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13-Year-Old Arrested On Drug Dealing Charges
Wilmington police say boy found with heroin, marijuana and gun
Robin Brown | The News Journal | 01/06/2006

While on a routine patrol Thursday morning, Wilmington police officers Ronald Muniz and Alfred Izquierdo spotted a person behaving suspiciously.

A quick search led to drugs, a gun, cash and the arrest of a 13-year-old boy on heroin, marijuana and weapons charges.

Because of his age, the boy's identity was withheld by police.

Police spokesman Master Sgt. William F. Wells said the boy has been charged with possession of heroin with intent to deliver, marijuana possession, possession of illegal drugs within 300 feet of a public park and possession of a deadly weapon (a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun) while committing a felony.

Police would not give details about the boy's arrest, but experts said adult drug dealers commonly recruit juveniles, knowing their youth can protect them from lengthy prison sentences imposed on adults convicted of the same offenses.

But in this case, Wells said, police believe the boy was acting alone selling drugs.

No statistics were available on how often people his age are arrested on drug or weapons charges.

"We see this from time to time," Wells said, adding that he wouldn't call Thursday's arrest shocking.

"It's unfortunate," he said. "You'd think kids would be in school, learning ... not out on the street learning to sell drugs."

When officers approached the boy in the 300 block of N. Connell St., Wells said, they found he had a cigar filled with marijuana.

When he was put against the police car, police said, they heard what they described as a "heavy metallic noise," which turned out to be the gun.

And when the boy was searched, police said they found he was carrying 31 bags of heroin and $160 in suspected drug money.

The heroin was worth several hundred dollars, Wells said.

The boy lives with his family in the 1400 block of W. Second St., Wells said.

Police said the gun confiscated from the teen was not stolen, and investigators will try to determine if it has been used in other crimes.

The boy was turned over to adult relatives after he was formally charged, Wells said.

Police expect his case to be heard in Family Court.

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InsomniacMG

Maybe if Marijuana was legal, and the government was responsible for it's distribution than thirteen year old kids wouldn't have the option open for them to say **** school, and go and peddle weed. I'm sure the heroin was a natural progression from his dealings and so all of this only equates to another problem derived from prohibition. How blind must the majority of the populous be not to see that.

Cassius

About as blind as a single or pair of parents must be to not know their 13-year-old kid is a drug dealer in possession of a firearm.

Only in America.

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TheNewGuy

Yes, its a proven fact that youths don't commit crimes in other countries...

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king cola

He also had a gun that wasn't even stolen. It probably belonged to someone in his family, but that's actually more of a gun control issue if he managed to get a hold of it.

It would be hard for the parents not to know that he wasn't going to school. When people skip they usually get letters home to let the parents know, they even might contact them by phone if they have one, sometimes they even send a police officer over, etc. They said he acted alone but it's still possible his own parents might have put him up to selling drugs for them. If the parents really didn't know what their kid was doin then they must be blind.

I agree, only in America. Some parents don't know what their kid does, somethin happens and then they find someone else or somethin else to blame for their kids behavior instead of the parents themselves.

 

TheNewGuy

I still don't understand, parents in other countries don't make dumb mistakes with thier kids? I think alot of people in Iraq failed as parents when thier kids became radical extremists that decided to kill people for thier religion. "Honey, didn't I tell you not to synthesize homemade C4 and TNT in the home for suicide bombs? I'm not going to tell you again! And for allah's sake, would you put down that AK-47 before you hurt yourself!?" Parents these days

king cola

I know theres bad parents all over the world and even some good parents might still have a hard time controlling their kids, but i was just referin to problems within our own country. You are right though, other countries have their share of problems too.

"It's unfortunate," he said. "You'd think kids would be in school, learning ... not out on the street learning to sell drugs."

I think it's fair to say that a lot of politicians and parents are blind when they say drugs must remain illegal to keep kids from using them. In stories like this we see that the laws aren't stopping kids from using or selling drugs and instead making them into criminals. The kid didn't go to school and probably doesn't have a legit job. He found his easy way to make quick cash and a lot of it at his age pushing drugs. Kids in this country as well as anywhere else in the world come into contact with drugs at young ages because theres no regulation. A 13 year old kid can't walk into a package store or a bar and get served, but they can go onto the street and find pot, heroin, cocaine, or any other illegal drug. We also don't hear about kids on the street selling alcohol.

oneluv4boognish

Seriously! I could understand not knowing your 13 year old is smoking weed...can't understand how they couldn't know they're dealing. Horrid parenting

Buzzby

It's quite possible that the kid was supporting his family and they knew exactly what was going on. A 13-year-old is going to get a slap on the wrist unless he commits murder.

killer12382

Maybe he was just a rotten kid, a bad apple, an evil seed, a born criminal, an evil step child, son of Sam.
Some people are born without the ability to get along with the rest of the world, hopefully we find these monsters before they do any serious damage.