- Few things bring a husband and wife together faster and bond them more permanently than running a major cocaine distribution ring out of their home. Vicente Esteves, 35, and wife Chantal, 30, of Manalapan, N.J. know what I mean because they created one heck of a coke business out of their palatial estate and built a lavish, luxurious lifestyle off of that business. Their home was described by police as fortress-like and their empire was so large that Chantal actually needed photos to keep track of the more than 100 pairs of Prada shoes that she owned. The couple was arrested Monday on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering following a 14-month investigation. Boy, you know you’re a major player on the drug scene if the cops take more than a year to construct their case against you. They’re scheming, working and busting their humps to infiltrate your operation, turn some of the lower-level members and get enough witnesses and evidence to put you away while you’re busying buying new Prada shoes, electronics, cars, etc. But that’s the sort of thing you can do when your operation earns $1 million a week, I guess. And again, what develops that tight marital bond better than committing multiple felonies together each and every day? Quality time spent together deciding how to use commercial airline flights from Mexico and Colombia into the United States to transport the drugs and other flights from the U.S. to those countries to send money back to investors brings a couple closer, no doubt.
- Would-be burglars, I have a word of advice for you: steer clear of Noah Herron’s house. Two not-so-bright thieves found that out the hard way last Friday night when they attempted to break into Herron’s Green Bay home in the middle of the night. Herron called police at 11:19 p.m. after he heard glass breaking in the lower level of his suburban home and informed police that an unknown number of people had entered the house. But he didn’t just sit back and wait for the police to come help him; Herron was looking to turn someone’s skull into a freaking piñata. While waiting for the burglars to make their way upstairs to the bedroom, Herron unscrewed one of his bedposts and waited for the intruders to come to him. When they did…….WHAM! He crushed one of them in the head with the bedpost, turning the dude’s head into an oversized softball that Herron tagged for a monster home run. He connected with such force that even though the incident occurred late last Friday, the injured intruder remained hospitalized as of Wednesday afternoon. A second burglar was apprehended just outside the home, making it an all-around bad night for these two tools. Sadly, you could see it coming from the start of their amateurish operation. Their first move was to ring Herron’s doorbell at approximately 11:15 p.m. Herron told police he didn’t answer because it was late and he wasn’t expecting guests. What he did do was prepare himself with his trusty bedpost, which turnout out to be a good move. In a statement issued earlier this week, police decided that, “Noah Herron used necessary, reasonable and justifiable force in protecting his life and property. Herron, the victim in this random home invasion, is co-operating with law enforcement.” Stolen property and a vehicle believed taken earlier Friday from another home were found near Herron's home, Gossage said. The two a-holes in custody are suspects in numerous burglaries and home invasions throughout Brown County, according to police, but it looks like they won't be burglarizing any more homes any time soon, thanks to Babe Ruth Herron. What I wouldn’t give to have video of this thing to see on YouTube. Can’t you just see the two burglars, ransacking the first floor when one turns to the other and whispers, “Dude, I got this floor, go upstairs and see what they’ve got up there.” How great would it be to see that moron sneak down the hall to the bedroom, tiptoe inside and…..THWACK! Yet another piece of evidence to support the belief that burglars are not the smartest sect of society, but a damn funny mental picture nonetheless….
- Go ahead and scratch Yucca Mountain in Nevada off your list of family travel destinations unless you plan on going there in the next few years. Future years won't be such a good time to visit Yucca Mountain, what with the W. administration ignoring pleas from environmental groups and activists and going ahead with plans to create a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. The battle over this project has dragged on for years, but administration officials have confirmed that they will be submitting a formal license application to turn Yucca Mountain into a giant wasteland for nuclear refuse. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission now has three years to review the application, with their main concern being whether the project will adversely affect public health and safety as well as the environment. What’s so awesome about this application is that whether it’s approved or rejected, it’s already freaking killing the environment because it contains literally tens of thousands of pages worth of documents, a total of 17 volumes that the NRC will now pore over. The site is 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, meaning that some day you could make your Vegas run to get your gamble and drink on, then make a short hour-and-a-half drive up the road to subject yourself to mass quantities of radiation from nuclear waste, good times! With $6 billion already spent researching the project, it’s hard to imagine any regulatory body that is government-based actually having the kahones to reject this proposal, which would be the right thing to do. The projected completion date for the underground dump site is currently 2020, so you may actually have a little while to go and visit….well, whatever there is to visit at Yucca Mountain.
