Crack Heads and Crack Dealers to Get Out of Prison Early
What could go wrong?
Being too tough on crime is just like being too easy. Sums it up for you right there.
Support Mauldin’s Bar Hour Limit!
The city council is proposing a law that would make bars shut down at 2:00am – which isn’t a big deal since bars must stop serving alcohol at 2:00 anyway. But Hailee’s Sports Bar stays open to 5:00am for some reason. Which is odd since a bar would literally be losing money for three hours a day doing so. It’s almost like something else goes on in there for the last three hours that is profitable for the owners.
Like their taking a cut of something illegal maybe?
Anyway for those of you who don’t know Hailee’s was the scene of a early morning shooting which is said to be a drug deal gone bad. Now the owner is upset that Mauldin wants to nip this nonsense in the bud:
The owner of Hailee’s Sports Bar and Grill on Woodruff Road says his bar stays open to 5 AM. And by state law he can continue to sale beer and wine after two AM. The owner believes city leaders are targeting him because of recent shootings in his parking lot. The change in the ordinance would impact his business. The city’s six other bars would not be affected by the ordinance because they close at two AM. The ordinance first reading is scheduled for Monday.
Poor baby. He just wants to stay open and not sell alcohol but pay a staff to work there including security. Out of the goodness of his heart. If I wasn’t so busy I’d show up at that reading and tell the council I support it. But Monday’s are tight for me – I’ll be busy not selling drugs in a bar I own.
Surprise! Meth Lab Found in Simpsonville
Someone wrote in to ask me why I hadn’t blogged about the recent meth lab bust in Simpsonville. I will respond here by saying I also don’t blog about how the sky is blue or water is wet. But since you’re so interested:
Two men are were arrested after police officers and sheriff’s deputies raided a home with a meth lab inside.
Simpsonville Police officers and Greenville County Sheriff’s deputies served a warrant at a home at 1208 East Yellow Wood Drive in Simpsonville on Tuesday. When deputies went inside the residence to search, one of the men, identified as James William Thompson III, was not present.
According to a Simpsonville Police Department spokesman, other suspects at the residence stated that Thompson was at a home at 603 South Street in Simpsonville. Once investigators arrived at the home, the owner of the home, identified as Johnny Walter Parker, gave officers permission to look for Thompson inside, and Thompson was found and placed under arrest.
I won’t bother posting their pictures because, let’s be honest, people in the area already knew who they were. Happy now?
Pill Popping Degenerate Misty Dawn Dawson Gets Bail Revoked for DUI
Back in April Misty Dawn Dawson told her boss she wasn’t feeling well so she had to go home early. Before getting in her car she popped an unknown amount prescription pills. The intoxicated woman passed out on the way home and killed an SCDOT worker when her car careened out of control. After reading through her story I put forward that she sounded like an addict, to which a supposed friend of hers named “Elizabeth Upchurch” took great exception and left this comment on my original piece:
Misty is NOT a drug/alcohol abuser. I’ve known her for 17 years & were very close friends
ends growing up. Even during those difficult teen years, Misty didn’t indulge in the drug/drinking/smoking sometimes associated with growing up in small-town USA. She’s actually a very hard-working person, devoted mother of 2. She has NO criminal history or history of alcohol/substance abuse. I believe this was a terrible tragedy which most-likely stemmed from an unforeseen reaction or a direct result of the illness she experienced just prior to the accident. I know she’s had some serious health issues in recent years. Its also possible she sustained some head injuries in that accident, which could’ve resulted in the memory loss she reports at the time of impact. As an above-poster mentioned, its highly unfair to label someone as “…an addict needing her fix”. She grew up in some unimaginable circumstances & worked very hard to make a good life for herself. My heart goes out to the victim’s family but to misty too. She was always the “voice of reason”, exuding maturity far beyond our years. How many can HONESTLY say they HAVEN’T taken allergy/cold products & have operated some form of transportation? I am in NO WAY justifying the act of ignoring t
he warnings on medicines (OTC or prescription). Its just unfair to label her without a proper investigation. She has had some serious medical issues over the years of which could have also been a contributing factor. I believe she made a bad judgment call in taking the medication & drive. So before you go posting inaccurate & potentially slanderous info, you should attempt to get your facts straight.
Slander? Interesting. Perhaps Elizabeth would be willing to return and explain away the fact that as I write this Misty “voice of reason” Dawson is sitting in the Greenville County Detention Center with her bail revoked. Why on earth would her bond have been revoked?
Commenter Tim is probably right when he says it’s due to her being caught in another DUI.
I don’t have a problem with people being addicts. But I do have a problem with them letting their addictions hurt others. She already killed a man while driving around high, and since her bail was revoked she has probably been caught driving under the influence again. How can anyone defend this cretin?
Victimless Crime File: Don’t Let Christy Lane Gibson Around Your Pain Pills
Simpsonville’s Christy Lane Smith either likes to pop pills or makes some money on the side. The nurse was caught stealing pain pills from the Mary Black Memorial Hospital in Spartanburg. From GoUpstate:
Christy Lane Gibson, 34, of 8 Rustling Creek Court, was charged by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control’s criminal investigation division with two counts of theft of a controlled substance.
According to arrest warrants, Gibson, a registered nurse at the Spartanburg hospital, took hydromorphone and morphine from the hospital. Both are painkillers used to treat moderate to severe pain.
The incidents occurred between Feb. 28 and March 25, the warrants state.
The arrest was “based on DHEC investigation, Mary Black Memorial Hospital narcotic records, witnesses’ statements and the defendant’s sworn, written, voluntary statement,” according to the warrants.
She is out on a $10,000 bond. The hospital she worked at released a statement that reveled she’d only been working there since January. Think she got the job just to get access to the pills?
Hey, wait a minute. These pills are legal yet drug users still commit crimes involving obtaining them. That doesn’t make sense, right Libertarians?