On Jul 16, 10:33 pm, Millhaven <millha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2007/07/12/pro...
>
> Providence police: drug ring offered dealers wages, overtime
> July 12, 2007
>
> PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Police have charged 29 people with helping run a
> citywide crack cocaine ring that offered dealers the trappings of a
> normal work life, including hourly wages, overtime and lunch breaks,
> authorities said.
>
> Investigators arrested 17 people last week including the alleged
> ringleader, Joanna Gonzalez, 28. Gonzalez, who is eight months
> pregnant, and other alleged leaders are charged with state drug
> offenses. Authorities are still searching for 12 other suspects.
>
> Gonzalez is being held without bail at the Adult Correctional
> Institutions. Her attorney could not be immediately contacted
> Thursday.
>
> After listening to months of telephone conversations, investigators
> believe Gonzalez's ring was im****ting about two to three kilograms of
> cocaine every week or so, said Brian Crowell, assistant special agent
> in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's office in
> Providence. The ring generated at least $9,000 in weekly proceeds, he
> told The Providence Journal.
>
> Police say telephone calls between alleged ringleaders reveal
> Gonzalez's ring operated like many other small businesses, complete
> with employee grumbling.
>
> Dealers worked regular ****fts, got half-hour lunch breaks, time off
> and hourly wages of between $32 to $40. Ringleaders said those below
> them could work all the "overtime" they wanted, police said. A few
> distributors were overheard complaining they weren't making enough
> money.
>
> Detective also accuse Gonzalez and her co-defendants of using children
> as lookouts and drug runners, even sta****ng drugs in their backpacks
> for delivery.
>
> "It's just sickening," said Providence Police Lt. Thomas Verdi.
> "(Gonzalez) was pretty much grooming them to do what she does."
the sad part is that most of these morons could get a legitimate job
making more than 32 measley dollars an hour. Now they are all headed
to jail to make 23 cents an hour. How ****ing stupid do you have to be
to deal dope. With people like Misfit around to snitch you out, a
dealer don't stand a chance.
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