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IRiSHMaFIA
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 Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: Pot-Running Arizona Granny Gets 3 Years |
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SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) - A 62-year-old grandmother who prosecutors said ran drugs to support her bingo habit has been sentenced to three years in prison and a $150,000 fine.
Acting on a tip, state police stopped Leticia Villareal Garcia near Bisbee in southeast Arizona in February 2005 and found 214 pounds of marijuana stuffed into the trunk of her car.
Garcia has maintained her innocence, telling the judge at her sentencing Friday that she was unaware of the grass as she headed for a bingo game.
"I never, never had any knowledge of that car being loaded when I went to Tucson," the Bisbee resident told Cochise County Superior Court Judge Wallace Hoggatt.
Garcia testified at her trial in November that her son's godfather had borrowed her car the day before. Her lawyer, Robert Zohlmann, said she had been used as a "blind mule" to unknowingly haul drugs.
Garcia said she often played bingo, occasionally winning several thousand dollars at a sitting, although her only regular income was a $275 monthly welfare check she received for caring for a granddaughter.
"The underlying issue is that she's got a bingo problem, which explains why an otherwise nice person might get sucked into something like this," prosecutor Doyle Johnstun told the jury.
Garcia faced as much as 12 1/2 years in prison, but Johnstun asked for just four years, agreeing with her lawyer that her age and lack of a record called for the lesser sentence.
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That's a bit of a harsh sentence to give someone her age. Maybe ban her from bingo halls or put her under house arrest for a few months, but 3 years? If she only got $275 a month how in hell do they expect her to pay the fine  |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:19 am Post subject: |
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214 pounds to fund her "bingo" habit? And she didn't know there was that much? Yeah right.
Not that I think anyone should be jailed for marijuana, but she's obviously a big time dealer who's taking the piss. |
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Bat
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| If you can't do the time don't do the crime. I don't care what your age is. |
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fritz
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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My personal opinion is (not that any one gives a shit about my opinion) that it should be legalized  |
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Bat
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah Fritz who do you think you are giving your opinion when no-one really does give a shit about it?  |
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faceless
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I always think your opinions are worth hearing Fritz - even if I don't agree with them all the time... |
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fritz
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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We all know that opinions are like ass holes every one has one  |
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IRiSHMaFIA
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| fritz wrote: | | We all know that opinions are like ass holes every one has one |
I love your arsehole....oops mean opinions!  |
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eefanincan
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| fritz wrote: | | We all know that opinions are like ass holes every one has one |
We value your opinions, fritz. |
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