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Three Arrested for Possessing 54 lbs of Pot, $7,500 in Cash Across from San Angelo School

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By Yantis Green, May 4, 2018
 

SAN ANGELO, TX -- Three San Angelo residents were arrested late Thursday for possessing between 50 and 2,000 pounds of marijuana allegedly at a house across from Lamar Elementary School.  

Numerous witnesses reported seeing marked and unmarked law enforcement vehicles on School House Rd. across from Lamar and witnessed officers carrying out bags.  

Zzyzx Anglin, Shelda Anglin, and Zzyzx Benjamin Anglin were arrested Thursday and booked into the Tom Green County Jail without bond.  They are charged with possession of greater than 50 lbs but less than 2,000 lbs of marijuana.

We will update this developing story as more accurate information becomes available.   

UPDATED 5/4/2018 11:11 a.m.

(SPD Press Release) On Thursday, May 3, 2018, Detectives with the Department’s Street Crimes Division executed a search warrant at a residence in the 3400 block of School House Road.  

The warrant, issued by Justice of the Peace Eddie Howard, named 18-year-old ZZYZX B. Anglin, Jr. to be in possession of a quantity of marijuana at the residence.  

Anglin and two others, identified as ZZYZX B. Anglin, Sr., 46, and Shelda Anglin, 42, were detained during the search, which yielded the discovery and seizure of approximately fifty-four (54) pounds of Hydroponic Marijuana, approximately $7,500 in US Currency, and packaging consistent with narcotics distribution.  Fifty-four pounds of Hydroponic Marijuana has a street value of approximately $360,000 in US Currency.    

The trio was arrested for Felony 2 Possession of Marijuana and transported to the Tom Green County Jail.  

The Department’s Patrol Division, K-9 Unit, Anti-crime Unit, and Center for Tactical Medicine assisted with yesterday’s operation. 

 

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I find the amount specified to be just a little ambiguous, between 50 and 2000 lbs is quite a spread, leaving me to question the reason behind those two figures. But what really has me scratching my head involves those bizarre first names. ZZYZX?? Anyone know if this has any cryptic meaning?

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The name is an odd spelling, but it was pronounced like "Isaac" (eg. Isaac Newton) but with a z sound at the front and an S sound at the end- ZY-ziks
And is in more places than you might think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California
A 1997 song called "Zzyzx Scarecrow" by the band Stavesacre from their album Absolutes.
A 2003 album called Zzyzx by Zeromancer.
In the 2004 novel by Michael Connelly called The Narrows, Zzyzx Road is where the bodies are buried.
A 2006 suspense film, Zzyzx, was directed by Richard Halpern.
A 2006 rock song called "Zzyzx Rd." by Stone Sour from their album Come What(ever) May.
Zzyzx is the name of an amoral research facility in the 2007 American TV series Kyle XY.
Referenced in the Sci-Fi comedy "The Big Empty" with Jon Favreau.

Zzyzx Road is featured in the 2017 fantasy novel The Road To Roo Inn by Morat.

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The spread of the drug epidemic in our country has no borders and does not discriminate. People from all walks and backgrounds are affected, I think this just goes to show that it's about people's choices in life, not their social or economic status that causes them to be involved in these things. There's been quite a few busts in some pretty upscale neighborhood's throughout San Angelo.

I guess rent and or mortgage costs are of little to no consequence when you are dispensing large quantities of drugs to the one's who are buying. Glad that they got busted... How does that old adage go? If you do the crime you gotta do the time? They will probably get a decent penalty because of the proximity of Lamar even if it is a first offense situation.

I almost have to laugh that they had that much pot and thought they could get away with distributing it without notice in this area... Corner house right across from Lamar. They do say pot impairs judgement. I'm glad I never thought I could get away with being a distributor... God knows I got offers in my time. I never wanted to be accused of "snitching" if I got caught which from my experience was inevitable when you choose that profession.

Zzyzx is a place in California along the Mojave desert described as a bizarre pseudo-town. It is pronounced Zye-Zex.

Possession of more than 50 Lbs. but less than 2,000 Lbs. of Marijuana in Texas even with a first time offense can carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 yrs. state jail and up to 99 yrs. It is a 3rd degree Felony. I guess it depends on how the state wants to proceed... I do believe there are some other alternatives that could be pursued as well.

