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Woman Sentenced On ‘Operation Blister Pack 2′ Charges
March 14, 2014
Another former North Escambia resident has been convicted in connection with last year’s Operation Blister Pack 2.
Jennifer Dianne Kelly, age 34, was convicted Thursday of conspiracy to traffic in amphetamine or methamphetamine, possession of a listed chemical.
Under a plea agreement, Kelly was sentenced to 18 months in state prison to be followed by 18 months probation with eight hours of community service per month. She will also be required to receive substance abuse counseling. She also was ordered to pay $54,222 in costs and fines.
Kelly was a resident of Ayer Street in Molino at the time of the operation, according to the Sheriff’s Office. She later moved to Milton, according to jail records.
Operation Blister Pack 2 targeted nearly 80 individuals on methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine related charges. Many of those arrested were involved with drug groups dubbed “The Village Group”, centered around “The Village” area of Forrest Street and Lakeview Avenue in Cantonment; and “The Ayers Group”, a group centered around Ayers Street in Molino, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
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8 Responses to “Woman Sentenced On ‘Operation Blister Pack 2′ Charges”
Did anybody read the actual story? She didn’t get arrested for being addicted to Meth, she was arrested and convicted for trafficking. How you all turn that into a pity party for crack and meth-heads I’ll never know.
Apparently Chris is not intelligent as he thinks since he was in prison for 12 years…just saying.
Bring back the chain gangs and put them to work.
Prison is the answer. It is the most effective strategy to keep crime under control. I really wish they would quit calling crystal meth a “drug”, because its not. It’s POISON.
darrell smith on March 15th, 2014 7:45 am
“Drug addiction is a coice cancer is not”
In one sense you are right, but I think that your perspective is a bit over simplified and might not be accurate.
People who’s parents drank or who’s families have a history of substance abuse can be predisposed to following that same path. That has been known scientifically for decades.
Our society sells and promotes Alcohol and Cigarettes and sugar/corn syrup as a normal course of marketing that attracts customers and gets them hooked. People have different tolerances, weaknesses and strengths based on who they are and what they know.
Some people have their first drink as a teen and they really like it or they really like “not feeling” how they feel because of whatever perceptions they have about themselves and who they are. That can lead to them being willing to try anything or to trying what they can get their hands on if it will help them to not feel how they feel emotionally and the same can be true for people living with physical pain who are not educated and who don’t have controlled pain management health care.
It ultimately comes down to the individual making the choice, but if they are not educated they might not know what the choices are or what the risk is.
The sentencing of time and probation along with the rehab will help this girl get clean, but I think the 54,000 dollar fine is counter productive toward the goal of helping her to stay clean.
Sometimes cancer is a choice. By the foods, sodas, coffee, and tobacco you consume and the quantities in which you consume them. However, nobody has a right to judge unless you’ve been inside that box before. Prison is horrible. It is not a deterant, nor is it rehabilitative. I spent 12 years inside, my last 5 in solitary confinement. I deserved to be punished also yet there were numerous unseen punishments to endure. 87% reoffend within 3 years. The $54k in costs and fines alone almost garuntees a criminal life of some sort. I have been luck to have intelligence to make $50-60k a year however will never have a normal life and fight everyday with the thought of being the guy on CNN who law enforcement are trying to track down for horrible things. Mostly, I see people make comments here out of ignorance. Don’t be one of them. There’s no compassion or sense of community anymore, just criticism by those who have no idea.
Drug addiction is a coice cancer is not , however I do agree they need help . They must first choose to get help , my son is in jail now due to a choice he made I cant blame no one else. It was a BAD choice ,but he made it and I hate the choice he made. We all make choices some good some bad. Sooner or later we will learn.
I know people who got life for drugs,,, first conviction.. She only got 36 months of punishment. She deserved to have the book throwed at her like others who fell victim to the struggle before her… Da Truth!!!!
GOODBYE.
NEXT.
As much as i hate this drug i just don’t believe prison is the answer, drug addiction is a disease and should be treated as such, we don’t send people to jail for having cancer, ALS or some other fatal disease, so why send someone to prison for non violent drug crimes:
People afflicted with drug addiction need medical help, not prison. Sending these people to prison does one thing and one thing only. it makes sure they will come out with a felony charge making it extremely difficult to find gainful employment, almost guaranteeing these people will reoffend due to the hardship they will face of now having a disease that has a very high relapse rate and a felony record.
It’s sad people would rather send these folks to prison instead of a medical facility that could help them. We all know prison does not rehabilitate anyone, it only teaches them how to be a better criminal.