Hello Everyone,
Evelyn here,
On February 1, 2007, the Office o the Attorney released a news brief on the conviction of a man who was the ring leader of a Duval County cocaine trafficking operation. The illegal drugs were sold and transported throughout Florida, Georgia, and Texas.
I know that most ordinary citizens will not and do not like to speak out about the sale and use of illegal drugs in their neighborhood. Most people just want to live in peace and normally that would be fine. Except it is hard the live in peace with blinders on, which I think many of people who live in my area appear all too comfortable in doing. This battle for cleaner, safer, drug free streets appears too many to be "someone else’s job".
True it takes a person of strong moral integrity to stand up and say, "I do not want drugs on my street or in my neighborhood”. I mean, each time a person takes that stand he/she is risking being physically harmed, having their property damaged, insults and peer pressure from others who lack his/hers conviction and insight to see that selling illegal drugs and the crimes that comes along with it must stops. I do not lack this conviction and in my view one must hand this plague on our streets by standing up to pushers. It is the only real way to regain and keep our streets safe. It does not take much to look outside and to phone to police department, but it does take a lot out of a person to pretend the problem does not exist. It diminished the soul.
In stating of this, I must also state that those who practice this illegal trade in my area are trying to regain the corner I have tried so hard to keep safe. Not toll long ago their activity was stopped. However, they are easing back out. I guess we are not supposes to notice them or the problems they create.
The knowledge that the pushers are aware of my struggle to stop them does not trouble me. I can see through their desperation to regain control as well as the interested of some other persons, whose integrity levels I have come to see as somewhat questionable. It not that these interested parties support the pushers; it is that these interested parties act as if they would rather ignore a problem that has also filtered down to the young of this area; also it is as if they would rather see those of us who want drugs free streets suppressed.
All I have to say to these interested parties as well the pushers is - I WILL NOT BE SUPPRESSED!
Below is the News Released of Attorney General, Bill Mc Collum.
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McCollum: Duval <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />County Drug Trafficker Convicted
TALLAHASSEE - Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that the ring leader of a Duval County cocaine trafficking operation was convicted today for running cocaine throughout Florida, Georgia and Texas. A Duval County jury found Glenn Schofield guilty in a case prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution.
Schofield, 32, was the leader of the cocaine trafficking ring which investigators believe ran approximately 10 kilograms of cocaine into Jacksonville every week for at least six months. The cocaine was distributed to dealers who then sold the drugs throughout the city. A joint investigation conducted by the Office of Statewide Prosecution and the Jacksonville Sheriff’sOffice resulted in the seizure of more than 20 kilograms of cocaine, worth more than $200,000, as well as over $200,000 in cash. The six-month investigation involved the use of wire taps, surveillance and multiple search warrants. Schofield and two co-conspirators were arrested in December 2005.
“This massive illegal drug operation endangered countless Floridians,” said McCollum. “I am pleased the jury made the appropriate decisions regarding this man who had no regard for the laws of our society nor for the safety of our communities.”
The jury found Schofield, of Jacksonville, guilty of one count of trafficking in cocaine, 400 grams or more, and one count of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, 400 grams or more, both first-degree felonies. Because of his extensive criminal record, Schofield was declared a habitual offender and could face life in prison when he is sentenced at a later date.
Co-defendants Daryl Schofield, 29, and Cedrik Alford, 41, were each charged with one count of trafficking in cocaine, 400 grams or more, and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, 400 grams or more, both first-degree felonies. Both men pled guilty to the charges at an earlier date and are currently awaiting sentencing. Their cases were also prosecuted by the Office of Statewide Prosecution.
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Evelyn out.