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Wabo73, Sun, 05/06/2018 - 16:23

Shut up your a moron when this is legal alot of people should be let go out of jail and youll still be a moron

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MjNS, Mon, 05/07/2018 - 14:30

Seriously? Learn to spell and read the Constitution. Pull your head out of your a$$ and have something useful to say. Name calling someone who does not share your opinion just makes you pathetic.

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Wabo73, Wed, 05/09/2018 - 16:18

What did i spell wrong? Moron so i cant express my opinion now oh i see if mine is different then im bad shut up moron #2

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MjNS, Thu, 05/10/2018 - 10:19

How many joints did you smoke before writing with such brilliant spelling and grammar?

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Possessing 4 lbs above a certain sentencing guideline with intent to distribute, all within a drug-free school zone passes my determination of moronic. IF.....and that's a big one for Texas, it does become legal here, I seriously doubt that these idiots will see overturned, or reduced sentences.
At least Mr. Tate understands the proper use of grammar and punctuation. I may disagree with much of what he says, but he does so in a very intelligent and articulate manner.

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JMHO, Fri, 05/04/2018 - 23:43

I happen to know that the woman used to work in some capacity with Child Protective Services, within the last 3 years.

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"Legalized Weed" is still illegal here, who cares if legalizing pot made a difference to the cartel? It doesn't stop it from being a problem.

Let's follow your logic... We could legalize all drugs since the "War On Drugs" could do nothing but be embarrassing for the past 50 yrs. Oh, wow! We shut down the illegal drug revenues of every dealer from Columbia to Afghanistan! What would that really accomplish?

You claim that the war on drugs has done nothing... Maybe it has not affected the "Cartels" the way that "Legalizing It" did but that's not the answer. If we just make drugs "Legal" to undercut the dealers, we still have a problem with "Dope Heads" running around "High" and all that we accomplished is dismantling "Cartels", in actuality, all we will have done is become the cartel ourselves.

I don't want my America to become the new "Pusher" on the worlds "Block".

Drug's have more disadvantages for the user than they do advantages. Very few "Medical" uses doesn't a good thing make.

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I never said we needed to "legalize all drugs". I merely pointed out that legalized weed has put a significant dent in the marijuana production/sales from across the border.

The "War On Drugs" isn't going to curb our nation's appetite for drugs, neither do "Red Ribbon" weeks at schools or "drug free zones". The only tried and true method of shaking up the illegal Mexican drug market was beating them at their own game. Now I'm speaking specifically about MARIJUANA. The riff raff from across the border by no means threw in the towel, after this defeat. Some might have, but most moved onto other means of revenue -- meth, coke, extortion, human trafficking etc.

Mr. Nate, marijuana is not meth...it's not coke or herion. The dope heads you see walking around like zombies, the trash that's hopping our fences and stealing our yard equipment/breaking into cars...this is almost always a tweaker or pill head. Show me a neighborhood that's been turned upside down by marijuana users -- it simply doesn't exist.

"Your America" must not be mine. The biggest and most lethal pushers are doctors. Who's putting "zany bars" in the hands of users? Have you not heard of the epidemic of overdoses on prescription meds? Who's passing out in the streets dying of marijuana?

YOUR AMERICA is littered with addicts, and most of these addicts are at the mercy of big pharm'. Where's the war on that? The FDA has greenlighted countless meds which kill and poison thousands. Does this fact become irrelevant because the poison came from a college educated man in a white coat, rather than some moron in a parking lot?

I won't go into the advantages vs disadvantages of marijuana, as people are better off getting the facts from the horses mouth. Do the research, please.

Listen to any big pharm ad on TV tonight, as they rattle off the 20 things you might experience while treating ONE single ailment. Marijuana has yet to give anyone the bloody stools or abnormalities that much of that FDA approved garbage is giving folks.

I'm also very curious to hear a detailed and specific example, of how marijuana has become a 'problem' to you, personally.

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You're preaching to the choir Lares... Though I could spend hours regaling you with "war" stories, I'll keep it simple. I began being victimized by big pharma at 6 yrs. old. At 17 I decided to call it quits so I've got my share of experience. I may not have been given opiates from "big", but trust me, I was guinea pigged for 11 yrs., I think I am qualified to speak about it regardless of the specific substance being doled out.

I get that you were talking about marijuana specifically, I wrote to emphasize that legalizing it wasn't the answer to the cartel problem. Even you said that the cartels were forced to move other products, blah blah blah.

