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Indiana man, 87, nabbed with 228 pounds of cocaine, police say
Yahoo (Reuters) ^ | 10/25/11 | n/a

Posted on 10/25/2011 12:03:08 AM PDT by DemforBush

An 87-year-old Indiana man was arraigned on drug charges in federal court in Detroit on Monday after police found 228 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $2.9 million in his pickup following a routine traffic stop.

A state trooper patrolling Interstate 94 near Ann Arbor pulled over Leo Earl Sharp on Friday for following too closely and executing an improper lane change, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: cocaine; indiana; michigan; oldtimer; wod; wodlist
My, what a white nose you have there, grandpa...
1 posted on 10/25/2011 12:03:15 AM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

It was just for pesonal use.


2 posted on 10/25/2011 12:14:52 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: DemforBush

$2.9 million in marching powder and he’s released on a $10,000 bond....my spidey sense is tingling on this one.


3 posted on 10/25/2011 12:18:25 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
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To: DemforBush
That's 228 lbs of cocaine that won't be poisoning our children!

/stupid

4 posted on 10/25/2011 12:29:29 AM PDT by Ken H (They are running out of other people's money. )
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To: DemforBush

Probably just trying to pay off his student loans.


5 posted on 10/25/2011 12:40:21 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Lol....That’s classic...bravo :-)


6 posted on 10/25/2011 12:59:32 AM PDT by Bobalu (More rubble, less trouble)
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To: DemforBush

In Indy, they busted some Mexican narco guys with five TONS of Mary Jane and a few mill in cash. Est. street price of the pot: $50 million.


7 posted on 10/25/2011 1:06:22 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: DemforBush
pulled over Leo Earl Sharp on Friday for following too closely and executing an improper lane change

This never ceases to amaze me.

If you had 2.9 million dollars of contraband in your car why on Earth would you be driving like a careless teenager?

If I was driving my car full of Class A narcotics down the high way I would be driving at the speed limit and driving very defensively, trying my hardest not to do anything to draw attention to myself.

Of course if you were an intelligent person you probably would not be working as a mule for a drug smuggler.

8 posted on 10/25/2011 1:06:34 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
Too much coincidence for me. My guess is a rival snitched on him.
9 posted on 10/25/2011 1:17:47 AM PDT by Ken H (They are running out of other people's money. )
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To: Ken H

“Too much coincidence for me. My guess is a rival snitched on him.”
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My guess is that he was a mule, and had no clue as to what he was hauling.


10 posted on 10/25/2011 2:18:43 AM PDT by AlexW
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Look at it this way: you can't an 87-year old to LIVE on just Social Security, can you? No, he was only supplementing his income and 228 pounds of “blow” is some pretty good supplementing!
11 posted on 10/25/2011 2:27:03 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: Ken H
Too much coincidence for me. My guess is a rival snitched on him.

Possibly. Or intel was leaked via some other way. Nevertheless, IMHO the "failing to change lane" doesn't pass the smell test. Cops wanted to search the car and lied through teeth to get "probable cause".
12 posted on 10/25/2011 2:44:09 AM PDT by MirrorField (Just an opinion from atheist, minarchist and small-l libertarian.)
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To: Ken H

“chi’ren” cant afford powederd tootskies......maybe rotten yellow chepo crack,not the goot stuff


13 posted on 10/25/2011 2:57:15 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: DemforBush

See, in the Heartland, if you play by the rules, eat healthy, take care of yourself, etc., then you can work well past the usual retirement age.


14 posted on 10/25/2011 3:41:12 AM PDT by caddie (Herman is very much like Ronald Reagan, except Herman never co-starred with primates.)
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To: DemforBush

That left turn signal blinking for 15 miles musta gave him away.


15 posted on 10/25/2011 4:25:39 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Pontiac
If you had 2.9 million dollars of contraband in your car why on Earth would you be driving like a careless teenager?

Some 87 year olds drive like careless teenagers.

In my drinking days, many years ago, I thought I was driving extra carefully, to keep from getting stopped. In retrospect, driving by aiming the car down the road while using the hood ornament for a sight, like a rifle sight, isn't exactly driving carefully.

16 posted on 10/25/2011 4:36:16 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Of course Obama loves his country but Herman Cain loves mine.)
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To: Tainan
They'll probably give him life anyway. n/s
17 posted on 10/25/2011 4:41:54 AM PDT by cameraeye (A happy kuffir!)
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To: DemforBush

Didn’t you ever hear the phrase “fly casual”, Gramps?


18 posted on 10/25/2011 4:59:42 AM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: Pontiac

A local judge once said:

“The reason they do what they do, are caught and brought before me is because they are stupid.”


19 posted on 10/25/2011 5:22:04 AM PDT by BilLies (ABCBSNBCNN, NYTimes, WaPOSt , etc., hates your Traditional American guts!)
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To: AlexW
My guess is he used to be a numbers guy over at a GM plant somewhere in Central Indiana ~ but when they put him out of business with the lottery he turned to transporting liquor from Tennessee, MJ from kentucky and now cocaine from wherever.

He's not new to this I am sure.

The deal is the regular mob is up in Chicago and Detroit, or down in New Orleans ~ but the cities in between make do with the occasional soldier.

20 posted on 10/25/2011 5:58:26 AM PDT by muawiyah
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