Eight people arrested in Green Cove Springs drug probe
Eight people were arrested in Green Cove Springs Friday as part of a year-long investigation into illegal narcotics sales. Operation Clean Streets was a joint effort by the city police department, as well as the Clay County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, State Fire Marshal's Office and the Orange Park Police Department, said a statement by Green Cove Springs Police Chief Robert Musco. At 6 p.m., officers simultaneously executed five residential search warrants at residences in Green Cove Springs that had been the scene of "numerous narcotics cases," the statement said. The warrants were for two residences on Idlewild Avenue and one each on Palm Street, Love Drive and South Vermont Avenue. Arrested were Thomas Birley, 43; Mary Riesenberg, 42; Elijua Tobler, 52; Paulette Tobler, 46; Antashon Cunningham, 29; Marvin Brown, 21; Louis Thornton, 24; and Jacquelin Tobler, 46. The statement did not say whether all of the people arrested were Green Cove Springs residents. Also, crack and powder cocaine, marijuana, drug manufacturing equipment, drug paraphernalia, two handguns and a vehicle were seized, the statement said. Submitted by Evinalmighty1 on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 5:22am.
Better to take the time and do it correct, than to do it quick and have the lawyers get these people off the hook!. Very Good Job to the Green Cove Springs Police Department, and all of the other officers that helped out in the operation.
Submitted by TruthHurts on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 12:41pm.
I am not sure if this is the case in this situation. But I think that sometimes law enforcement, take their time not only to build a rock solid case, but also as they wait and watch they can obtain more facts and data that can be applied to the prosecution of the accused so when and if they put them away, they can put them there for a longer time. Do we want to bust the guy on the corner for selling a hand full of drugs, or do we want to follow the trail and bust the whole ring, and put them all away for a longer time. TRUTHHURTS Submitted by semiredneck on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:00pm.
Did it take a year just for these houses? I think the key to this was, "part of" a year long investigation. Probably there were (are?) others investigated. We don't know when these houses were investigated. We don't know how much the State Attorney held the search back for a pending trial and so on. I asked someone in the agency why so many agencies were involved. Because GCSPD can't land 60 some people at 6 AM to do search warrants. Apparently they were not all in the operation all the time. They needed a bunch of people to do five searches at the same time. So for that I must say, GOOD FOR THEM! Doing five at once should get the attention of more than the bloggers on MCS. Submitted by Angela on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:16pm.
This is going after the big guys. One of these guy's is from Middleburg and right under our nose. Well maybe not ours, but somebody's nose in the area was its final destination. Kudos to all of them. People are talking about ...Here are the recent blog postings with the most comments. |
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Operation Clean Streets was a joint effort by the city police department, as well as the Clay County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, State Fire Marshal's Office and the Orange Park Police Department,
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
And it only took a year. Any one of the locals probably could have done it in 2 months. Too many cooks.
That's probably a little harsh on my part but any time I see a list this long and a year long investigation it makes my blood warm up. How much crack and coke did this crew put on the street in that time?
I think most of the time it takes so long because some prosecutor wants all his work done for him before hand so it is a slam dunk and he doesn't have to work too hard for a conviction.
Better late than never I guess.
Mike Heemer