Posted on 02/03/2013 7:59:12 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
A search of a South Side home Friday revealed about $10 million worth of cocaine and more than $500,000 cash, leading to the arrest of the 21-year-old man who lived there. Two others also face felony charges in the case.
Jose Pelayo-Aguilar, of the 3600 block of South Leavitt Avenue, was charged with manufacturing or delivering and possessing more than 900 grams of cocaine. During a Sunday court appearance, Judge Israel Desierto ordered him held on a $75,000 cash bond.
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It was $10 million dollars worth of cocaine, not 900 grams. Even using police inflated valuations when they make a bust, it was a massive amount.
I’ve seen the destruction of cocaine. Yes, alcohol can be destructive. But nothing like coke. Nothing like the wreckage it leaves on lives I watched. I’ve watched friends that were alcoholics and others that could not keep their noses clean. Coke is far worse.
With the quantities involved, if they are guilty, give me access to the lever and I will pull it. If guilty, they should be put to death.
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No, just those dealing in massive amounts of coke.
My uncle put himself in a diaper and a wheelchair with alcohol abuse - I guess I need to start a crusade to have the CEOs of large liquor companies subject to capital punishment.
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