Comments on: Hoosier Grandmother Arrested for Purchasing Cold Medication

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By: kat

kat — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:42:19 +0000

I feel for this grandma. This happened to me in 2006. I had never even had a traffice ticket let along been arrested for anything. I hope she can get it erased from her record because it has haunted me. I even got turned down at Walmart for a part time job because of this arrest. I wish her luck in fighting it.

By: david

david — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:16:21 +0000

i wish i could be around when the lord brings these sinners to his court.im not talking about grandma either

By: cold med's pappy

cold med's pappy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:38:06 +0000

Let them know what you think !!!!

Vermillion County Prosecutor
P. O. Box 249
Newport, IN. 47966-0249

1st Floor of the Courthouse in Newport Indiana

(800) 340-8155
Ext: 123 Office Manager Mary Lunsford
Ext: 124 Deputy Prosecutor Greg Carter
Ext: 125 Prosecutor Nina Alexander

Local (765) 492-3618
Fax (765) 492-7043

By: Jacques St. Charles

Jacques St. Charles — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:14:57 +0000

Lots of big talk here. When will you slaves in Indiana rebel?

Throw these 2 bastards out. Period.

And the rest of you – when these low life snot balls walk into your stores – refuse to serve them. No groceries. No gas. No nothing!

Make them pariahs in their own town.

Say it’s because you don’t want to blindly break some law.

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By: Ex-methmonster

Ex-methmonster — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:58:48 +0000

These laws are created to arrested people on government fabricated drug charges.
Once the the government deemed it necessary to put a control on the sale of pseudoephedrine laced products,that made these products a controlled substance.
How many controlled substances can be purchased without a prescription?(excluding illegal substances such as coke,meth,herion,ect.)
By stopping the sale of these cold pills containing pseudoephedrine at the pharmacy counter without a prescription,stops the ma & pa manufacturing process thats reaking havoc on these communities.
The government doesn’t want to stop this cycle,just control it.
The prescription law that Oregon currently has reinforces my post.
Their ma & pa meth lab problem is nearly non-existant.

By: OtherDave

OtherDave — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:05:59 +0000

The thing of it, though, is the D.A. and the Sheriff’s office, it’s their job to enforce the law, not decide which ones are stupid and shouldn’t be enforced. Imagine if you call the cops because your spouse is beating you up, but the cop doesn’t do anything because “he thinks that law is stupid”.

Granted, in Nina’s case I wouldn’t be defending it saying “but it gets rid of the Meth addicts”, I would have pursued a different course, whereby purchasing that much pseudoephedrine constitutes probable cause for a search; if they find she’s making crystal meth, then bust her. Make the resale of the drug by a non-pharmacy a misdemeanor, and viola. Folks who want to avoid jail but want a quick buck are properly discouraged (a short jail stint will dissuade you from that nicely), and if you continue to do it, you’re part of the meth dealer’s distro network, and you can go to jail for a lot of time accordingly.

Everybody who needs it gets busted, now wasn’t THAT tough?

By: MJ

MJ — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:35:10 +0000

Prosecutor Nina Alexander & Sheriff Jon Marvel are a SPECIAL kind of STUPID!!! They not only are morons but they are WASTING TAX DOLLARS!!! Are people in Indiana so uneducated that they voted for these idiots? They should be run out of town after being tarred & feathered. THIS IS UNAMERICAN.

