Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - What NOT to do at a Drug Deal

By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.

A bit more humorous today as an article from the St. Pete Times website shows what NOT to do in this particular situation...

The suspect told a Pasco sheriff's deputy he'd been a victim of a robbery. He was paying off a $5 debt to a woman when she "jerked" his $20 bill from him and ran away.

But the woman, when questioned by the deputies, said the Defendant actually wanted to pay the $5, get $5 worth of Xanax pills and $10 in change, according to a Sheriff's Office report. The woman said after she gave the man the pills, she forgot to give him his change.

When he returned later for it, the woman claimed she was awekened from her nap to the suspect screaming and demanding his money — or more pills.

The suspect, male and 45, lives in Oakhill Drive, was arrested and charged with filing a false report. He was released from jail Sunday.

The cost to investigate the entire incident, according to the Sheriff's Office: a whopping $78.

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