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Traffic Stop Traumatic for Driver!
Posted by FoM on June 03, 1999 at 08:07:29 PT
Man hospitalized after swallowing bags of drugs!
Source: Akron Beacon Journal
ALLIANCE A Canton motorist was fighting for his life after he apparently swallowed four bags of cocaine and marijuana during a routine traffic stop in Alliance early yesterday.
David Johnson, 31, of the 900 block of Kingston Drive Southeast, was listed in guarded condition in Alliance Community Hospital's intensive care unit. His stomach was pumped.Alliance Patrolman William Morris said a second person in the car was released after he was searched and no drugs or drug paraphernalia were found.According to Morris, Johnson was pulled over shortly after 1 a.m. for a stop sign violation on East Summit Street, in what police called a high traffic area for drugs. As the arresting officer began checking the car's interior, crack cocaine and marijuana were discovered.The officer said evidence was being gathered as Johnson swallowed three bags of crack cocaine and one bag of marijuana that police hadn't yet detected. Almost immediately, the defendant began convulsing, police said. Johnson was charged with drug abuse, tampering with evidence, possession of crack cocaine, driving with a suspended license and stop sign violation.If convicted of all charges, Johnson could be sentenced to a maximum of 7 1/2 years in prison and fined up to $15,500.More than $700 in small bills was seized by officers and sent to the Canton-Stark County Crime Lab for analysis. If drug residue is detected, the money will be transferred into the city's drug enforcement fund.
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Comment #1 posted by gametight on June 06, 2000 at 07:35:21 PT:
swallowing crack
i wAS IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.I WAS WALKING IN A HIGH DRUG AREA WHEN POLICE STOPPED ME AND SAID I HAD A WARRANT FOR MY ARREST FOR "PROBATION VIOLATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE". I TOLD POLICE I HAD SERVED MY TIME FOR THAT OFFENCE. THE OFFICER RADIOED BACK TO WHO EVER TO CONFIRM THE ACTIVE WARRANT. IT CAME BACK THAT I HAS AN ACTIVE WARRANT. I EXPLAINED THAT I NEVER DID WHAT I WAS BEING ACCUSED OF AND THAT THEY HAD THE WRONG GUY. THE OFFICER SAID THEY HAD THE RIGHT MAN AND TOLD ME I WAS UNDER ARREST. AFTER HEARING THAT I WAS SCARED SO I STARTED RUNNING BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE POLICE TAKING THE WRONG MAN. I RAN TO A RELATIVE HOUSE, THE POLICE GAVE CHASE. WHILE IN RELATIVES YARD I WAS TELLING MY UNCLE TO TELL THE POLICE THAT I HAD ALREADY DONE JAIL TIME AND RELEASED FROM PROBATION ONE AND HALF YEARS AGO. I WAS RESISTING ARREST AND I WAS DOWN ON THE GROUND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I POSSESSED CRACK WHICH HAPPENS TO WEIGH 10GRS. SO I WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION/ABUSE OF CRACK (F-3)WHICH IS PUNISHABLE MANDTORY PRISON 1-5.    WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED TO JAIL A LADY OFFICER TOLD ME I LOOK I WAS COMING DOWN FROM A CRACK HIGH. I TOLD THE OFFICER THAT I NEVER USED CRACK OR ANY MAN MADE DRUG. I TOLD THE OFFICER THAT I WAS EXTREMLY HOT FROM RUNNING FROM THE OFFICERS AND THAT COULD SHE ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW SO I COULD GET SOME AIR. SHE REFUSED SAYING WE WILL BE THERE IN MINUTES. WHEN WE GOTV TO THE POLICE STATION I GOT LIGHT HEADED AND MY STOMACH WAS QUESEE,SO I STARTED VOMITTING. MIND YOU, BEFORE I HAD THE RUN WITH THE POLICE I HAD EATEN SAUSAGE,CHEESE,TOAST SANDWICH,AND DRANK TWO BIG CUP OF CITRUS PUNCH. WHILE IN THE STATION THE OFFICERS TOLD ME THAT I SWALLOWED CRACK AND IF I WANTED HELP I BETTER TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT SWALLOWING THE CRACK. I NEVER SHOWED SIGNS OF CRACK INGESTION BUT THE JAIL CALLED EMT TO COME GET ME FOR CRACK INGESTION. WHEN THE EMT GOT THERE I WAS COHERANT TIMES THREE. THE POLICE WAS DETERMINED TO SAY I SWALLOWED CRACK SO THEY TOOK MY VOMIT TO THE CRIME LAB AND IT CAME BACK THAT THERE WAS CRACK IN MY VOMIT. MY COMMENT/QUESTION IS WHO CAN HELP DAVE AGAINST GALITH. I DONT HAVE THE MONEY OR RESOURSES TO FIGHT AND IM STUCK WITH PUBLIC DEFENDERS WHO DONT BELIEVE MY STORY AND WONT FIGHT. WHO WILL LISTEN TO A PEON WHO DONT HAVE JOHNNY COCRAN AS A LAWYER. I'VE JUST SCRACHED THE SURFACE IF I CAUGHT ANY WHO COULD HELP THIS POOR FATHER OF THREEE I COULD FAX THE POLICE REPORT. 
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