Cogitation
07-05-2008, 17:36
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75 students arrested in San Diego State University drug bust
By ALLISON HOFFMAN – 15 hours ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested and six fraternities were suspended after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday.
A five-month investigation prompted by a cocaine overdose death last year led to the arrests of 96 people, 75 of them San Diego State students. A second drug death occurred while the investigation went on.
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Profits may have been used to finance fraternity operations, they said. Those arrested included a student who was about to receive a criminal justice degree and another who was to receive a master's degree in homeland security.
"A sad commentary is that when one of these individuals was arrested, they inquired as (to) whether or not his arrest and incarceration would have an effect on him becoming a federal law enforcement officer," said Ralph Partridge, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in San Diego.
"Will getting busted for drugrunning hurt my chances of becoming a Fed?" That someone in such a position would ask such a question is something I find quite astounding and hypocritical. A criminal justice degree? A degree in Homeland Security? If no one else had tipped them off, already, then these two should have been the first to alert the Feds; a cocaine overdose should not have been the first indication that something was wrong.
"Think about it for a moment."
--The Democratic States of Cogitation
Founder and Delegate of The Realm of Ambrosia
75 students arrested in San Diego State University drug bust
By ALLISON HOFFMAN – 15 hours ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested and six fraternities were suspended after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday.
A five-month investigation prompted by a cocaine overdose death last year led to the arrests of 96 people, 75 of them San Diego State students. A second drug death occurred while the investigation went on.
...
Profits may have been used to finance fraternity operations, they said. Those arrested included a student who was about to receive a criminal justice degree and another who was to receive a master's degree in homeland security.
"A sad commentary is that when one of these individuals was arrested, they inquired as (to) whether or not his arrest and incarceration would have an effect on him becoming a federal law enforcement officer," said Ralph Partridge, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in San Diego.
"Will getting busted for drugrunning hurt my chances of becoming a Fed?" That someone in such a position would ask such a question is something I find quite astounding and hypocritical. A criminal justice degree? A degree in Homeland Security? If no one else had tipped them off, already, then these two should have been the first to alert the Feds; a cocaine overdose should not have been the first indication that something was wrong.
"Think about it for a moment."
--The Democratic States of Cogitation
Founder and Delegate of The Realm of Ambrosia