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Local Man Gets Prison Time On Drug Charges
October 6, 2011
A Century man has been sentenced to state prison on drug charges.
Michael Sylvester Brown, age 48 of Elm Street, was found guilty on charges of cocaine possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was sentenced by Escambia County Judge Joel Boles to 13.2 months in state prison for the cocaine possession charged and a concurrent 11 months, 15 days on the drug paraphernalia charge. He was given credit for the 81 days he has served since his arrest in March 2011.
His driver’s license was also suspended for two years.
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“HE ONLY HURTS HIM SELF,
THE TAX PAYERS HAVE TO PAY ”
It’s good he is a non violent drug user, but that doesn’t mean he only hurts himself. You already pointed out that the consequences of his actions hurt his family members. They are hurt by shame, but loss of his companionship, by lack of support he might have been able to give them. Further, his purchases have financed violent groups who hurt others. In that way he has hurt others even if he never lifted a hand against his fellow man.
Many drug users hurt others by stealing what they worked to own. I shall assume he isn’t one of the many who do such things, but it definitely is a major contributor to all property crimes.
And you already pointed out, he hurts the taxpayer through the burden of caring for him while in prison. His actions have hurt us through the higher cost of law enforcement. It is all expensive. You could say, well they just shouldn’t arrest him or put him in prison until he gets violent, but our officials figure his actions have already led to violence and other crimes and that the only reasonable way to stop it on his part is to imprison him.
I have nothing personally against him but he DID hurt many others through his actions.
David for better living for all
THIS PERSON IS KIND,THOUGHTFUL,GENTLE HE HAS A HAD ISSUES FOR YEARS NOW, HE GOES TO JAIL ALL THE TIME AND EACH TIME I ASK & HEAR
ABOUT HIM BEING GONE AGAIN IT SADDENS ME FOR I KNOW HOW THIS
MAKES HIS (MOTHER) FEEL. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY YOU REALLY COULDNT MEET A NICER GUY ,HE ONLY HURTS HIM SELF,
THE TAX PAYERS HAVE TO PAY BUT THANK GOD HE WAS NOT RUNNING AROUND RAPING LITTLE CHILDREN…………………………..TAKE CARE MIKE!