Simon Bland bailed with a condition not to travel as a front-seat passenger in a car and imposed an interim driving ban

Simon Bland was stopped in his Ford Focus automatic twice within the space of three hours for bringing terror to the roads of Teesside on July 7. yesterday begged a judge to ban him from the roads for life for his series of potentially-deadly outings last year.
The second time he was stopped - after colliding with a van in Middlesbrough - police found the 35-year-old slumped at the wheel.
Three weeks later, Bland mounted a kerb and narrowly missed a child on a bike before knocking down a refuse collector and hitting a stationary car.
On November 22, police were called to a Middlesbrough medical centre when staff became concerned about drug-addict Bland's behaviour.
Bland tried to flee the scene in his £5,000 hatchback and drove at pedestrians on the pavement before reversing into the patrol car.
After being arrested, he refused to be interviewed and failed to provide a urine sample to help police discover if he had taken drink or drugs.
Bland pleaded guilty to three charges of dangerous driving when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court - and asked to be locked up immediately.
But Judge Les Spittle yesterday adjourned the case to learn more about the recovering heroin addict's troubled background.
Bland, who told the court he is suffering from hepatitis B and lung cancer, asked the judge to remand him in custody ahead of his next appearance.
He said he would receive better care in the hospital wing of Holme House Prison in Stockton and was in tears as he pleaded with Judge Spittle.
The judge gave Bland bail - with a condition not to travel as a front-seat passenger in a car - and imposed an interim driving ban. Judge Spittle explained that it would be easier to get medical and probation reports if Bland was bailed to his home in Hemlington, Middlesbrough. Bland, of Boscom Gardens, left court in tears and vowing to commit a crime so he would be locked up.

This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine,Gang sentenced Thursday to a total of 50 years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court

Glen Ford Clark (49) and Bimal Puri (50) were found guilty last month and were sentenced each to 15 years in prison for their parts in the smuggling. Jose Ramon Perdomo (49) and Barry Hearn (28) both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 12 and 8 years respectively.
Passing sentence, Judge Hezlett Colgan said: “This was a large and valuable quantity of cocaine, and in my view this was a well-planned enterprise in which each of you played a part.”
Gregor McGill, Head of Serious Organised Crime at RCPO said “I am delighted with the result of this prosecution. This demonstrates what we can achieve when investigators and prosecutors work closely together in the fight against drugs smuggling and the great harm it does to our society.”

Milton Joseph IV,Aaron White,Eddie Sandifer ,Damon Burkhalter were all members of the NOFD until their arrests.

Milton Joseph IV, 25; Aaron White, 24; and Eddie Sandifer III, 22 were all members of the NOFD until their arrests. Additionally, Damon Burkhalter pled guilty to participating to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. He faces up to life in prison, up to $4 million in fines and at least five years of supervision should he be released. White pled guilty to maintaining a crack house on North Derbigny Street and faces a maximum 20 years in prison, $500,000 in fines and no more than three years of supervised release. Sandifer faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and $1 million in fines for conspiracy to distribute heroin. And Joseph could see life in prison and a $4 million fine for his part in a conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of crack and 100 gram or more of heroin.

Perry Redd was convicted of renewed drug charges that were filed against him after he broke a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

Perry Redd was convicted today of renewed drug charges that were filed against him after he broke a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.Redd was convicted of conspiracy to possess crack cocaine, criminal contempt of court, simple possession and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.The jury deliberated for several hours on Friday before returning its verdict in the early afternoon. The case was tried on Chattanooga, where it had been transferred from Knoxville.Sentencing is set for 2 p.m. July 10. Redd now faces the potential of more prison time than the 10 years and three months he originally agreed to.
Redd was indicted as Perry Dawhayne McCreary-Redd but has always gone by the name Perry Redd.He is a one-time armed robber who became a prominent community activist, and was then arrested in 2004 with a loaded handgun and a vial of crack cocaine.Later, he agreed to plead guilty to some charges in exchange for dismissal of others, and was sentenced to 10 years and three months. Part of his plea agreement was that he could appeal the length of his sentence, but would not appeal the conviction of charges.But Redd fired his lawyer and, representing himself, successfully challenged the convictions. He then claimed that the language in the appeals court decision not only overturned his sentence but voided the entire plea agreement.But federal prosecutors prevailed in their position that he had violated his plea agreement, and were free to reopen his case, seek a longer sentence if convicted, and even use as evidence the statements he made to authorities after he signed off on his plea agreement.

Yhans Haughton is charged with possession, dealing in and attempting to export some 7.5 pounds of ganja

Yhans Haughton, 24, auto body repairman of Hampton in Runaway Bay, was offered $250,000 bail with one or two sureties, and ordered to report to the Runaway Bay police Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
He is charged with possession, dealing in and attempting to export some 7.5 pounds of ganja that was found in two secret compartments in a flight pack he had checked in. It is alleged that on March 31, he checked in a flight pack and a Pullman suitcase to board an Air Jamaica flight to Nassau, Bahamas. The flight pack was taken to the boarding gate and searched in his presence.
Eight packages containing vegetable matter resembling ganja were allegedly found. Under caution, he pleaded with the officer to give him a chance.
Defence attorney Adrian Dayes in a bail application told the court that his client got the flight pack to deliver to someone and that Haughton had no knowledge that it contained contraband.
The accused man is scheduled to return to court on May 15. In the meantime, the court is awaiting several statements and the forensic report to complete the case file.

Raja Arshad,Shazad Majid pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs between December 2006 and July last year.

Raja Arshad, 26, who lived there, and Shazad Majid,29, of Westbourne Grove, North Ormesby, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply class A drugs between December 2006 and July last year. They were remanded in custody for sentence later.
Three more men and a woman deny conspiracy with them and also with unknown others, and Mr Makepace said that the issue was whether each of them was a party to it.
On trial are Arshad's father, Mohammed Arshad, 50, and his brother, Murthaza Arshad, 24, both of Oxford Road, his sister, Tabenda Kayani, 25, of Kensington Road, Middlesbrough, and Amin Younis, 31, of Brafferton Road, Middlesbrough.
Mr Makespeace said that some of the items in Oxford Road had the fingerprints of Younis. Raja and Murthaza Arshad both had beds in the attic. Murthaza Arshad was arrested in the attic, and he told officers that there was money in the bedroom.
a detective on foot patrol spotted a nervous woman on a street corner carry out a drug deal with a man in a car.Police then tailed the P-reg Mercedes to an address in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, and a decision was taken to apply for a search warrant.
two hours later, officers raided a house in Oxford Road, Middlesbrough, where they walked in on a family scene of a couple and two young children.
But in the attic they found a bedroom containing a black suitcase which they were told held £2,000 business takings, but the true figure was £5,040 heavily stained with heroin. The attic also gave up £1m worth of heroin with a street value of nearly £2m, the biggest amount discovered in Middlesbrough, and also huge quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine.There were cutting agents used to dilute the drugs, and a vast amount of packaging material, plastic bags, brown paper and scales.
Nearby in Ayresome Street - at a disused shop and garage with a flat above - they found a drugs factory with more packaging, cutting agents and a blender coated with heroin.Peter Makepeace, prosecuting, told the jury about the Oxford Road police raid - he said: "They had every reason to believe that they were about to carry out a routine drug search and uncover some low level street dealer."