Inmate Attends Funeral, Returns With Drugs
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 00:00 CST
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A jail inmate allowed to attend a family funeral returned to the jailhouse 12 hours later with a stash of drugs and syringes in his stomach, authorities said.
Joshua Robertson, 30, of Boulder Creek, had been in jail since Oct. 18 on charges of selling and transporting heroin and resisting arrest. Deputies suspected he may have planned a drug run when he asked to attend the funeral, Santa Cruz police Sgt. Steve Carney said.
"We weren't able to communicate our suspicions to the judge" before Robertson was released, Carney said Monday. But detectives got a search warrant, and when Robertson returned Friday night, he was taken to Dominican Hospital for an X-ray.
Laxatives and an enema were used and Robertson "gave them up within five hours," Carney said. Robertson expelled 17 grams of black tar heroin, 20 grams of marijuana and four hypodermic syringes.
Robertson was already facing up to 12 years in state prison, plus two parole violations, according to Assistant District Attorney Thanh Ngo. Officers seized 50 grams of heroin and $1,500 from Robertson when he was arrested in October, investigators said.
Additional drug charges will be filed this week, Carney said.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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