County Sheriff’s Office video shows Agee selling a $20 piece of crack cocaine inside her house to an undercover deputy.
In 1996, Agee was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to forfeit $1,971 seized at the time of her arrest for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver and resisting arrest with violence. In 1999, she once again faced charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, but those charges were dropped.
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48 Responses to “Escambia Grandma Dies In Prison After Beginning Drug Sentence”
Tired,
One does NOT “have to presume that the stress” of life in prison contributed to the death of this “poor lady”. Now, when I was growing up, “lady” would not have been used to describe this woman. A lady would not have been engaged in such behavior.
She lived to what many think of as being a “ripe old age”. She wasn’t young. Don’t act as if she died young because of the stresses of life in the prison system. She brought this upon herself and there are a lot of people who only wish they could live that long.
I guess it is what it is… I can find pity for this old lady just like some people can find pity for women who are so cracked out they sell theirselves and care nothing about their children. But really now that I think about it I have no real feelings for any of these people because they do not care about anyone not even theirselves. It just makes me sick to see how these judges treat people diffrent why not choose to lock up one of these drugcourt prostitutes that keep messing up. How often do they go to prison,and if they do how many chances did they get.This lady was old and I dont see how she could be living a life of crime when she has been to jail so few times look at her age and then look at how many times these people in drug programs have been locked up could we not just give her another chance when people 50 years and more younger than her are given more chances.
REGARDING:
“does anyone remember who the judge was?”
Shackelford for her drug dealing this time
Allen for her drug dealing in 1999
Geeker for her drug dealing in 1996
No listing for her earlier activities
David thinking on judgments
does anyone remember who the judge was?
I can’t believe anyone would really worry about this Crack Dealer who
would have sold DEATH to anyone of your children for a $1.00.
When this first came up, didn’t a cop come on here or somebody and say
this old crack dealer had been doing this forever, and would spit on them
and was meaner than a snake? Or am I thinking of somebody else.
Well doesn’t matter….she won’t be around to sell death to kids anymore!
Sweet Blessings aunt Ola Mae, love you,
Well Molino Jim why don’t you just go right ahead and offer to pay for her funeral and the state won’t have to. I ‘m sure they would be glad to accept it. Its like mind ya business said mind ya business. just a thought. lol
I hope her family learned from her mistake – mistakes. Laws are made to be kept – if you break the law and are caught, you should expect to be punished. She was old enough to know right from wrong and undoubtly sane enough to stand trial.
Maybe if she had got the prison term earlier instead of probation, she might still be alive. She had several ’second chances’, it seems, and chose not to take them.
What’s sad is that anyone dies in prison. It’s sad they didn’t live a life letting the Lord guide them instead of satan.
Robert…alcohol is not an illegal substance so therefore persons who sell alcohol should not be held accountable. You can buy alcohol and responsibly consume it. If you buy a legal substance and consume it in an illegal fashion (while driving or walking in public intoxicated) you are to blame not the person who sold it to you. On the other hand this dead drug dealer was selling an illegal substance so the buck stops with her. She had multiple arrests before this last one, she could have straightened her act up many times before her ultimate incarceration. Personally, I’m glad we have one more drug dealer off of the streets. Young, old, white, black, dead or alive…they are all scum of the earth in my opinion.
I agree with OldMarine. Do the crime, do the time.
To old Marine—looks as if she couldn’t do the time. For those feeling so sorry for her just remember how many times she had been arrested before. Plus all at once “she is raising a bunch of grand kids”—this is false. She was a dealer pure and simple and got busted. Now the state had to take care of the body.
I don’t feel sorry for ANYONE that sells drugs to children. Bless her heart now because she has paid her dues. At the end of the road there are no detours
Mickey Powell
Flomaton Alabama
Maybe we should all take a step back and look at this for what it really is…. There are plenty of grandmothers out there who already raised their kids and who have to turn around and raise their grandkids, beacause theie kids are sorry parents. Social Security is not paying anything these days. So before u stop and judge, think about what u would do if u had to raise ur grandkids with little to no financial income? And please don’t even try to say anything about state assistance because we all know that they ain’t paying nothing either.
I am so tired of everyone blaming the “dealers” for the entire drug problem. It seems that the north side of P-cola is stuck in the dark ages with their mentality. Using most of your logic it would seem that the blame for every DUI, drunk in public, etc offense lies with the person who sold them the booze. Who were the criminals during prohibition? The bootleggers or the members or YOUR family who bought their product. I know it’s too late for most people to change their attitudes about this but a guy can at least hope a few people will develop rational thought processes.
