(Download) "United States V. Matthews" by Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States V. Matthews
- Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 01, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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During 1989, as the result of several individual arrests for drug offenses, the Andalusia Police Department became aware of a large group of people engaged in the distribution of crack cocaine in Laurel Hill, Florida, along Ebenezer Road. The illegal drug transactions primarily took place in an area referred to as the "Quarters," which consisted of two mobile home trailer parks, Rosa Mae's Trailer Park and Mary Lou's Trailer Park, and the abutting stretch of Ebenezer. The Andalusia Police Department and the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office engaged in a joint undercover investigation and discovered that the primary supplier for the area was Rosa Mae Smiley Williams, who assumed that position after the arrest of another major dealer in the area, Chico Moore, and whose trailer was used as a base of operations for the cocaine distribution efforts of various dealers as well as a storage place for narcotics, weapons and cash. From 1989 to 1993 the police carried out extensive video and audio surveillance, meticulously documented scores of drug transactions involving every person who was eventually indicted, and used informants to effect controlled transactions. On December 9 and 10, 1993, local and federal law enforcement cooperated to arrest many members of the conspiracy.