Last night at this time, it was thought that the Chandler police officers who were shot were carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. Well, maybe not. It also has been revealed that none of the suspects in the case are illegals.
From Arizona Central: Chandler's fatal narcotics operation at a south Phoenix home Wednesday was a drug bust gone sour, a deal that resulted in death, a confrontation over bales of marijuana worth up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, Phoenix police said.
The shootout that felled a Chandler detective and two suspects may have started after the targets of the investigation resorted to robbery, turning the tables on three Chandler criminal-investigations unit members, said Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos....Altogether, there are eight suspects, aged 25 to 40. Two suspects were killed, one has been hospitalized and five have been arrested on charges ranging from murder to possession of marijuana with the intent to sell.
The five in custody were identified as Thadika Singleton, 38, John Webber, 37, Doarnell Jackson, 35, Jerry Wayne Cockhearn, 25, and Eldridge Gittens, 34. None was charged with being in the country illegally. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/07/30/20100730phoenix-police-drug-bust-gone-wrong.html
But in another story in the same paper: Chandler police detectives were selling 500 pounds of marijuana in an operation called a "reversal'' when they became the victims of a botched drug rip-off in south Phoenix, according to court records released Friday.
Two defendants in the fatal shooting of Detective Carlos Ledesma, 34, identified in the documents as Thadika Singleton and John Howard Webber III, showed police $250,000, demonstrating they had the cash to buy the pot. They showed the money during a meeting with undercover agents at a fast food restaurant at 19th Avenue and Broadway Road in Phoenix.Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/07/30/20100730chandler-officers-shootout-tried-to-sell-pot.html#ixzz0vEfV9h1o
Since I am not in law enforcement, so I am not in the know, but to me it seems strange that the cops are selling 500 pounds of pot. Maybe these guys were big time dealers (the thugs, not the cops) and they were the suppliers for the area.
But whatever the reason for the drug deal, an officer is dead, his family is grieving and a police department is in mourning.
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I agree. Could it be possible the officers are promoting violence and drug sales in the community. There is also saying one of the suspects was only 16 years of age, why would they conduct such a big deal with a monor. The suspects that have lost their lives are said to have been shot in the head and yet the attorny representing the state said the officers had no chance to protect themselvs. shooting two people in the head takes focus, I feel thofficers were at fault for these deaths due to the lack of training in these types of operations. Not to mention the officers are not taking responsibilty for the brutal murders they comitted and charging the suspects with them.
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A. A person shall not knowingly:
1. Possess or use marijuana.
2. Possess marijuana for sale.
3. Produce marijuana.
4. Transport for sale, import into this state or offer to transport for sale or import into this state, sell, transfer or offer to sell or transfer marijuana.
there is no law against purchasing marijuana.
the officers were the ones who were in commission of a felony when people got killed which means all the officers involved should be facing charges of murder 1 and the dudes that are currently in custody need to be released so that they can file their lawsuits.
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