Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - Sorry, Wrong Number!

By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.

From a CBS affiliate in Conneticut, an amusing read about small time drug dealers who accidentely text the police...

While a recent Pew Research study found that almost 75 percent of cell phone owners send text message and those who do, send an average of more than 40 messages each day. With all those text messages coming and going, it’s not surprising that some reach the wrong recipients.

In the Conneticut town of Meridan, police say officers received a text from an unknown sender, offering black market sale of Percocet tablets, the prescription combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen. The quick-thinking cop notified the drug unit, continued communication with the texter, and set up a “buy.”

Police say the two people who showed up to sell the drugs grew suspicious, separated and tried to run, but police were able to take both the unlucky texters into custody and seized 100 Percocet tablets.

Police identified the suspects as a 25-year-old man of Wallingford and a 19-year-old woman of Mansfield. Both face charges of criminal attempt to sell narcotics and conspiracy, and the woman also faces charges involving her attempt to escape.

Police say the investigation continues as they look for the source of the drugs and the person for whom the message was actually intended.

Have you or someone you know been arrested for possession of a controlled substance or sale of controlled substance? Then call the experienced Pinellas criminal defense lawyers of Blake & Dorsten, P.A. today at 727.286.6141.

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