Guest Dusty Lipschitz Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 from the nyt: Girl, 11, Sold Heroin for Mother, Police Say By ABBY GOODNOUGH Published: January 7, 2004 MIAMI, Jan. 6 — Law enforcement officials are considering bringing charges against an 11-year-old who they said sold heroin, sometimes in her nightgown, in a serene suburban neighborhood here. The girl took orders from her mother, Alison Lolanda Davis, 36, who was charged with six felonies and two misdemeanors after a police raid on their house around 7 p.m. on Friday, said Charles Blazek, a spokesman for the City of South Miami. For months, surveillance teams watched the girl sell drugs to customers who arrived by car and on foot, Mr. Blazek said. "She did what her mother told her to do," he said of the girl, who has been placed in foster care with her 7-year-old sister. "Whether she knows it's wrong or not, we don't know." Mr. Blazek said officers, who observed the home since receiving a tip in October, had never seen such a young dealer. Undercover officers who bought drugs from the girl two times before obtaining a warrant for the raid were shocked that she was 11, Mr. Blazek said. "Looking at her, one would think she is around 15," he said, adding that she is heavy and tall. "She is bigger than her mother." Mr. Blazek said officials would meet with the Miami-Dade state attorney on Thursday to discuss whether to charge the girl with a crime. Neighbors along the street, in an unincorporated section of Miami-Dade County near the University of Miami campus, said they had often seen the girl playing with other children after school. "She was a very obedient and very nice child," said Troy Davis, 39, who lives across the street from the girl's ramshackle white-and-yellow house, which stands out on a block of neatly kept homes and lawns. "She could not have known what she was doing." The SWAT team that raided the house reported finding at least 10 grams of heroin, 10 Xanax pills, 2 grams of crack cocaine, a rifle and drug paraphernalia. Officers led the girl and her sister out with their heads covered before arresting the mother and searching the house. The children were silent as they were taken away, Mr. Blazek said. Though the girl was arrested and questioned at a juvenile detention center, she and her sister were released to the custody of the State Department of Children and Families on Friday and placed in foster care. Mr. Blazek said that he did not know the girl's school or grade, but that she was wearing a school uniform the first time she sold drugs to undercover police officers. The second time, last week, she wore a blue nightgown, he said. She was wearing that nightgown during the raid, which the SWAT team started by throwing percussion grenades at the house, he added. Mr. Blazek said he did not know the girl's typical customers. A neighbor, Robin Reynolds, said people from other areas arrived to buy crack cocaine. In one undercover purchase, the girl offered the detectives two bags of heroin, Mr. Blazek said. When they asked for a third, she told them that she had to check with her mother and ran into the house. "She then came back with three bags," Mr. Blazek said. In a hearing on Tuesday, the girl's father, Dennis Williams, 40, said he wanted custody of her and her sister. Mr. Williams, a mechanic, was behind in child support payments until recently, said Lourdes Pons, a lawyer for the Department of Children and Families. Mr. Williams has a criminal record, Ms. Pons said, for offenses 15 years ago. She said her agency would investigate Mr. Williams and evaluate the girls' physical and emotional health before making a recommendation on custody. For now, Judge Israel Reyes of Miami-Dade Circuit Court said that Mr. Williams could have supervised visits with his daughters. Ms. Davis is in a county jail pending her arraignment. A spokesman for the Department of Children and Families in Miami, Peter D. Coats, said of the girls: "It's obviously a traumatizing situation for a child to be in. It's my understanding that the children are well at this point." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Whoa thats ghetto. Only in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoink Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 florida crack babies.... - not surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss cheese Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 That's right around where I grew up. Doesnt suprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caL Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 they shouldnt charge the girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss cheese Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I agree with Cal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Further confirms my belief that everyone from Florida is like a character out of that movie Bully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_dowmagik Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 thats pretty fucking sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 rock on, best way to do it, if i had kids, i would have them kill peoplle for me, and buy/sell heroin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 exploitation is fucking atrocious. poor kid. of course, i couldn't help but have the thought that damn...that'd be the babysitting job to get right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DREDZ Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 ...it always buggs me out when I see young girls servin'. Around the way there was this fifteen yr. old shorty selling bud from outta her crib...and for some reason, I found the whole demo kinda strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WebsterUno Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Originally posted by caL they shouldnt charge the girl I agree. poor kid. thats just plain fucked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinchedWaist Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 of course they shouldn't charge her... when your at that age you'll do anything your parents tell you to, even if you know its wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 when your at that age you'll do anything your parents tell you to, tell that to my brother 1. ask girl to go get xxx amount of drugs 2. steal drugs from girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Propaganda Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 The goverment and society is so fucked up that they might charge the little girl. Who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 I'm yo pusha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destroya Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 around here, if you can walk, talk, and count, you can serve the fiends. or at least look out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Originally posted by crackatinnie Whoa thats ghetto. Only in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Originally posted by crackatinnie Whoa thats ghetto. Only in America. yeah, i'm sure there are no children anywhere near the poppy fields of afghanistan, or the cocaine fields of columbia.. ..what about the kids across the world fighting WARS? oh, i guess that's only in 3rd world countries. exploitation of children, and girls, is occuring worldwide. it just takes different forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Damn, they've arrested my wife! And her mother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WebsterUno Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 *believe* ^^^nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk I was reading about South America, and the kids that work in the fields dont see it as selling drugs. Its about making money to live. The people in the villages know whats up, but they do it anyway as a means for survival. Besides, they pick coca leaves, they dont peddle straight up dope on the block! This is more like Mommy needs to support her habit, and put her lil girl on the track. tsk tsk tsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Shoulda primed the girl by telling her to ask the clients if they were cops (I think that's a legitimate way to find out.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HESHIANDET Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 hey baby get in the house, its late! FUCK YOU NIGGA I GOTS KIDS TO FEED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S@T@N Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Originally posted by 26SidedCube Further confirms my belief that everyone from Florida is like a character out of that movie Bully. not true :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caL Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Originally posted by !@#$% columbia ah i hate when people do that to my country, its colombia. columbia is in north carolina and the british one. but anyways, this is florida, and they have a history of charging minors with crimes. but on the other cases the kids killed some one, ie teacher, little girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricitySucks Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 it would have been better if there was no mother involved. just one little 11 year old girl that goes to PRIVATE school, deals drugs, and has a shotgun. thats the wrong person to fuck with. dont talk shit to her at the little lunch table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0rdka0s Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 thats just straigh up dope!!!! id love to get her drunk on some cristal and buy me some shit yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Broke Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 its not right...:nope: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Originally posted by crackatinnie Whoa thats ghetto. Only in America. dunno where you live, but i've seen more than a few young kids sell smack where i grew up. shit, we were getting weed off a 10 year old for a while, but then her dad got locked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 you do what you got to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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