By: brian

brian — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:40:28 +0000

Finally, some awareness comes to a whole series of laws, written by our wonderful politians/ lawyers, sponsered by the Bar Assocation, now Vice President Biden, and a whole host of democracrats, feminists and many more who want the Consitution, The Bill of Rights and every other protection afforded us as citizens to go away.
Men are demonized, persecuted and destroyed by the thousands every single day with the new “Domestic Violence Laws”, that all the polititians, Lawyers, Judges etc… uphold (becuase it is making them all very wealthy) as “necessary” since it is a “worthy cause”.
False allegations are brought-up in almost every single divorce now, because it is simple to do, has devistating consiquences, and everyone walks away immune from civil lawsuits etc… since the real criminals (the politians/ lawyers) who sponser the legislation, laws etc… hide behind the cause ” I am going after drugs”, I am going after men who batter women (all things that anyone would agree with), but then violate the very fundamentals of our country, legal system, criminal justice system and completely and utterly destroy perfectly innocent, hard working fathers, grandmothers, children, families etc…
They should all be publically admonished, criminalized and prosecuted for purposly and malicously writting laws that they know break the constitution, the Bill of Rights and all fundamental laws, knowing that it will take many many years and millions of dollars for the laws to be challenged, overturned and deamed illegal, meanwhile we are all the victums.
I hope and pray that the public becomes more aware from stories like this, and organize a revolt against the immoral, illegal, manipulative lying polititians who create these outragous laws to appease feminist groups, polical action committies, lobbyist and the like to “buy” votes for office.
They should all be put into prison, destroy their careers, families, reputation etc… until they wake up and stop the abuse of State Power for political gain.
Victum of malicous prosecution myself! My poor family is the true victum, but the only thing they care about is writting more of these laws, so that they will all take many years and millions to overturn, and the process just keeps continuing.
Bunch of criminals.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:08:29 +0000

Here we go again polticians trying to pass a bill that will help protect every American citizen and help us become a better person. Give me a break!! It’s sad when a prosecutor and local, state, and federal authoritites can’t admit when their’s a problem with one of their laws. Obviously this woman had no idea that she was breaking the law, if she had I’m sure she would not have done it, but instead the prosecutor points out that everyone should know the law and that ignorance is no excuse in this case. I’m waiting for the day when the politicians will pass a law saying that being fat is a crime and that everyone should have read the labels on their food purchases and figured out how many fat grams were in each of those BIG MACS that so many of us have ate. So the next time police are busting down your door and arresting you for breaking the law maybe the prosecutor can say something stupid like, “People should go down to the local hospital and see how many fat babys are being born and the risk that mothers are putting their children in”. Hopefully one day politicians will pass a law saying that being stupid is a crime, if so I know of one prosecutor that should be in jail with the police chief sitting next to her!!!

By: Aunty Nanny

Aunty Nanny — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:07:24 +0000

Randy, your proposal should work, infact I had thought of that myself. However, TPTB have more than likely thought of desparate meth makers getting the whole clan in on the action, and will run by addy and names.

What would or could TPTB do if every hayfever sufferer sent a weeks worth of used snot rags at a time to every legislator who voted in this well meaning but misguided law?

Honestly, why make otherwise honest and law abiding citizens suffer for the crimes of the few who are acting in anti-social ways? Instead of making this stuff a schedule-IV ‘lite’ drug, execute those caught useing it to make meth. Those who use the crap, arrest them. Give them one chance to rehab. If caught again with the shit, execute ‘em!

Sorry for the rant, bad day. I have mold allergies.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:44:09 +0000

So if she went in and bought a box , her husband went in and bought a box, and her daughter went in and bought a box they would have 3 boxes instead of 2 and no laws broken. or does it go by address or name ?

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By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:49:12 +0000

Of course The Agitator’s posters are the only ones on the internet with common sense. Do a google search on this story and you’ll want to blow your brains out after seeing how many people repeat that tired and ridiculous “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” line.

An old woman was arrested for buying cold medicine for her grandchildren. If there are any aliens cruising around out there, I hope they’ll nuke us from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

By: Foobs

Foobs — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:29:26 +0000

I’m a big believer in prosecutorial discretion, but one of the side effects is that sweeping laws can be passed that virtually no one can or will abide by and then the ‘wrong’ people can be arrested. That, after all, is the point (though no one seemed to explain that to Nina).

The drug war is just another example of people being caught in the cycle of what they’re doing not working and the only response that is psychologically available to them is to do more of it. I wish I had more hope, but the only thing that I see that can stop the wave of stupidity is the avalanche of debt…

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:01:07 +0000

#6 Aunty Nanny

Steve and Dave, I’ll go one further; for every law proposed and passed, one existing law has to be recinded. That should weed out a tonne of stupidity quickly.

But, I have no confidence they wouldn’t weed out the few good laws and leave the really bad one. I’m such a pessimist. When I die, planet earth will probably become noticeably brighter. ;)

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By: albatross

albatross — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:02:38 +0000

Probably the cops figured out they were doing something silly almost immediately. But the sheriff still had to come up with some face-saving thing to say about it. You don’t improve your re-election prospects by admitting that your deputies just did something stunningly dumb and pointless.