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The addicts are grown people and should know better. Why should anyone get a free pass for doing something foolish? They chose to do the crime, let them do the time.

Fins, actually "cowboysfan" is probably spot on with his assessment of the article, it is a common tactic with law enforcement agencies in narcotics investigations, the detectives will make buys from some individuals, Intercept and seize drugs from others over a several month period before filing charges or making arrests, especially if some of the targets are cooperating and become informants for the detectives.
It is also common practice for law enforcement agencies especially Sheriff's to do one mass press release on their detectives recent arrests, reason being one or two small time user / dealers being arrested doesn't make the front page, however 40 user / dealers being arrested does, and with the Sheriff being an elected official they usually want all the positive publicity they can get.

I absolutely have an idea when these arrests happened. They can be looked up. But also, the sheriffs department doesn't sit on a bunch of arrests and make a press release weeks later.

Fins,
You don't want this to work because it destroys your argument that addicts who are dealers shouldn't be arrested. They're all drug dealers, good riddance to them and good job to the Sheriff and his Detectives.

Fins,
You have no idea when 38 of 40 were caught or arrested the article doesn't say, after looking at Wilkes Mobile Patrol I cant find any of the 40.
Should Leach have been arrested or not?

Sure it seems linear. But the timeline is too close. Impossible to make that work. Also, if they had discovered Leach in the initial investigation, they would have arrested him with the 40 others because if he had connections to them, the Barneys would have worried he would disappear.

Fins,
Seems pretty linear to me, the Sheriff's narcotics Detectives over some unknown period of time buys or catches 40 people either selling or possessing drugs and then they bust, in their words "a major drug trafficker in Wilkes, wonder where those 40 addict/dealers were probably getting their drugs. It's common sense.

If they had drugs, that is illegal. Lock them up.

Yes I am. There's no reason to roll over on him if they weren't arrested. And when they were arrested, there wasn't time for that to all happen.

Fins,
So you are saying that there is absolutely no way that one of the 40 addict/dealers got busted months ago and rolled on his supplier who may have been Leach?

If that's the case, there was no reason to arrest the addicts.

Fins,
I'm smart enough to know that although the story broke 3 days ago, the Detectives may have made buys and gotten the information from one or more of the 40 that got them to Leach months ago. Leach may not be Pablo Escobar but he may be Wilkes County's Pablo Escobar, and he was getting his drugs from someone higher up than him.

As for his mom, you have no idea what she did to earn her arrest, but when you play tupid games you win tupid prizes.

Most of this is just an attempt to convince you the cops are doing something without actually doing anything.

This story of 40 people being rounded up broke 3 days ago. This article says the undercover officer made 5 purchases from Leach. That doesn't happen in 3 days and get warrants. This had nothing to do with the previous arrests.

I'm guessing that he was already on their rafar.

I'm also guessing that he was selling enough to ignore the lowlifes in the Fabulous 40.

I'd say the Detectives will never say either.
I'm not DEA but it makes since to me that if you want to catch the big fish drug dealers you start with the small fish user/dealers and work your way up the food chain.
There is really only one alternative and that is total legalization of all drugs.

I'm glad they caught the trafficker.

But, your wager is not likely to be proven correct.

After the resent story detailing the recent criminal charges and arrests of 40 people for dealing and possessing illegal drugs in Wilkes, some argued the Sheriff's Office time and money could better spent, I will wager that information obtained from one or more of those 40 lead directly to this person.

Man called major drug trafficker arrested

https://www.journalpatriot....b9936.html

That's correct. But, my experience is many addicts would be more likely to get clean if presented with a treatment option. I really think most addicts want to get clean but the stigma of shames them from asking for help. Or, the other problem is they deny their problem is an addiction. They can stop if they want. But being educated on addiction, and things like group therapy helps them accept their own problems. Throwing them in jail does nothing except spend tax money

It's been my experience that you can't force anyone to stop doing drugs, drinking etc. No amount of rehab will work until the addict wants to make the change.