I justified Marijuana use very much the way that everyone else in America does... Through the comparing of weed to other drugs. If you guys were talking to some dummy who never touched the stuff, then and only then, could your arguments with me hold any weight.

I was "adjudicated" as a 14 yr. old and did a 3 yr. stretch in the Texas Youth Commission which has since gained quiet a facelift. I learned about drugs in jail... When I got out and got my hands on drugs, I became lost in a downward spiral and weed was the least of my worries. It wasn't until I had years of freedom from all this stuff that my mind began to change about it.

Smoking weed is harmful to your lungs obviously, 1 joint has the same tar content of 10 cigarette's. It is also damaging to your brain...
You want to hear how it was a problem for me... I would smoke pot and feel "stupid", it literally makes you dumber. If I were to smoke pot and try to rant on here I would come across like "Wabo73". That is a problem for me.

I agree with my lawmakers in my state and I thank God that weed is not legalized here... That's all we need is people smoking themselves stupid and driving around with slower reaction times from some bud that became legal all of a sudden.

As is the norm, I agree with you at points but using other drugs to justify a little pot smoking isn't one of them. I agree that there are differences between weed heads and a full blown meth head but both of them are paranoid and under the influence of something I don't want my kids around and I'll fight the idea that weed isn't harmful with anyone. Preferably those who aren't stoned, so they can remember the conversation 15 minutes later.

I did every drug that ever got presented to me, I did all the hard stuff, starting at 17... H, coke, meth, pills, drinking and pot... Sometime's OTC med's mixed in with it all... I took 40 pills at once and should be dead in a graveyard cause' my "homies" didn't do jack for me.

I took Ritalin and adderall and a whole host of others from 6 yrs. old, went in and out of institutions and jails until my mid 20's and carried a whole ton of the scars from my life with me until about 2016 when God broke me down.

You can do it, but you don't have any grounds on which to be condescending to me about drugs and big pharma so I'd appreciate it if you respect me for what I've been through. I might be new to speaking about God, and typing things online so I had to learn about "links" and "copy paste" procedure's but I'm not new to the dark things in this life; I don't just share an opinion, I share experience.

I will agree that "big" is an issue in our country, it is an issue that need's to be addressed... I vote for those who view things in a way that agrees with God's perspective on life and I keep myself from being a part of the problem anymore, and that's all I know how to do to solve it, but I am learning still.

I apologize for being rude in my opposition of some of your viewpoints, I'm learning more about socializing as well. I do respect you and I hope that my views don't keep me from being able to relate to and respect others even when I disagree with them.

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Condescending? I didn't aim to be as much, but I do appreciate your honesty, even if it comes off as unnecessarily defensive.

I couldn't disagree with you more though on the premise of you somehow being the better judge of affairs, in respect to drug use, simply because you had an uncontrollable habit. Would I take driving safety advice from someone who had a peppered history of pile ups and head-on collisions?

I hate that marijuana is often lumped into the discussion of addictive/harmful substances to begin with. This almost always leads to someone in the debate assuming that I'm pro EVERYTHING, drug related. Second, those on the anti-weed bandwagon are almost always full of disinformation and the tired FDA sponsored PSA one-liners. Third, I know the ''battered veteran of street drugs'' schtick. The people who have done it all, seen it all and now are the self appointed saviors of the very public they once victimized. Again, your struggle may have been real, and I'm really glad you got through it, but most people who smoke marijuana are not problematic, nor are they shivering in the corner of an empty apartment because they sold everything that wasn't nailed down to support a pot habit.

People are habitual criminals and lowlifes because they're innately defective individuals. Drugs may enhance this behavior in some, but the seeds were sewn long before the first puff or snort

Of course we'll never hear much of the casual smoker, lighting up and relaxing in his den. Why? It's probably because there's nothing newsworthy about a man who comes home from work and lights up a joint before bed. Who's the face of marijuana these days? It's always some group of grubby teens or miscreant who get caught in the process of committing other crimes -- now that's news, and the go-to propaganda we're all supposed to swallow: John Toker's life spiraled out of control after his first joint. Your's will too! BS.

