List Of Stores Released In Undercover Spice Investigation

February 7, 2013

A list of stores targeted in an undercover synthetic marijuana investigation has been released. None of the stores were in North Escambia, where the shooting death of store owner has been attributed to the sale of Spice.

Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit found seven convenience stores  to be participating in the sale and distribution of synthetic marijuana, commonly known as spice. Investigators seized a total of 1,790 packages of suspected spice during last Friday’s operation.

At the following stores, investigators made purchases and seized the listed approximate amounts of Spice:

  • Quick Serve – 13121Lillian Hwy.– 842 Packets of Spice,  3031.5 grams
  • EZ Serve – 8490 Pensacola Blvd. – 33 Packets of Spice,  243 grams
  • Alo Food Mart – 3900 Creighton Rd. – 159 Packets of Spice,  704 grams
  • A-1 Food Mart – 3612 Creighton Rd. – 193 Packets of Spice,  543 grams
  • Stop and Go – 8701 Gulf Beach Hwy. – 76 Packets of Spice,  1243 grams
  • Shop and Go – 2401 Cervantes St. – 17 Packets of Spice,  146.5 grams
  • OK Convenience Store – 955 Massachusetts Ave – 471 Packets of Spice,  2580.5 grams

Sgt. Mike Ward, spokesman for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said charges are forthcoming in connection with the listed Spice seizures. “Investigators will continue to target these and other stores that are selling Spice,”  he said.

Investigators also attempted to purchase Spice at 11 other stores. The stories either did not sell the synthetic marijuana or were out, investigators said. Those stores were:

  • Speed Mart – 1800 S. Hwy
  • Raceway – 7271 Pensacola Blvd.
  • Express Mart – 9 Mile Rd. / Pine Forest Rd.
  • Raceway – 406 Airport Blvd.
  • On the Go Food Mart – Johnson / Palafox St.
  • QV Mart – W St. Beverly Pkwy.
  • BP – 1215 Creighton Rd.
  • Quick Serve – 5703 W. Jackson St.
  • Lucky Penny – 2900 W. Jackson St.
  • BP Gas Station – 9th Ave / Cervantes St.
  • Lucky Penny – 5249 Blue Angel Pkwy.

The sale of Spice has been directly attributed to the shooting death of one person in North Escambia. State Line O’Yes Lotto owner Tommy Kroll, 74, was killed inside his store on Highway 97 in Davisville in November. Malcolm McGhee and Brent Lambeth went to the store with the intent of robbing the store of its Spice, according to arrest reports. They are awaiting trial for first degree murder and robbery.

Pictured top: Owner Thomas Kroll was gunned down inside the State Line O’Yes Lotto store on Highway 97 in Davisville last November when two people allegedly attempted to rob him of his supply of Spice. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

Comments

9 Responses to “List Of Stores Released In Undercover Spice Investigation”

  1. Sharon on February 8th, 2013 8:39 am

    Agree with Gregg, that stuff is so terrible to see and ppl using it are right under your nose!

  2. bigbill1961 on February 7th, 2013 9:00 pm

    Kudos to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Keep up the good work and get even more of this crap out of circulation.

  3. mick on February 7th, 2013 7:58 pm

    Its terrible that this poison is being sold…making a buck over the health of those that partake of this garbage…but people make their own choices also, and we shouldn’t forget that even though the merchant should not have been selling this crap he didn’t deserve to lose his life because the scumbags who chose to rob him cared about the spice more than life…

  4. GREG ODOM on February 7th, 2013 11:43 am

    They need to be hitting these stores up here in the North end of the county too…Im tired of seeing these young people in respiratory arrest because of this garbage. As a RN, Id rather see someone smoke a bail of marijuana that to touch this manmade synthetic garbage that WILL KILL YOU. I just don’t understand these kids now days, You might as well drink a bottle of Drano…same difference.

  5. kae on February 7th, 2013 11:01 am

    These stores need to lose their business license if they are caught selling this poison!

  6. scott on February 7th, 2013 10:46 am

    In the list of stores that do not sell the SM or were out — those stores that do not sell the SM should not have been named. Naming these stores imply that they do sell SM.

  7. JMills on February 7th, 2013 9:27 am

    Thanks for publishing the list of stores! None of these will ever get my business. I hope more feel this way, too.

  8. renee on February 7th, 2013 9:27 am

    Whats so Bad alot of these stores knew not to sell it and they continued too. There is a store in Century that was told by local Police if your selling it I will find out. They didn care , You always knew when thier spice was coming ,Because the parking lot would get full Fast, They would tell customers when it would be in . Now you dont see alot of customers there anymore. I’am glad this happened, Because alot of young kids where going in that store and buyng it and thats sad. So Glad this happened.

  9. cygie on February 7th, 2013 6:12 am

    I take this to mean that if a store was “out” of Spice that they would have sold it to undercover officers if their inventory levels were sufficient. So I wonder which of the 11 stores flat out refused to sell it at all?

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