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Release Number: 09-015 |
For Immediate Release |
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Public Information Office |
January 22, 2009 |
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Debbie Carter: dcarter@hcso.tampa.fl.us |
(813) 247-8060 |
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Who:
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Jason John Taylor, DOB 10-4-79 2221 Patrinostro Road Plant City Charges: Trafficking in Marijuana Conspiracy to Traffic in Marijuana
Marcus Steven Sexton, DOB 1-12-84 6918 Dimarco Road Tampa Charges: Trafficking in Marijuana Conspiracy to Traffic in Marijuana |
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Trafficking in marijuana |
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January 21, 2009 at 11:40 p.m. |
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2221 Patrinostro Road, Plant City |
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Why/How:
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On January 21, 2009, Narcotics detectives from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Tampa Police Department and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office in Murfreesboro,Tennessee, completed an investigation that infiltrated a drug trafficking operation that transported large amounts of Hydroponic Marijuana from California to Florida.
Deputies served a search warrant at 2221 Patrinostro Road in Plant City as well as 6918 Dimarco Rd in Tampa, FL. Deputies seized approximately forty pounds of Hydroponic Marijuana as well as $46,165.00 in U.S. currency, two handguns and a 1998 Lincoln Navigator S.U.V. |
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