Red Flags!!

11-11-2004

As of press time Wednesday, facts remain unclear as to a rumored drug raid over the weekend in the community near Chandler’s Store and the intersection of Highway 9 and County Road 36.

The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department said they were informed “after the fact”, but that an arrest had been made and referred inquiries to the Calhoun-Cleburne Drug Task Force.

An Alabama Bureau of Investigation spokesman simply would make no comment on the matter and also referred The Cleburne News to the Task Force.

A Task Force spokesman would only state that, “We were actually up there with a state agency” and said he did not think an arrest was made.
“It wasn’t a big issue,” he said.
The Cleburne News received reports that some 40 officers from at least three agencies along with a helicopter were involved.

Something isn't right here.

The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department said they were informed “after the fact”, but that an arrest had been made and referred inquiries to the Calhoun-Cleburne Drug Task Force.

1 It is highly unlikely that the sheriffs office wouldn't know about a drug raid until "after the fact".
It is also highly unusual that the name of whoever was arrested has NOT been plastered all over the media. I mean come on, the first thing that happens to someone arrested on drug charges is that the police get to drag your name through the newspapers and RUIN you in the eyes of those who could potentially be members of your jury ...should you be one of the 1% of Americans who actually gets a jury trial....but that is another story.

An Alabama Bureau of Investigation spokesman simply would make no comment on the matter and also referred The Cleburne News to the Task Force.

2 So the ABI was involved? I remember those guys when they pulled up here in September of 2002.
Also, where does one go to talk to the Drug Task Force? Do they have a friendly neighborhood office?

A Task Force spokesman would only state that, “We were actually up there with a state agency” and said he did not think an arrest was made.
“It wasn’t a big issue,” he said.

3 Which state agency?
To his knowledge no one was arrested.
Whether or not it is a big issue depends on who you ask I guess.

The Cleburne News received reports that some 40 officers from at least three agencies along with a helicopter were involved.

I could speculate a whole bunch....what I suspect is that they caught one of their own and they are going to bury it or perhaps they caught no one and found nothing and do not want to admit the colossal waste of taxpayer dollars as happened in my case.

Stay tuned...