I find many of your statements about marijuana to be unfounded, and some to be completely false and archaic. You seem to have quite the lengthy career of getting yourself into messes, however I wouldn't go as far as to say that drugs were completely to blame for this. The fact that most people who recreationally use marijuana are NOT in trouble with the law further proves this point. Though many 'reformed' ex cons are bursting at the seams with delusions of grandeur and have become mobile self-help seminars incarnate -- I'll pass. If you've spent 1/3 of your life being a pain the society's ass, you're indubitably the furthest qualified to dictate any sort of life lessons or personal philosophies to me.

With that said, I hope you have a great weekend. Always a pleasure.

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I would say that you're wrong Lares, but in doing so I would have to stoop to the level of admitting that something was said in the first place.
You aren't wrong, and you aren't right... You simply, "aren't".

Weed is "Illegal" in the great state of Texas and the people who are recreational users are perpetuating the problems in this Country in an equal amount as any other law breaker, whether they get caught or not.

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There's an old, hilarious propaganda film called "Reefer Madness". The scare tactics of the campaign were employed with much of the same formulaic asininity as they are today, whenever someone has a baseless argument, yet desperately seeks your backing: attribute the subject at hand with every known Evil of the day, and scare the living crap out of your idiot audience by insisting the subject is out for their children.

One of the funniest instances of straw grasping within the anti-pot fervor of the Reefer Madness era, came from then Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Hoover appointed Harry Anslinger, with his assertions that marijuana was a tool of the Mexicans and Blacks, used to seduce unsuspecting WASPY teens into sexual relations and "Satanic" Jazz music.

"Marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others.", asserted Harry.

Those seem like some mighty sour grapes, but I can't help but relish in the vision of a Mr. Anslinger, forced to reluctantly swallow them every time he...came up a bit short with the ladies.

Around 2002'ish, with Bush's "you're either with us or against us" still echoing within the ears of the Nation's vogue patriots, I recall a few PSA's which took a shot in the dark at correlating marijuana usage with supporting terrorism -- courtesy of the same campaign which brought us the kid melting into the sofa and the weed smoking sloth. It was a good try, but a bit of a stretch even for the most concrete of thinkers.

At the beginning of "Reefer Madness", a school principal is trying to drum up some pot shaming sentiment among a group of parents. He's adamant that the kids need "compulsory education" about marijuana. Ironic, as educational materials about marijuana would eventually be the undoing of disingenuous campaigns like this.

It'd be interesting to see a pharmaceutical commercial for medicinal marijuana, free from the prospect of melting children or Osama Bin Laden giggling, every time someone hit a bong.

Side effects include hunger, and the realization that the loudest voices behind prohibition seemingly come from the most ill informed and impressionable people on the planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esfKfTBGadg

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I would love to be an editor for someone... Have thought about it recently, although very different from the work I've done in the past, I'm sure I could edit very well with some practice in the field. I'm actually looking for work right now, maybe I will try even with no degree in the area... Ya never know.

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For some reason, only those who are actively using marijuana, seem to be the one's who have such a problem with it being "illegal". This would make sense after all, because non-users have nothing to "lose", they're not missing out on anything.

Let's say, John Toker gets busted with an ounce of hydro in his car... He was driving along just fine, was completely sober and "BAM", the S.A.P.D. light him up! Now, this is John Toker, he's not a bad guy, he pulls over and lets the officer conduct his stop. Drivers license and insurance... Okay... John, do you know why I pulled you over? John says, no officer... Well, I noticed your license plate light is out and... Why do I detect the odor of Marijuana in your vehicle? John, feeling conviction over the pot in his middle console, sees fit to admit to the officer that he's got an ounce of some primo-ponics with him in the car.

Fast forward, John Toker is in front of Barbara Walthers about to discuss the outcome of his possession charge. Do you think that she's going to listen to rusted out excuses about how John is such a good guy? He could be a saint in every regard and Barbara is still going to hook him up with a fitting penalty for possessing pot, bottom line.

Feeling's don't matter when it comes to the law... Folks can be pro-weed all they want, it doesn't make it legal. Those same folks will be the one's to justify and rationalize how their breaking of the law is somehow different than that of the guy who gets busted with child porn. It may be in contrast to the latter guys crime, but is it somehow not a crime at all, now that the child porn guy comes along? No, the law is there for both offenders, and will punish both if found guilty.

Deflecting from weed's illegality, wouldn't work in a courtroom and it won't work with me. If you are breaking the law, you will get caught eventually and will have to answer whether for speeding on loop 306 or capital murder.

Talk to the judge philosophically like Lares and see if they let you off next time.

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