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Man Asks Police To Test Crack Pipe
TBO.com ^
| Mar 22, 2006
| ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Posted on 03/22/2006 7:08:25 PM PST by ovrtaxt
TAMPA - One minute a pair of Tampa police officers were trying to catch a couple of loose dogs Tuesday morning, the next they were fielding a unique request from a man.
Would they test his crack pipe to make sure he was getting the real thing? According to an arrest affidavit, Phillip Williams wasn't convinced he was being sold actual crack cocaine. So about 11:15 a.m., he approached Officers Wayne Easley and Gary Filippone to verify he was getting real drugs.
He was.
The officers tested the pipe, which, sure enough, had cocaine residue. Williams, who is listed on jail records as a security worker at MacDill Air Force Base, was arrested.
Easley and Filippone were investigating a burglary at 1304 E. 15th Ave. They had arrested someone and were trying to corral the dogs when Williams walked up, crack pipe in hand, the affidavit states.
He showed them a yellow house where he said people were doing drugs, and he kept asking the officers to test his glass pipe. He told them he didn't think he was getting real crack, according to the affidavit.
When Williams grabbed Easley's police vest, the officers put him in handcuffs. Then they obliged his request. The pipe was booked into evidence. Williams was taken to Orient Road Jail, where he was charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
Williams, of 15907 Mystic Way, remained there Tuesday night. His bail was set at $2,500.
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KEYWORDS: crack; einstein; pipe
Fake crack is a HUGE problem in Tampa. Kudos to this man for alerting the police to this possible scam. Fortunately, the crack in question turned out to be genuine! Another bullet dodged by Upstanding citizen Mr. Williams.
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posted on
03/22/2006 7:08:30 PM PST
by
ovrtaxt
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posted on
03/22/2006 7:09:50 PM PST
by
ovrtaxt
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To: ovrtaxt
No wonder druggies are called dopes.. LOL.. priceless!
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posted on
03/22/2006 7:11:27 PM PST
by
divine_moment_of_facts
("Liberals see what they believe... Conservatives believe what they see")
To: ovrtaxt; windcliff
Ya know I have heard that drug use causes brain damage. Nah, that couldn't be true now, could it?
To: ovrtaxt
Security at MacDill Air Force Base must be tight.
Also wonder if they checked out the crack house?
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posted on
03/22/2006 7:13:32 PM PST
by
CJ Wolf
To: ovrtaxt
If they would sent him to the gas chamber, we could call it a Darwin Award.
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posted on
03/22/2006 7:14:25 PM PST
by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
To: ovrtaxt
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posted on
03/22/2006 7:16:46 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry....)
To: ovrtaxt
"Sure, if you'll tell me if this eclair is a genuine Tim Horton."
To: ovrtaxt
Hold muy crack pipe officer while I find a match.
To: ovrtaxt
He showed them a yellow house where he said people were doing drugs, and he kept asking the officers to test his glass pipe. He told them he didn't think he was getting real crack, according to the affidavit. When Williams grabbed Easley's police vest, the officers put him in handcuffs. Then they obliged his request.
This guy would not take no for an answer.
It sounds like the officers were trying to ignore him until he laid hands on one of them.
I think this guy was pretty wasted already and should have stopped hours earlier.
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posted on
03/22/2006 8:31:23 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: Pontiac
that's what i was thinking.
I wonder why the cops didn't go after the yellow house ?
Maybe that's tomorrows story.....
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posted on
03/22/2006 9:37:27 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Do you still have sex or are you already playing golf?)
To: ovrtaxt
Yet another Tyrone Biggums moment.
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posted on
03/22/2006 10:08:58 PM PST
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: I Drive Too Fast
I hear it causes memory loss too. I hear it causes memory loss too. I hear it causes memory loss too....
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posted on
03/22/2006 10:36:05 PM PST
by
Sauce
(Field Artillery: O.K., so we're noisy.)
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Alexandre Dumass ping
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posted on
03/23/2006 5:22:49 AM PST
by
day10
(Whenever you come near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense.)
To: sully777
Perfect picture for the article.
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posted on
03/23/2006 5:34:07 AM PST
by
Dashing Dasher
(Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best. - Robert Browning)
To: day10
what was he thinking?
oh, wait a second ...
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posted on
03/23/2006 5:36:13 AM PST
by
peacebaby
("What! Me worry?" Alfred E. Newman)
To: ovrtaxt
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posted on
03/23/2006 9:26:58 AM PST
by
SwinneySwitch
(Crack heads-beyond your expectations!)
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