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Newsbrief:
Missouri
Man
Takes
Pot
Shots
at
Dope
Chopper
9/13/02
A Missouri National Guard
helicopter on a marijuana eradication mission in the southwest Missouri
Ozarks was brought down by gunfire on September 3. The chopper was
disabled, but the pilot brought it down safely and neither he nor his passengers
were injured.
Missouri police charged Jimmy
Leroy Shriver with twice shooting at the copter as it flew over his property.
A search of his property turned up no drugs, but two stolen shotguns.
He was also charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of
a firearm. He was convicted of possession of a controlled substance
in 1998.
It has not been a good year
for pot choppers in Missouri. Early last month, a Missouri Highway
Patrol helicopter scouting for marijuana crashed near Springfield's Downtown
Airport. The two occupants also escaped serious injury, but the helicopter
was totaled.
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Issue #254, 9/13/02
Conflict Heightening in California Medical Marijuana Battle | Michigan "Treatment Not Jail" Initiative Knocked Off Ballot | Dance Culture Holds Raves Against RAVE Act -- Techno at the Capitol Last Friday | Montana Activists Hold First Drug Policy Summit | Marijuana Reform Party Makes New York Ballot | Pictures of DRCNet StopTheDrugWar.org Merchandise Now Online | John Perry Featured on NY1 News Channel | Urgent: Demand Freedom for the Tulia Victims | Other Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision | Newsbrief: Seattle Marijuana Initiative in Trouble | Newsbrief: Canadian Justice Minister Calls for Marijuana Decriminalization Next Year, Rejects Legalization | Newsbrief: Noelle Bush in Trouble Again | Newsbrief: Afghan Marijuana Trade Back in Business | Newsbrief: Missouri Man Takes Pot Shots at Dope Chopper | Newsbrief: Oregon Drug Task Force Wants Tax Hike to Fund Operations | Newsbrief: Tennessee Drug Task Force Director Fired for Sampling Evidence Stash | Web Scan: WAMM, State on Eradication, Deborah Small, DEA Museum, Canada, California Student Survey, The Onion | The Reformer's Calendar
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