Archive for the ‘Drug Crimes’ Category

Red Cross Ambulance Crews Get Dangerously Close to Drug-Related Violence

For those who volunteer with the Red Cross in Mexico, they are often giving more than just their time. Many of these individuals are also putting their lives at risk. Those on the ambulance crews must dress in full combat gear before arriving on the scene.
March 18th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

United States Drives Illicit Drug Demand

As more and more media attention is focused on the drug wars occurring in Mexico and along the U.S. and Mexican borders, the realization that it is the U.S. appetite for drugs that is fueling the flames is often forgotten.
March 18th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, and Deportability

Foreign nationals who appear at a US entry, but are inadmissible, are typically deported back to their home country. Foreign nationals who are already in the US are also subject to deportation if they engage in prohibited activity while here. Deportation of foreign nationals is regulated by Immigration...
March 4th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Phoenix Number Two Kidnapping Capital as Drug Cartel Wars Intensify

Horrible images of kidnap victims tortured and held for ransom have long been the norm in Mexico, the number one kidnapping capital of the world. There, judges, police officers and others are targeted by the Mexican drug cartels and abductions are as common as graffiti-marked buildings. But the kidnapping...
January 28th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Drug Addiction Blamed for Extensive Rap Sheet

There is a theory that the criminal will always return to the scene of the crime. This theory rings true in the case of Michael Elkerton who broke into a hospital staff locker. Elkerton was caught when he returned to steal more property.
January 21st, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Life of Heroin Addiction Leads to Crimes

A heroin addiction was fueling the crimes committed by one James A. McDougal. He was sentenced last week, according to a piece in the Register Citizen. Before leaving the courtroom, McDougal apologized and blamed his crimes on his addiction.
January 19th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Mexican Drug Cartel Violence Continues

One of the unintended consequences of drug addiction is that drug use supports violent drug cartels who cultivate and traffick the illegal drugs so in demand in the United States.
January 13th, 2010 | Drug Crimes | Read More

Man Charged in Pharmacy Robbery Suspected of 12 Separate Hits

With the rise in the street value of and addiction to specific prescription drugs, pharmacies have become as attractive to thieves as banks. Throughout the country, pharmacies are being targeted not because they keep a substantial amount of cash in a vault, but because many of the pills on their shelves...
December 31st, 2009 | Drug Crimes | Read More