SO WAS THE PEOPLE IN THE SANDSHAKER OPERATION AND ALL THEY GOT WAS PROBATION, THEY TRAFFIC MORE COCAINE THAN ANY PIECE OF 20 PIECE OF CRACK…..HOW ABOUT KILOS OF DOPE, ATTY’S, PRES OF COLLEGE,PROBATION OFFICER AND THE LIST GOES ON ABOUT 45 OF THEM AND THE ONLY THING THEY GOT WAS A COUPLE YRS. PROBATION….! GET REAL, THAT IS FOUL….THAT’S BECAUSE THEY ALL WERE WHITE AND NOT BLACK, NOW LOOK……ANOTHER DEATH AT THE HANDS OF THE PHAROAH OF THIS TOWN. ITS SAD AND SICKENING.
IT’S FUNNY HOW THE LAW IS, THIS SENTENCE WAS ENTIRELY TO HARSH FOR MS. AGEE, I WONDER HOW COME THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN GULF BREEZE DID’NT GET THE SAME TREATMENT, BUT INSTEAD THEY ALL GOT A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR SNORTING, SELLING MANUFACTERING, CAUGHT ON TAPE PUTTING THE COKE IN THEIR NOSES AND ALL THEY GOT WAS “PROBATION” NOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ONE SIDED INJUSTICE THAT CONTINUES TO TAKE PLACE HERE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY, ITS NO WONDER WHERE THIS COUNTY GETS ITS NICKNAME….SCAM U COUNTY…..IT FITS PERFECTLY,FOR ALL THESE SO-CALLED RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WHO NEVER BREAK THE LAW, BE THE FIRST TO CAST THE FIRST STONE, AND I CAN TELL YOU OVER HALF OF THIS TOWN IS CROOKED AND UNFAIR…RIP MS AGEE,
THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS MS. AGEE ITS THE LORD, AND I’LL…. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT, PRIME EXAMPLE…..HURRICANE IVAN WARNING COMES BEFORE DESTRUCTION….. SO FOR ALL OF US WHO CANNOT FIGHT THE PHAROAH OF THIS TOWN, REMEMBER JEHOVAH NISSI FIGHTS ALL BATTLES AND WINS…. I BELEIVE THAT WITH ALL MY HEART.
Do the Crime , Do the time.
Well once again I see we have our usual list of perfect people on here giving out their version of wisdom. LOL Its just my opinion but some need to read the rules under the submit comment ya’ll are tearing number one up. Just a thought I had in my brain.
Problem solved!
Look at her history. She was arrested for posession and intent to sell or selling twice and convicted. Arrested another time with charges dropped. Perhaps if she had served time with the first arrest she would have not been a repeat offender. Dealers should not be given a slap on the hand no matter what age they happen to be. She knew what she was doing and what the risks were. She made the choice (repeatedly) and had to suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, because of her age, it turned out to be a death sentence.
A drug-dependent teenager out seeking crack is not “just a kid being a kid”…
People are always on here judging one another. You have done wrong and probably would have gone to prison if you had got caught but Grace and Mercy kept you out and you were given another chance. STOP JUDGING people!!!
to fred……………SHE WAS SELLING DOPE FROM HER HOUSE………….House arrest is ridiculous!
She broke the law and she died in prison. Most likely from old age. Her being a grandmother has no bearing on the story except that she should have set a better example for her grandchildren. I don’t feel sorry for her at all.
I agree that this woman was wrong for selling drugs, but I also cannot understand how she was sentenced for this when we keep seeing the same old faces over and over again on the front of the papers or on this website, being arrested for drug related charges and not being found guilty and sentenced to prison, being released from jail before the ink is dry on their paperwork. Where is the justice in that?
I wasnt taking blame from the buyers… but I dont feel sorry that she made her bed or cell and layd or died in it either. Kids will be kids. I think we all know that. Do you know every place your child is at all times. I know I lied to my parents plenty, did the call ins, manipulated other parents, and events to get away with some stuff I knew my parents wouldnt approve of. If you think your kids tell you everything and you know everything you need to ask yourself some pretty serious questions. If you think the neighborhood is a death trap because you live in the north end you need to open your eyes!!!! The only difference between west p-cola and the north end is they dont advertise on street corners. Trust me your kids and their friends know who sells what. Stop being so nieve! Kids are messing with stuff way my dangerous then we did!
Well said Chumuckla Proud.
Let’s not forget that those who bought the drugs from this woman also knew right from wrong…they knew of the risks of buying the drug, using the drug, and the consequences thereof. Innocent people do not buy drugs from a well known crack house. Yes, the drugs she sold possibly may have killed someone…but those who may have used it and died, knew of the risk and took their own life into their own hands…they were not forced to buy it and were not forced to use it. They are responsible for their own addiction…could have asked for help and received it at any time.
If your 13-year-old was to the level of drug dependency where he or she risked their life by actually venturing into the neighborhood of this woman’s home for the sole purpose of buying crack…I would be asking myself some pretty damned serious questions.
