Tag: Ohio

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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.30)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.30)

Deputies packing dope, jail guards smuggling dope, cops doing a little money laundering, and cops getting information for their dope dealer buddies. Just another week in the...
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July 25, 2013
07/25/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.23)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.23)

Four of the seven law enforcement personnel making our hall of shame this week were women. You’ve come a long way, ladies! Let’s get to it: In...
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July 1, 2013
07/01/2013
Ohio Medical Cannabis Movement Gathering Signatures

Ohio Medical Cannabis Movement Gathering Signatures

Ohio Rights Group needs to collect a bit less than 400,000 signatures in 44 counties, by next July, in order to put an industrial and medical cannabis...
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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let’s get to it: California On May 21, the Lakeport city...
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May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

From the US Supreme Court to the local city council chambers, medical marijuana continues to be a contentious issue. Here’s the latest. National On Monday, the US Supreme...
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May 6, 2013
05/06/2013
Ohio Lawmaker Introduces Marijuana Legalization Measure

Ohio Lawmaker Introduces Marijuana Legalization Measure

Representative Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) has introduced a measure that would put marijuana legalization on the ballot before state voters. House Joint Resolution 6 would place a...
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May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
Ohio Medical Marijuana and Legalization Bills Introduced

Ohio Medical Marijuana and Legalization Bills Introduced

Yesterday, Ohio Rep. Bob Hagan introduced two marijuana bills at the statehouse. The first bill would legalize marijuana for medicinal use and the second is a recreational marijuana...
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March 19, 2013
03/19/2013
Ohio Hemp and Medical Marijuana Amendment Launches

Ohio Hemp and Medical Marijuana Amendment Launches

Ohio Rights Group launched the Ohio Cannabis Rights Amendment this weekend, gathering the 1,000 signatures required to obtain a state-wide petition. The amendment would legalize medical marijuana...
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February 21, 2013
02/21/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.20)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.20)

013 A North Carolina narc gets canned, and so does a Florida patrol officer, and an Ohio evidence room supervisor gets busted after drugs walk away. Let’s...
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February 19, 2013
02/19/2013
Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Marijuana Leaf- Pulled Over for Decal

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Marijuana Leaf- Pulled Over for Decal

An elderly Texas couple driving home was pulled over in the Memphis area, for no other reason than an Ohio State Buckeyes sticker that was confused with a marijuana leaf...
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February 14, 2013
02/14/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.13)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.13)

A major police corruption bust in the Atlanta metro area, an Alabama deputy keeps the goodies he got doing drug buys, and an Ohio officer cops to...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Poll: Majority of New Yorkers Back Legalized Pot, Ohioans Evenly Split

Poll: Majority of New Yorkers Back Legalized Pot, Ohioans Evenly Split

Two new polls, published this week by Quinnipiac University, show solid support for marijuana legalization in both New York and Ohio. In a New York State poll...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Ohioans Divided on Legalizing Marijuana

Ohioans Divided on Legalizing Marijuana

Ohio had an even split, with 47 percent support legalizing marijuana and 47 percent opposing it, in a Quinnipiac poll released this past week.
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November 26, 2012
11/26/2012
Ohio Cop Kills One in Undercover Bust Gone Bad

Ohio Cop Kills One in Undercover Bust Gone Bad

03:58pm Cincinnati Police undercover officers shot and killed one man and wounded another during a drug buy gone bad Wednesday night. Montez Oneal, 19, becomes the...
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October 23, 2012
10/23/2012
Teen Drug Dealer Tyler Pagenstecher Gets at Least 6 Months in Juvenile Prison

Teen Drug Dealer Tyler Pagenstecher Gets at Least 6 Months in Juvenile Prison

Tyler Pagenstecher of Mason, Ohio is convicted of selling up to $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to high school students in southwestern Ohio was sentenced Monday...
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August 31, 2012
08/31/2012
Fight With Girlfriend Outcome: Arrested for Basement Marijuana Grow

Fight With Girlfriend Outcome: Arrested for Basement Marijuana Grow

Michael C. Clinton of Ohio was arrested on felony charges for a marijuana grow in his basement after his girlfriend turned him in, ignoring the pro growing...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

03:48pm It never stops, and there are so many varieties of law enforcement misdoing. Let’s get to it: In Wagner, South Dakota, the Wagner police chief resigned...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
17 Year Old Drug Czar Arrested in Ohio

17 Year Old Drug Czar Arrested in Ohio

A 17 year old “drug czar” admitted guilt in Ohio. His crime was growing 600 marijuana plants with a “street value of around $3 million”. The kid...
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July 18, 2012
07/18/2012
Some States Move on Sentencing Reform

Some States Move on Sentencing Reform

04:51pm With state budgets devastated by the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent slow economic growth, the impulse to incarcerate is being blunted by fiscal realities. This...
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June 11, 2012
06/11/2012
Gary Burton | Age 69 | Chippewa Lake, OH | May 2011

Gary Burton | Age 69 | Chippewa Lake, OH | May 2011

Gary Burton In January 2011, 69 year old Gary Burton of Chippewa Lake, OH was arrested for growing two marijuana plants for his wife of 44 years,...
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