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Deputies score heroin bust at Tyrone Publix

Wed, 05/02/2007 - 1:58pm
By: John Munford

Suspect faces trafficking charges; sold to PTC kid

An Atlanta man was arrested on drug trafficking charges Tuesday afternoon after he sold more than 4 grams of heroin at the Publix shopping center in Tyrone, according to Capt. Mike Pruitt of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department’s Drug Task Force.

The investigation revealed that the suspect was selling drugs to at least one kid in Peachtree City and perhaps more, Pruitt said. The kid, who previously had been arrested by the DTF, agreed to cooperate with deputies in the investigation.

The reason the deal was set up at the Tyrone Publix is because that’s where the kid and the dealer had conducted their transactions before, Pruitt explained.

The suspect was identified as Damian Termaine Nicholson, 34, of 229 Napoleon Drive, Atlanta. Nicholson faces one felony count of trafficking in heroin, which carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.

“We don’t see a lot of heroin down here,” Pruitt said. “It’s unusual.”

Pruitt said the task force is trying to send the message to drug dealers that if they operate in Fayette County, “they will be caught and they will go to prison.”

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Four words pukenputter
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Submitted by highflyer2 on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 11:31am.

Union City and Fulton County, They treated it like "it was just another day in the slums". There IS a law just for this crime....It's called the LEN BIAS LAW. Someone that supplies drugs to another person that dies can be charged with murder. I told Union City Police about this law and they acted like I was crazy. In other words...."to much work for someone that died on drugs". To them it's just another person off the street that they don't have to deal with!


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LEN BIAS LAW
Submitted by pukenputter on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 9:02am.

Even if it has been a while, this recent bust would be reason to contact the AJC and get them to run a story as to WHY the dealer was NOT charged with murder of your son.

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heroin bust
Submitted by thebeaver on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 9:56am.

"The suspect was identified as Damian Termaine Nicholson......"

What a shock

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You would be surprised
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Submitted by highflyer2 on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 7:12am.

You would be surprised of the amount of herion being used on a daily basis here in Fayette County. It was my son's "drug of choice" for many years before he died (or was killed) of an overdose 2 years ago.
In fact the girl that was with him is in the Fayette County Jail now for herion use. The "lady" that sells to most of Fayette County kids is named Josie and has operated out of a house off of Flat Shoals Rd. in Union City for the past 10 years! This is one of the most dangerous durgs EVER and we need to do everything in our power to keep it out!


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Heroin and kids
Submitted by pukenputter on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 9:45am.

I am so sorry about your son and I'm glad they got a dealer. I feel the laws should be stronger against these people. The laws seem to give them more rights than the victim. They are killing these kids the same as if they put a gun to their heads, only a gun might be more merciful. Why doesn't the law treat them as what they are? Murders! and you might as well say they torture their victims till they die. You have done the right thing by putting that woman's name and where she lives in the paper. Now let's see if anybody will do something about it!

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Submitted by pukenputter on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 9:54am.

may I ask WHY? and HOW? she has gotten away with this for so long? Why hasn't someone done something with her before now? Parents of the kids who are being killed should get together and form a group that hounds these dealers till they are arrested or run out of business. You are a better person than I, because if nothing else had shut her down by now, I would be in prison for killing her, and I would sleep well knowing I had saved someone else's child and avenged my own.

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Help for those with opioid addiction
Submitted by NancyB on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 7:43am.

Perhaps this will help some with opioid addictions.

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