Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - Clearwater Sting Operation

By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.

Like previous undercover drug stings, this short blurb (from the times website)shows that the drug scourge in Pinellas may be getting worse...

CLEARWATER — Police have arrested 11 people this week on various drug charges during a round-up of suspects, authorities said.

One of those arrested was also charged with a prostitution offense, the Clearwater police said.

The department's vice and narcotics unit, along with the anti-crime team, arrested the following:

• A man, 35, of Drew St., two counts of sale and possession of cocaine, a violation of probation.

• A man, 46, of Fort Harrison Ave., sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 24, of Applewood Drive., three counts sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 38, of Clearwater-Largo Road, Largo, two counts trafficking in hydrocodone.

• A woman, 62, of Lincoln Ave., sale and possession of Oxycodone.

The same units also conducted an undercover detail focusing on narcotics activity and prostitution in various areas throughout Clearwater, including East Gateway and the downtown corridor. The following were arrested during that operation:

• A man, 19, of Palm Harbor, sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 48, of 14th Ave., sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 42, transient of Clearwater, sale and possession of cocaine, resisting an officer without violence.

• A woman, 31, transient, sale of cocaine, soliciting prostitution.

• A man, 24, of Homestead, sale of cocaine.

• A woman, 40, of sale and possession of cocaine.

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