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Callarogus Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter Tuesday, December ninth,
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twenty twenty five. Don't do drugs, kids, and if you do,
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definitely don't commit crimes while you're on them. Today's episode
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is a masterclass in pharmaceutical failures. Los Angeles. Doctor Salvador Placentia,
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the doctor who sold Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks
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before his death, was sentenced to two and a half
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years in federal prison. Called the friends star a moron
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who could be exploited for money. Perry's mother and sisters
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gave tearful victim impact statements. There is nothing moronic about
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that man, Suzanne Perry told the courtroom. He was even
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a successful drug addict. Florida, twenty seven year old Kaylee Poe,
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pulled over for DUI with a two year old in
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her car, failed field sobriety tests. At the jail, deputies
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found xanax pills in her soft, then found more xanacs
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hidden in her body cavities on camera. She tried to
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move them from her bra to somewhere more private while
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sitting in the back of a patrol car. Didn't work. Ohio,
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a man accidentally sent a baggie of methamphetamine through a
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bank's drive through pneumatic tube, mixed it in with his deposit.
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Bank employees called the sheriff smart enough to use banking services,
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too stupid to check what's in the tube. Georgia, fifty
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three year old James Mann allegedly took xanax, crashed into
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cars in two counties, then parked his destroyed Volvo in
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front of a Popeyes, walked inside, ordered food, and sat
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down to watch the chaos unfold through the window. Police
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found him eating chicken while witnesses pointed at him. And Alabama,
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Seventy four year old attorney Sarah Baker allegedly tried to
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kill her husband three times by putting fentanyl in his food.
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Her client allegedly swallowed the evidence to help cover it up.
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Had posted on Facebook in August celebrating their twenty ninth anniversary.
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Twenty nine years of marriage to this super guy has
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been quite a ride. I'm read Carter today, Drugs, doctors
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and decisions that will haunt you forever. This is celebrity trials.
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Let's start in Los Angeles Federal courtroom. Judge Sherylyn Peace
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Garnett presiding. October twenty eighth, twenty twenty three, Matthew Perry,
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fifty four years old, was found dead in the hot
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tub at his Pacific Palisades home. Cause of death acute
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effects of ketamine. The surgical anesthetic had been prescribed to
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him legally as a treatment for depression, but when his
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regular doctor wouldn't give him the amounts he wanted, Perry
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found other sources. One of those sources doctor Salvador Placentia,
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forty four years old, life since physician, and as federal
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prosecutors proved a drug dealer in a white coat. Yesterday,
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Judge Garnett sentenced Placentia to two and a half years
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in federal prison plus two years of probation. He pleaded
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guilty in July to four counts of distribution of ketamine.
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Prosecutors dropped five other counts as part of the deal.
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But before the sentencing, the courtroom heard from Matthew Perry's family.
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His mother, Suzanne Perry, took the stand with her husband
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dateline journalist Keith Morrison at her side. She talked about
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everything her son had overcome, the addiction struggles that dated
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back to his time on Friends the strength it took
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to be open about his battles, the person he became
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despite everything working against him. Then she addressed Placentia directly.
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You called him a moron, she said, There's nothing moronic
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about that man. He was even a successful drug addict.
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She spoke eloquently, apologized for rambling, then broke down, crying,
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this was a bad thing you did. Perry's half sister,
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Madeline Morrison, followed the world mourns my brother. She said,
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through tears. He was everyone's favorite friend. My brother's death
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turned my world upside down. It punched a crater in
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my life. His absence is everywhere. Here's what Placentia did.
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When Perry's regular ketamine provider wouldn't increase his dosage, Perry
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reached out to Placentia through an intermediary. Placentia saw an
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opportunity in text messages obtained by prosecutors. Placentia discussed Perry
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with another doctor. I wonder how much this moron will pay.
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That's a licensed physician talking about a patient, a patient
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struggling with addiction, a patient who trusted doctors to help him,
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not exploit him. Placentia sold Perry ketamine, knowing he was
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a struggling addict, charged him inflated prices, took advantage of
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his desperate d profited from his disease. Judge Garnett made
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clear in her sentencing Placentsia didn't provide the specific ketamine
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that killed Perry, that came from another source in the
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distribution chain, But the judge told him, you and others
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helped mister Perry on the road to such an ending
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by continuing to feed his ketamine addiction. You exploited mister
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Perry's addiction for your own profit. Placentia spoke before sentencing,
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broke into tears, said he imagines the day he'll have
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to tell his two year old son about the time
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I didn't protect another mother's son. It hurts me so much.
