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Drug Related Crimes Archive
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Blues and Bad Blood: A True Story of Drugs, Music, and A Cold-Blooded Murder by Kathryn Casey (February 2011)
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No CommentsWhen the Texas oil but happened, musician John Vandiver had to do whatever it took to make ends meet for him and his girlfriend Debbie Davis. Unfortunately, his secondary career would lead to their brutal murders. -
Secrets Never Lie: The Death of Sara Tokars: A Southern Tragedy of Money, Murder, and Innocence Betrayed by R. Robin McDonald (June 1998)
Posted on October 31, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Sara Tokars learned too much about her husband's money laundering legal practice, Fred Tokars devised a plan to keep Sara quiet - forever. -
Almost Midnight: An American Story of Murder and Redemption by Michael Cuneo (April 2004)
Posted on May 18, 2011 | 2 CommentsDarrell Mease killed three people, but he believed he would be spared the death penalty, proclaiming God as his law. Would divine intervention save a mass murderer -
Hard Time: Life with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in America’s Toughest Jail by Shaun Attwood (May 2011)
Posted on May 2, 2011 | 11 CommentsBritish-born Shaun Attwood maintained a fraudlent status in America, laundered money through his stock trading career, trafficked in British ectasy which he sold through raves his organized for the purpose of selling drugs, then has the audacity to whine about being in the toughest jail in America? -
My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story by Susan Markowitz with Jenna Glatzer (September 2010)
Posted on October 27, 2010 | 2 CommentsBen Markowitz owed drug money to Jesse James Hollywood. When it was time to pay up, Ben wasn't around. But his 15-year-old half brother, Nick, was and he would pay Ben's debts with his life -
Needle Work by Fred Rosen (March 2009)
Posted on March 17, 2009 | No CommentsLeave it to author Fred Rosen to take a mediocre crime story and turn it into a whole true crime book: Needle Work. -
A Descent Into Hell: The True Story of an Altar Boy, a Cheerleader, and a Twisted Texas Murder by Kathryn Casey
Posted on August 8, 2008 | No CommentsJennifer Cave and Colton Pitonyak enjoyed partying and drugs but on the night of August 17, 2005, it all came to a deadly end.