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Pot, Meth, Coke and Pills Found in Traffic Stop

By Chelsea Reinhard, Apr 8, 2014
 

A couple of alleged dope heads with a variety of drugs were busted Monday morning just after 1 a.m., when Officer K. Lane pulled them over for driving without a license plate light in the 1600 block of Shiloh.

When Lane approached the 2012 Toyota car, he detected the smell of burnt or burning marijuana. Lane and his back up, Officer E. McAndrews, asked the occupants to exit the vehicle and conducted a search.

During the search Officer Lane found a container holding pot and a blue pipe coated with resin, as well as several other containers holding seeds and stems. A roach was found on the passenger side floor of the vehicle.

The driver of the vehicle, 23-year-old Melanie Lopez of San Angelo, was also searched and found to have several Cyclobenzaprine and Clonazepam pills and a baggie of cocaine.

The rear passenger, 24-year-old Kord McDaris of Mertzon, was found to have methamphetamine on his person.

A third subject, a 22-year-old from Mertzon, who was riding in the passenger seat, was released from scene.

Lopez was arrested for Possession of Marijuana less than 2 oz., Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Dangerous Drugs and possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

McDaris was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance. 

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I am curious what you think you gain by using derisive name-calling in your reporting? Sure, some people are going to pat you on the back for calling these people "dope heads", but most educated people are just going to wonder why a journalist would need to use that choice of words when reporting. And before someone else says it, I am not protecting these individuals. I just wonder why choosing to call them "alleged dope heads" is better than avoiding the bias and simply stating that numerous individuals were arrested for possession of illegal drugs or something like that? Is this supposed to be a report on the news or an editorial on local drug addicts?

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this is exactly what I am talking about with my comment. calling them "dope heads" does nothing to inform the public and only serves to rile people up against drug addicts. So if we all get riled up against all the evil dope addicts, what good does that do us? Does calling them names or alleged names help convey your message?
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A little "yellow journalism" never hurt anyone. Kris, give me a good reason to NOT get "riled" up over drug addicts? Drug addiction usually goes hand in hand with crimes like robbery, assault and theft -- sometimes worse. These things should rile everyone against trash like this.
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most educated people don't really care, we are just here to get information about our community. km is right about old style journalism, it was supposed to just report the facts and without opinion. this is a new era and a new medium. this is the net. was this calling names? no. but rather just a choice of words used to describe the persons involved. we need more different and new, not the same old boring presentation over and over. thank you sanangelolive.com and ms. schmid.
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