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I can't believe I'm here. He apologized directly to Perry's family.
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I should have protected him, he said. His lawyers tried
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to paint a sympathetic picture. A man who rose out
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of poverty to become a doctor beloved by patience, made
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a terrible mistake, called his selling to Perry reckless and
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the biggest mistake of his life. Prosecutors wanted three years,
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defense wanted one day in prison plus probation. Judge Garnett
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split closer to the prosecution's ask two and a half years.
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Placentsia was led from the courtroom in handcuffs as his
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mother cried loudly in the audience. He's the first of
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five defendants to be sentenced in connection with Perry's death.
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The others who pleaded guilty will face their own hearings
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in the coming months. Matthew Perry was everyone's chandler, being
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ten Seasons of Friends from nineteen ninety four to two
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thousand and four, one of the biggest sitcom stars of
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his generation. Open about his addiction struggles, wrote a memoir
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about hitting rock bottom and climbing back. He died at
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fifty four in his hot tub acute ketamine effects because
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doctors who took an oath to do no harm decided
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to exploit him instead. Doctor Placentia will serve his time,
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the other defendants will serve theirs. But Matthew Perry is
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still dead. His mother still has a crater in her life,
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his sisters still mourn, and the people who were supposed
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to help him will spend years in prison for feeding
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his addiction. Some people just shouldn't be doctors. Rest in peace, Matthew,
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We'll be right back with criminal stupidity at its finest.
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Bank drive through meth deposits, Popeyes, parking lot chaos, and
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Xanax's hidden in places Xanax should never be hidden. Welcome
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back to celebrity trials. I'm read Carter. Let's talk about
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drugs and the idiots who do them, because sometimes you
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just need to marvel at human decision making. The bank
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drive through meth deposit. Woodsfield, Ohio, small town about one
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hundred and twenty miles east of Columbus. December third, twenty
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twenty five, Jason G. Smith, forty six years old, pulled
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up to his local banks drive through, put his transaction
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into the pneumatic tube, sent it through normal banking, except
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he forgot to remove the baggy of methamphetamine he'd apparently
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stashed in there. Bank employee opens the tube, finds the
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deposit slip, the checks, and a bag of crystal like substance.
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Calls the sheriff, testing confirmed methamphetamine. Over the course of
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the investigation, authorities determined Smith had inadvertently sent the package
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to the bank during an otherwise routine banking transaction. Inadvertently,
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he accidentally deposited meth at the bank through the pneumatic tube.
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Smart enough to have a bank account, too stupid to
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check what's in the canister before sending it to a teller. Later,
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officers with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources located Smith
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in nearby Wayne Township. Deputies brought a drug dog found
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additional suspected drugs and drug related items in his truck.
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Monroe County sh Sheriff Derek Norman had the quote of
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the week. Illegal drugs don't belong in bank drive throughs,
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but they can be turned in at the Sheriff's office.
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No charges, no handcuffs, just help. We'd much rather safely
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take them off the street than see another unexpected deposit.
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Unexpected deposit. I love small town sheriffs. Smith was transported
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to the Monroe County Jail, charges pending, all because he
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couldn't keep track of his meth. Google's search history is forever.
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Apparently so is bank transaction history. The Popeyes parking lot spectator, Duluth, Georgia,
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medium sized suburb, about thirty miles northeast of Atlanta, December fourth,
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twenty twenty five, around four forty five PM. James Mann,
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fifty three years old, allegedly took Xanax, then got behind
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the wheel of his Beije Volvo, then proceeded to crash
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into cars in two counties. The chaos started in John's Creek,
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allegedly struck several vehicles, then drove into Duluth, hit more
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cars along the way. At one point, shot over the
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median onto the wrong side of Pleasant Hill Road, nearly
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caused a head on collision with another driver who had
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to swerve at the last second. Police received calls about
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a car driving on the wrong side of the road.
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By the time they arrived, the volvo had finally given
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out too many collisions, crested the edge of a landscaped
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median and came to rest in front of a Popeyes.
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Three drivers were at the scene. One said their car
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had been hit, another said their car had been clipped.
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A third said they barely avoided a head on collision.
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But where was the driver? Witnesses pointed to the Popeyes.
