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Memoriam/Card Of Thanks
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
RUBY L. JACKSON
A Mother’s Love doesn’t go away. It walks beside us every day, unheard, unseen, but always near, still missed and loved and held so dear.
Love you, Mom. Your daughters, Gloria, Geraldine, and Padrica.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
MARY A. WILLIAMS (aka) Tootsie
We miss you dearly. There isnotadaygoesbythatwe wish you were here, but we know you are truly near, you are truly missed, but not for- gotten.
We love you today and al- ways, your family.
Crime
Two Linked To Drug Death Indicted
Two men have been in- dicted in connection with drug distribution that re- sulted in death.
If convicted, the men could face a maximum mandatory sentence of 20 years, up to life, in federal prison.
According to the indict- ment, Marvin “MJ” Mitchell, 38, of St. Peters- burg, Christopher Hughes, 43, of Pinellas Park, and others are alleged to have sold cocaine and fen- tanyl in June 2019. The drugs were distributed and one individual user died. The Medical Examiner’s Office for Pasco and Pinellas Coun- ties determined the individ- ual’s cause of death was fentanyl toxicity.
MARVIN MITCHELL
The men have been charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, crack co- caine, and fentanyl. They have also been charged with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, crack co- caine, and fentanyl.
THANK YOU
BARBARA J. REESE
We thank each and every one of you for your prayers, phone calls, words of comfort, visits, food and anything you did to bring comfort to us dur- ing this time of bereavement in the loss of our dear Barbara J. Reese.
Special thanks to Aikens Funeral Home, First Baptist Church of College Hill, Rev. Jernagen, and First Union M. B. Church.
May God richly bless each of you.
Willie Reese and family.
Woman Pleads
Guilty In Fatal
Drug Overdose Case
A 30-year-old Tampa woman has entered a guilty plea in a drug-related death. She is facing a maximum mandatory sentence of 20 years, up to life, in federal prison.
According to the plea agreement, on November 6, 2018, G.S. contacted Joa- mary Rosario, his regular drug dealer, and ordered 10 bags of heroin. Rosario agreed and a few hours later, she and her supplier deliv- ered the drugs to his hotel. The hotel 10 bags contained a mixture of heroin, acetyl fen- tanyl, and fentanyl.
That night, G.S. used one bag of the drug mixture and died of an overdose. The next day, G.S.’s friend discovered his body and called 911.
Police found the unused bags of drugs in G.S.’s hotel room, along with his cell- phones. The officers discov- ered G.S.’s drug-related text messages with Rosario on one of the phones.
JOAMARY ROSARIO
Posing as G.S., the offi- cers ordered more of the same drugs from Rosario. A few hours later, Rosario ar- rived at the hotel as planned and was arrested.
At the time of her arrest, Rosario had in her posses- sion several bags of drugs, each containing heroin, acetyl fentanyl, and fentanyl mixed in the exact same pro- portions as the bags of drugs that Rosario had sold to G.S. the night before.
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