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Acting on a tip, officers from the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) raided a home near Lexington, SC, led to the arrests of two men and two women, sources revealed to a reporter.

A Lexington County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said that NET officers had received a tip that the four persons were manufacturing meth at a clandestine meth lab in the home of one of those arrested. Officers from the multi-agency cooperative effort executed a search warrant just after 2:00pm Friday and found that meth was being manufactured in the master bedroom. Officers said that a small amount of marijuana was also located inside the home.

Local firefighters from the Lexington County Fire Service were on the scene and assisted the officers to dismantle the meth lab and to assist with the disposal of any chemicals and other hazardous substances that were associated with the meth lab.

Those arrested have been charged with multiple drug related charges including distributing meth, manufacturing meth, possessing marijuana, and possessing illegal narcotic drugs. All of those arrested are currently being detained in the Lexington County Detention Center, where they are awaiting a bond hearing.

Methamphetamine, a form of amphetamines, in various forms has been around since it was first discovered in Japan in 1919. The patterns of abuse have persisted in New York and Suffolk ever since Methamphetamine abuse can be extremely debilitating, and has caused many problems over the years. This powerful narcotic stimulates the central nervous system after the user smokes, snorts, orally ingests, or injects the drug into their system. Some of the side effects of meth include convulsions, high body temperature, stroke, stomach cramps, and shaking. Chronic abuse can lead to psychotic behavior, paranoia, and many others.

Manufacturer of methamphetamine is a process that those involved literally take their own lives into their hands. Without going into much detail, producing meth requires the use of some very hazardous chemicals, and reports of meth labs exploding are plentiful. These have resulted in the physical injuries and even deaths of anyone who happened to be in the dwellings at the time of the explosions, including any children who are nearby, since many meth labs are contained in people’s homes.

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It was all about a heroin addiction with two homeless men, Suffolk police told a source. They committed a number of burglaries to pay for their expensive habit and are charged with drug possession.

The two men, 41 and 42 years of age, were arrested by police, following a chase. The police were tipped off after a witness saw the pair breaking into a home in Dix Hills.
Police said the two men are suspected of committing eight burglaries. Seven of them were in Dix Hills, and they attempted two others.

According to the police lieutenant, they were not only charged with the burglaries, but two counts of second-degree assault, four counts of second-degree criminal mischief, resisting arrest, and unlawfully fleeing a police officer. The police chased the pair to a dead-end street, where their car, a Chevrolet Blazer, tried to bull through four marked police cruisers, as the suspects attempted to escape.

The police lieutenant said that two officers were injured during the arrest. One sprained his wrist and fingers. He did not detail the extent of the injuries the other officer suffered.
The 42-year-old suspect was held on $365,000 bond or $182,500 cash bail when he was arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip.

The second suspect was sent to the hospital with undisclosed injuries. Any information about his arraignment is also currently unknown. Police say both of these men suffered from a drug habit. The entire point of the robbery was to get money to buy more drugs.

“Anything they could steal, really,” the police lieutenant said. “They were looking for cash or items they could sell quickly.”

Witnesses had already given police information to find the two men, learning more in the last sighting that led to the final arrest of the suspects. Police tried to stop the burglary, but instead were led on a chase, according to the police lieutenant. The pair fled at high speed, tracked by both police cruisers and a helicopter.

Police in New York and Suffolk County encounter similar types of crime involving drug use and robbery.

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A federal immigration judge denied an ex-police officer from Mexico asylum, a New York City Criminal Lawyer reported. The officer fled drug violence from Juarez, Mexico.

The ex-police officer’s case was heard late November 2010. The hearing was closed to the public at a federal immigration court in Dallas.

The 27-year-old ex-police officer said he refused to be bought off by drug cartels. His decision resulted in a gun battle in a city across from El Paso, Texas. The gunfight occurred in 2008. It is unclear if the man’s attorney will appeal the court’s decision, a reporter was told.

The increase in violence has sent many Mexicans seeking peaceful American pastures through asylum. Records show that there has been an increase for asylums being requested, an observer said. Few asylum requests are granted. If an individual is granted asylum, the United States would provide a refuge for the people to protect them.

Death tolls in Mexico have skyrocketed as Mexican officials are fighting to put an end to drugs. Many drug cartels have control over police efforts and they create fear in citizens. Mexico military and federal agents have been fighting against their own because of the corruption amongst the law enforcement. The drug war has made loyalties of people involved clear.

The federal Executive Office for Immigration Review spokeswoman said that the Dallas judge wrote an opinion about the case and submitted a letter to the review board. A copy of the letter was not disclosed to the public or the media in Staten Island and Suffolk, informed a New York Criminal Lawyer.

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Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has unveiled a new plan to stop heroin usage in Nassau County and Suffolk County’s younger generation. Suffolk County had over 1,000 heroin related drug charges this year and 50 heroin related overdoses. The dramatic statistics have made officials take notice. Suffolk is now forming a new heroin task force. They will be taking 31 officers from Suffolk County’s other precincts to form this squad. These officers will investigate all leads and tips that they receive. They have set up a text messaging hotline for tips to be called in anonymously. They will also going into the high schools and middle schools with social workers to talk to children about heroin. A Suffolk County Criminal Lawyer reports that officials are also trying to lobby for a new law to try to dissuade potential drug sales. They would like any vehicle used in a heroin sale to become property of the County.
The County is planning on offering free drug testing kits for parents and making guidebooks available to parents. These books will alert parents to the signs of heroin use and treatment options. They will be hosting “sober” events for recovering addicts. These events will be part of new support groups that will be formed for addicts who are looking for counseling.
Though these plans are in place, some will still be put under arrest because of heroin. If that were to happen to you or a loved one, you will need an aggressive Suffolk County Criminal Lawyer.

A New York Criminal Lawyer can help you defend a possession charge of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, prescription pills or drug paraphernalia. If you are foolish enough not to seek the council of an attorney with experience, you are taking a chance that your freedom will be lost.

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