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Teen, 17, Enters Plea On Felony Drug Trafficking Charges
October 3, 2011
A 17-year old Century teen has entered a plea of not guilty on a first degree felony drug trafficking charge for allegedly selling hydrocodone near a local store.
Ladarrious Tamiraye Lett entered the plea in Escambia County Circuit Court before Nickolas Geeker. Lett is scheduled to go on trial in early December.
He was caught in the act of selling 25 Lortabs by undercover officers near the Dollar General store on North Century Boulevard on April 21, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report. He was arrested on an outstanding warrant on September 7.
Lett was previous adjudicated as an adult in a weapons case and sentenced to nine months in the county jail. In October 2010, he was convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted delinquent under 24 years of age, tampering with evidence and culpable negligence. Lett, who was a 16-year old middle school student at the time, traded $40 in marijuana for .22 caliber pistol that was dumped on North Century Boulevard following a traffic stop. A deputy ran over the gun, shooting out his own tire.
Lett remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $50,000.
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11 Responses to “Teen, 17, Enters Plea On Felony Drug Trafficking Charges”
@Century Resident . not all of dem teens wit saga pants are dealers. face it we live n a world not a fantasy
This is the third lortab bust in Century that I have read about in today’s paper. Hello folks, all law enforcement needs to patrol Century hard. There is a epidemic there. These people are all selling lortabs , where are they getting them from?? When you see these teenagers up & down Century Blvd. with the sagging pants , I can assume these are the drug dealers on their way to work. Pay attention folks, call the law only with your help will things get better!!
To the first poster: This guy is a convicted felon, he can never join the military.
He is a waste of space and a burden on society. How bout he does the world a favor and ends his miserable life. It’s sad but true. Did he ever have a chance? Probably not but he’s just a burden now.
doctors are passing out these pills with no end,people get these pills just to sale for ,supplemental income,,,. , medicaid, and medicare is paying for these drugs,, ,,,, these drugs are to cheap to buy ,,, or other wise there would’nt be any profit in them ,.
Wonder how much time he will get if convicted??
another burden on tax payers .
This is no brainer for a conviction. He was there. He sold the drugs to the undercovers. It’s all there as easy as 1-2-3.
He’s got a public defender who is only there to give him his day in court.
Florida’s drug laws are not as tough as our neighboring Alabma. In Alabama you get a year for each pill on you as well as sold. He’d be looking at 25 years for this crime plus a year for each pill he was caught with after the sell.
Wonder what he will get in Florida when convicted?
Maybe a gun was used to protect ones self from a pill crazed person its hard to get a pill house shut down cause the people have prescriptions.
Let us see where this is going—he traded weed for a gun. And we have received an ear full about weed is good and no crimes are committed because of weed over the last few days due to someones “green crop” being pulled by the S.O. I can understand that the gun was just for protection in case someone tried to rob him. A young businessman has to have protection from the bad people who would try to steal his money or goods.
Take a good look at this guys face. I can bet that after he is released from prison; you will see him in the paper for a more serious crime, ie murder or something similar. Where is his mother or father? He is only 17 and commiting these crimes already. When does this madness stop?
Such a young man to have such a troubled history of drugs and guns.
He is old enough tho to know better so he needs a very stiff penalty.
So many of Escambia and the Countries Youth GONE to DRUGS AND GUNS.
In prison they will just get a higher education in how to sell it without getting
caught and other bad ways to make a quick dollar.
TO THE YOUNG MAN:
Take your medicine, what ever that may be, and READ, FINISH SCHOOL,
TAKE YOUR GED, when you get out GO DIRECTLY to more SCHOOLING
or GO SIGN UP FOR THE ARMY, THAT is the only way YOUR
LIFE will end up GOOD instead of DEAD or in JAIL once again.
This is your WAKE UP CALL to make anyone you love PROUD, including
YOURSELF!