People may die or have died from her selling them crack but don’t put the blame ALL on this lady…Those people that she sold it to/that bought it from her also made THERE choice in buying….She sold it to them because they wanted it from her….Not all her fault here…if she wouldn’t have sold it to them then I am sure they would have just found someone else to buy it from and why are those sellers not in prison dying there either?????
She made her choices – for everyone that is upset because she was in prison do you really think the Department of Corrections does not deal daily with elderly or ill inmates and their special needs? I believe they do and large amout of our tax dollars go to seeing to their special needs. She was probably taken care of as well, if not better, than in a “lock down” nursing home.
If so much hype was not made over this story I believe she would not got time. House arrest maybe even probation. I know people who have gotten in much more trouble and are still walking the streets today.
Back in the late 60’s early 70’s there was an Ola Mae Agee that worked for the ECSO as a custodial worker – wonder if this is her? Guess we will never know.
(old-timer)
MolinoGurl*
Have you lost your mind? This woman was sellinc CRACK!!! It doesn’t matter if she was selling “privately in her home” or “on the streets”…dealing is dealing…selling is selling….not matter if you do it in your home or on the street….Yeah I feel sorry that an 87 year old woman was sent to prison….that awful but you have to think about what you said…..people can die from using drugs and it doesn’t matter if you got them off the street or in someone’s house. DUH!
can you imagine the people dead from the drugs she sold. The 13 year old kids that bought crack from her could have been yours! Time to get them all off the streets. Age should not bring pity for crimes like hers!!!!!!!! Say a 87 year old homeless vet that stole a candy bar from CVS just to have a warm bed that night and the shelters were closed or he had stayed his limit, I can see pity. But for a 87 year old crack dealer….please!
This was her life the way she CHOSE it. You have to live with the consequences of your choices. She knew the law.
This is so sad and NOBODY deserves to die like this. At least she was selling IN HER HOME and not out on the streets, she didn’t sell in public, she privately sold in her home. There are so many people selling this crap now, why aren’t all of them in prison too or all the meth heads or all the drunk drivers that you hear about running into fences and houses and getting in accidents on hear….WHY??? Why this 1 old lady…she didn’t have much longer to live more then likely when they put her in here and it was wrong…I agree she could have been put into a nursing home…This is sad….I pray for her family and I pray for some of you who say OH WELL to this story….HAVE A HEART and see the point I am trying to make…..Have a little sympathy she never did anything harmful or wrong to you…
I was heavily criticized when I originally suggested that this woman be admitted to a nursing home instead of being sent to prison because of her advanced age. I knew that it would be a death sentence if she were sent to prison. I hope the judge can live with his/her conscience now. She could have just as easily been placed in the locked-down area of a nursing home and her health more closely monitored.
If you think that sending her to prison has stopped the sale of drugs from her neighborhood, you are sadly mistaken. By now, her supplier has found another gullible victim to peddle his wares and has picked up right from where she left off.
Her so-called “life of crime’ may have been unforgivable for some, but to sentence an 87-year-old woman to die alone in prison for the crime she committed is also unforgivable. I’ve seen rapists and murderers get off with less.
Fred- She was selling drugs out of her house, so house arrest doesn’t seem like a good punishment. That’s like when we suspend kids for skipping school! Kinda pointless.
I for one wish they would lay off the sympathy of a life long drug user and dealer. SHE chose this path, repeatedly. The headline should be Drug Dealer dies in prison, not Grandmother dies in prison. She chose to be a drug dealer, not a grandmother.
We all gotta die somtime
Big prescription drug manufacturers sell dangerous drugs and just get rich doing it. I just got a notice that a pain killer I was prescribed after minor surgery was recalled because it caused irregular heart beat and one person in Alabama died because of it. Fortunately I never took it after paying for it. Is anybody going to jail for that? I agree that house arrest and routine monitoring of some kind would have been the right thing to do. This death is on the judge’s conscience. Maybe he can send the Grandchildren a Christmas gift at least.
87….thats a reasonable life span for a female….it was probably just her time….for her familys sake, i wish she had chosen a different path in life so that she could have had her loved ones at her side when she passed…life is full of choices.
One has to presume that the stress of Prison life contributed to the death of this poor old lady, at the age of 85. I think House arrest would have been a suitable punishment for someone this age.
Story isn’t so funny now is it?
Well……if she wasnt selling crack she wont not be in prison. Cry me a river!! If some crack head she sold crack to had robbed you for the money I doubt you would have much sympathy!!
Sorry to hear she passed ,,, poor old 85 yr old living in prison thats a shame
What a legacy for her family to live with. Bless her heart
Oh well—
This is a sad ending to a probably non-productive life. It is tragic, for her family,…………but i cannot muster up any pity for this woman.