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Body camera footage shows what happened. Next. Officers walked into
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the restaurant. There sat James Man at a table by
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the window, eating chicken, watching the chaos unfold outside. Like
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it was a show. He was sitting in Popeyes the
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entire time, The officer said in the footage, he was
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literally sitting at that table watching everybody. He'd ordered food,
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sat down, watched police examine his destroyed Volvo, watched other
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drivers give statements, just observed his handiwork while eating Louisiana
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style chicken. Eventually, Man walked outside, Police called him over,
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took him into custody. Droopy eyes, slurred speech, no smell
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of alcohol, but a search of the Volvo turned up
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a prescription bottle for one hundred twenty Xanax pills filled
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earlier that same day. Seven pills were unaccounted for. A
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drug recognition expert confirmed Man appeared to be under the
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influence of a central nervous system depressant. Man was taken
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to a hospital, checked for drug and alcohol use, and
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cited for DUI hit and run, reckless driving, and driving
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on the wrong side of the road. Multiple counties, multiple crashes,
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multiple victims, and he sat in Popeyes watching it all
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unfold while eating a two piece combo Make it make sense.
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The body Cavity Express, Palm Coast, Florida, small city about
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sixty miles southeast of Jacksonville. November twenty ninth, twenty twenty five,
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Kaylee Poe, twenty seven years old, ran a red light.
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Deputy pulled her over. She stopped in the intersection had
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to be told to pull forward for safety. Two passengers
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in the car, one of them a two year old child.
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Deputy noticed the driver appeared impaired, slurred speech, watery, bloodshot eyes,
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delayed reaction time, difficulty with divided attention. Asked her to
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exit the vehicle. She had trouble maintaining her balance field
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sobriety tests five out of eight signs of impairment on
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one exercise, three out of four on another, six out
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of six clues of horizontal gaze nastagmus, the voluntary eye
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movement that indicates drug or alcohol use. Poe was arrested
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for DUI. At the jail, she agreed to two breathalyzer tests.
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Both came back with no indication of alcohol. When asked
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to submit to a urine test, she refused, then came intake.
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When instructed to remove her socks, Poe removed them and
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seven and a half yellow rectangular pills fell from her sock.
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The deputy wrote xanax in her sock during booking. But wait,
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there's more. A full search yielded additional Xanax pills concealed
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in her body cavities, wrapped in clear plastic. And here's
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where it gets truly absurd. The deputy reviewed the rear
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prisoner compartment video the camera in the back of the
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patrol car. Poe was recorded removing items from her bra
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and placing them elsewhere, trying to hide the drugs in
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a more private location on camera in a police car
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where cameras are famously located. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley
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summarized it perfectly. First, this woman did something incredibly dangerous
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and stupid by driving under the influence of drugs with
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a young toddler in the car. Then on her way
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to the jail, she thought she would not get caught
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with xanax trying to hide it in body cavities, but
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she got caught and now faces additional felony charges. Poe
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was charged with DUI refusal to submit to DUI testing,
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smuggling controlled substances, possession with intent to sell, and tampering
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with evidence. Posted bond the next day. Court date December
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twenty third, Merry Christmas counselor the attorney in the fentanyl
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Cullman County, Alabama, November twenty fifth, twenty twenty five. This
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one isn't funny. This is dark. Sarah Baker seventy four
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years attorney with extensive experience in criminal defense, divorce, and
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custody law, according to her Facebook page, married to her
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husband for roughly thirty years. Prosecutors alleged she tried to
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kill him three times in September by putting fentanyl in
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his food and drink. The husband had a stroke several
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years ago. Baker was his full time caregiver, the person
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responsible for his well being, the person he trusted completely.
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According to the criminal complaint, Baker started plotting on September first,
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when she met with someone to plan the murder. First
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attempt came September fourth, second on September twelfth, third on
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September twentieth. The husband survived, suffered physical impairment, but lived
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because apparently her dosing was as incompetent as her murder planning.
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Here's where it gets stranger. A woman named Felicia Nicole
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Coefield was indicted in August for tampering with evidence related
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to Baker's case, Cofield allegedly swallowed fentanyl that she believed
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could tie her to the murder attempts. Swallowed fentanyl to
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destroy evidence, the same drug Baker allegedly used to poison
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her husband. And here's the connection. Baker was Cofield's defense
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attorney during criminal proceedings. It's unclear if Cofield was the
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person Baker conspired with to obtain the fentanyl, but the
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relationship raises questions. Check out Baker's Facebook August eleventh, twenty
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twenty five, their twenty ninth anniversary. Twenty nine years of
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marriage to this super guy has been quite a ride,
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she wrote, but through the great times and the bad,
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his smile and sweet spirit have remained. I Love you.