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August 4, 2011 in News
Valley drug raids land several in jail
Spokane Valley police executed two search warrants Wednesday morning that landed several people in jail.
Over the last month, members of the Investigative Task Force conducted several controlled buys of marijuana from Jeffrey S. Dawson, 22, said police spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan. They searched his house at 13200 E. 31st Court, where they discovered two ounces of marijuana, $615 in U.S. currency and a pistol. Dawson was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and booked into Spokane County Jail.
Police also searched the home of Benjamin Crocker-Beck, 21, who has also been the subject of an investigation. The Spokane Valley Police Investigative Task Force and Property Crimes Unit executed a search at 10101 E. Main Ave., where numerous individuals were found inside smoking Oxycodone with Crocker-Beck’s 1-month-old child present, Reagan said.
The odor of Oxycodone smoke was so prevalent inside the residence that investigators had to open the doors and windows in order to vent the residence before proceeding with the search, Reagan said. A loaded 12-gauge shotgun, about $240 in U.S. currency and 290 30-mg Oxycodone pills with a street value of $8,600 were seized.
Crocker-Beck was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Child Protective Services took custody of the infant.
The infant’s grandfather, Timothy A. Nelson, 46, was present and admitted to smoking Oxycodone, Reagan said. He was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. Samantha Cumpton, 25, a transient who is 10 weeks pregnant, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance – Oxycodone and Suboxone. Thomas D. Plante, 27, was arrested for a Department of Corrections warrant and possession of a controlled substance.
All were booked into Spokane County Jail.
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The_Seer on August 04 at 8:26 a.m.
The only crime they should be charged with is reckless endangerment of the child. The remainder are victimless crimes of behavior committed by consenting adults.
Yeah, we are broke…
jddavis on August 04 at 8:43 a.m.
Victimless crimes? Which one of these consenting adults had the prescription for the 290+ oxycodone pills?
The_Seer on August 04 at 8:50 a.m.
JD: Name the victims other than the child? Who is a victim if a prescription isn’t present? Well?
The ones charged with a crime involving Oxy should be the manufacturers of the drug, not the users.
jddavis on August 04 at 9:02 a.m.
Gee Seer, I wonder who or which pharmacy the oxy was taken from.
I suppose you believe that one of them got a papercut and the doc wrote them a prescription for 300 poxy pills, and out of the blue these deep thinkers decided it would be a good idea to smoke some of them, right?
You are either very naive, very ignorant, or both if you think that other from the child involved this is a victimless crime.
You must be a “recreational” drug user, correct?
detroitdude on August 04 at 10:10 a.m.
“They searched his house at 13200 E. 31st Ct., where they discovered two ounces of marijuana with a street value about $650, $615 in U.S. currency and a pistol.”
Waste of taxpayer money and police resources.
“The Spokane Valley Police Investigative Task Force and Property Crimes Unit executed a search at 10101 E. Main, where numerous individuals were found inside smoking Oxycodone with Crocker-Beck’s 1-month-old child present, Reagan said.”
A better use of tax dollars and police resources. Besides the endangerment of the child, the oxycodone is one of those drugs that will drive addicts to rob pharmacies and things of that nature. While I can imagine someone popping a pill or two recreationally and nothing ever coming of it, opiate based drugs are highly addictive nonetheless, just ask Brett Favre and Rush Limbaugh. The fact that they were smoking it makes it even worse, and does show full addiction, as they are unwilling to ingest the pill and let it dissolve. Good job to the police on this one.
I can respect Seer’s opinion that they were using the drugs and not hurting anyone per se, but once again, this is the type of substance that will addict you, consume you, and make you go to great lengths just to get a fix. A fix that after awhile doesn’t even get the person high anymore, instead, the addict needs to obtain it in order to “feel normal” and stave of physical withdrawal symptoms.
kennyhuston on August 04 at 10:33 a.m.
Well said detroitdude. Good thing Samantha Cumpton is being jailed ~ that’s probably the only chance that the fetus in her womb will have at life. She should be incarcerated for her entire gestation period - PERIOD!!!
JayNW on August 04 at 11:41 a.m.
not as concerned with the weed, but these are not victimless crimes. The vast majority of robberies (not necessarily pharmacy robberies) are because of drugs. Many times you read these stories in the news paper, but what you don’t see is that the robbery, shootting or other violent crime was the outcome of a drug deal gone bad.
Society is also a victim. Guess who gets to pay to take care of these people when they are in the hospital? Us tax payers. Guess who pays for the welfare that takes care of their children? Us tax payers. Guess who pays for them to be incarcerated, get treatment, and yes- even the methadone clinic- all from our tax dollars.
JayNW on August 04 at 11:44 a.m.
forgot to add- these drug addicts are also the ones burglarizing, pawning stolen goods, car prowling and other theivery to pay for their addiction. And once again, who pays for it? We do, with higher insurance rates, the cost of replacing our stuff and again, more tax dollars to pay for an already drained legal system.
D Statler on August 04 at 10:00 p.m.
I just hope and pray that someone holds these DRUG companies liable for the damages they have done to our society. I am sure that these drugs could be made less addictive or less desirable to these kids. I too am scared for the well being of the infant and fetus involved here.Society is tough enough for our kids right now without starting life on this terrible note. Arresting these kids and letting them dry out the hard way is the best thing we could do for them.Unfortunately,they will not be held long enough to rid them of the desire.As for the parents setting around doing drugs with them.Great example you are setting.
Shawnacumpton on August 24 at 6:52 p.m.
Excuse me but for your Damn information the 10week old baby in my sisters belly is a victim just as much as the 1 month old child already born! I am a victim, her sonis a victim and my Parents are as well Samantha and Thomas have stolen well over 10,000 dollars worth of things from my familys home including my mothers wedding ring you may say that they are hurting nobody but themselves but that just makes you americas biggest dumbass Drugs not only hurt the person doing them but they hurt the family and friends of that person as well and im sorry for you who beleive that this is the big DRUG COMPANYS fault but its really not my sister has never had a precription for oxys therefore she started using them willingly as a form of idk what to call it entertainment….it was her choice to live the life shes living and with that choice has come her punishment shes miscarried 2 children and had her son taken from her by my parents now shes looking at 7 to 10 yrs in the big house all because she chose to do drugs instead of building a life she could look back on one day and be proud of. So to all you druggies stop thinking about yourself beacause your not the only one thats a victim to your problems!