- Whaddya know, it’s another example of life imitating a fictional TV show. Season 3 of the hit Fox series Prison Break featured an inmate at the SONA correctional facility in Panama who had a luxurious “suite” inside the prison, decked out with a refrigerator, TV, cell phone, fully stocked bedroom, etc. The inmate’s name was Lechero and he even had a stockpile of alcohol in a storage room under his suite. I can’t say that I expected to hear of a real-life inmate in a Central or South American country who had a suite of his own that could rival or better that of Lechero, but that just might be the case. At the Lemos Brito prison located in the northeastern city of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, a drug trafficker who, like Lechero on Prison Break, managed to continue his illicit operations was also living the high life behind bars until guards discovered his ill-gotten gains this week. Gilson Lino da Silva had 280,000 reals (172,000 dollars) of cash stashed under the mattress of the king-sized bed he had in his cell, which was also decked out with two refrigerators, a flat-screen television with DVD player and a personal gym set-up. How prison guards managed to miss all of this before now, I don’t know. I doubt the guy just acquired all of it the day before. Plus, how do you not see people sneaking refrigerators and flat-screen TVs into a cell? This isn't like in The Shawshank Redemption where Morgan Freeman can sneak a tiny rock hammer into Tim Robbins’ cell by concealing it inside of a blanket. These are refrigerator and flat screens, guys. Maybe try to pay at least a little bit of attention to what goes on inside your prison. Something that might help you focus is the fact that two pistols and a hit list on which contained the names of police officers and police chiefs were also found by the guards. Perhaps the idea that this guy is looking to kill several of you might inspire you to keep a closer eye on him. Da Silva, who was serving time for drug, murder and weapons charges on the outside, was an even bigger player on the inside, where he supplemented his narcotics income by organizing illegal gambling sessions and running a loan-shark operation for other prisoners. Rare to find a guy who’s a bigger criminal inside prison than outside of it. Something tells me that when prison officials finish their investigation, they’re going to find a few of their own were complicit in da Silva’s operations, because no way this happens without some inside help. That being said, it’s pretty freaking impressive…..
- I’m like 99 percent sure that this is not the “Patriot Way.” For the New England Patriots, an NFL franchise that has built its reputation on doing things the right way, being classy and first-rate (well, except for the whole Spygate mess) you can’t be too proud of offensive lineman Nick Kaczur and how he’s been spending his offseason. Kaczur was arrested in April for illegal possession of prescription painkillers and in order to receive leniency in his case, he then cooperated with federal agents in a sting of his alleged supplier. According to the alleged dealer's lawyer, a federal affidavit and two sources who had been briefed on the investigation and were speaking on condition of anonymity, Kaczur, 28, wore a wire during three drug buys in southeastern Massachusetts. Following the third of those buys, federal agents arrested the alleged supplier. The drug troubles started for Kaczur when New York State Police arrested him and charged him with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, a misdemeanor, following an April 27 traffic stop on the New York State Thruway. According to the lawyer for the alleged dealer, Kaczur told investigators he had been purchasing hundreds of oxycodone pills from the man since November 2007. If that’s true, then it’s just as scary as the drug arrest because it indicates that this guy has a major addiction to painkillers. The alleged dealer, Daniel Ekasala, was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on three counts of possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute. Kazcur must still think he’s undercover, because he’s denying his involvement in the whole sting operation. “I don't know what you're talking about, bro,” Kaczur said on the front porch of his Attleboro, Mass. home. “I don't know where this is coming from. I don't know what you are talking about.” Ironic, isn't it? A member of the New England Cheat-riots taking part in wearing a wire, listening in on someone’s conversations and then lying about it? Brings back warm, fuzzy memories of Spygate, no? Kaczur may dispute that he was the informant in question, but what is not under dispute is that he was pulled over for speeding in Whitestown, N.Y., on April 27 and police discovered a “small amount of controlled substance for which he did not have a prescription,” a substance identified as the painkiller oxycodone. New York State Police Sergeant Kern Swoboda confirmed that much, although the current disposition of Kaczur's case in New York isn't known. Normally I’d say that a pro franchise would be horrified to learn that one of its players had been buying mass quantities of pain pills from some drug dealer and the Cheat-riots might be, but part of me thinks they have to be mighty proud of one of their guys wearing a wire and engaging in an undercover surveillance op. Heck, head coach Bill Beli-cheat is probably grilling Kaczur as we speak, demanding to know what kind of wire he wore, where the microphone was placed, how the whole setup was powered…..
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