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Jordan Osecki
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: News
Police confiscate record cocaine amount
The Philadelphia Police along with federal law enforcement announced this week the largest seizure of cocaine in city history at 748 pounds, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
A father and son from South Philadelphia, Ricardo McKendrick Sr. and Ricardo McKendrick Jr., were arrested and as much as $800,000 in cocaine was found in their homes in the city and New Jersey. The "street value" of the cocaine is estimated at as much as $28 million.
The McKendricks were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute.
The cocaine was found in seven 55-gallon drums filled with cocaine, a pile of cocaine bricks, and a machine that would cut the cocaine with inert ingredients as well as a hydraulic press that would make one-kilogram bricks.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court clears way for Philadelphia casinos
The state Supreme Court removed all of the oversight that the city had on casino development and lifted many barriers to the casinos to begin construction, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Supreme Court awarded Foxwoods Casino a zoning permit and approvals that the City Council had withheld for almost a year. This ruling came just four months after a similar ruling for the SugarHouse Casino by the court.
The decision means that City Council has lost its leverage and no elected body will regulate the combined $1.3 billion construction for the two casinos.
The Supreme Court ruling does not guarantee a quick start to construction. Four months after SugarHouse got its path to construction cleared, it is still awaiting a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers who are surveying the site for Revolutionary War and American Indian artifacts.
Gun-control advocates not undeterred by another loss
The latest loss for a gun control bill put up against the Pennsylvania Legislature was a lost-and-stolen bill which was shot down this past week, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Philadelphia Police along with federal law enforcement announced this week the largest seizure of cocaine in city history at 748 pounds, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
A father and son from South Philadelphia, Ricardo McKendrick Sr. and Ricardo McKendrick Jr., were arrested and as much as $800,000 in cocaine was found in their homes in the city and New Jersey. The "street value" of the cocaine is estimated at as much as $28 million.
The McKendricks were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute.
The cocaine was found in seven 55-gallon drums filled with cocaine, a pile of cocaine bricks, and a machine that would cut the cocaine with inert ingredients as well as a hydraulic press that would make one-kilogram bricks.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court clears way for Philadelphia casinos
The state Supreme Court removed all of the oversight that the city had on casino development and lifted many barriers to the casinos to begin construction, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Supreme Court awarded Foxwoods Casino a zoning permit and approvals that the City Council had withheld for almost a year. This ruling came just four months after a similar ruling for the SugarHouse Casino by the court.
The decision means that City Council has lost its leverage and no elected body will regulate the combined $1.3 billion construction for the two casinos.
The Supreme Court ruling does not guarantee a quick start to construction. Four months after SugarHouse got its path to construction cleared, it is still awaiting a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers who are surveying the site for Revolutionary War and American Indian artifacts.
Gun-control advocates not undeterred by another loss
The latest loss for a gun control bill put up against the Pennsylvania Legislature was a lost-and-stolen bill which was shot down this past week, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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