FBI May Investigate High Ranking State Officials Alleged Drug Trafficking.

[pwdgroup]

Breaking News

There is an old saying that says everyone has skeletons in their closet. It appears Kanawha County WV Commission President Kent Carper’s may be starting to talk. According to new allegations, sometime in late November of 1986 while Carper was Charleston’s police chief, he not only fabricated drug related statistics, he also was instrumental in the introduction of crack cocaine onto that cities streets.

Sound totally bizarre?? Authorities thought so until court documents, witness testimony and other records from 1987 appear to corroborate the accusations. Now, some officials are reportedly running for cover as this scandal comes to light.

Why did this happen?? Carper allegedly needed the arrest and conviction of an actual crack cocaine dealer in order to receive federal funding being offered to cities fighting the new found drug epidemic. In a Sept. 5th, 1986 newspaper article, Carper told the local newspaper his officers had yet to find crack cocaine anywhere in Charleston or WV. So, he allegedly did the next best thing and had a drug dealer imported in. Shortly thereafter, presto, a crack cocaine problem. In the end, Carper received his federal funds.

New details show that long time drug dealer Darrell L. Paige of Jacksonville Florida actually made the 1200-mile round trip journey and met with WV undercover officers posing as drug dealers. Paige sold them a $300 sample of the drug with a promise to return with larger supplies for street sales. That sample tested positive as crack according to then Charleston officer Steve Utt, who now works for the DEA.

When Jacksonville Florida DEA agents Jerry Rinehart & John Burns learned of the details behind the police chiefs plot, they quickly shut the operation down. Rinehart, then resident agent in charge of the Florida office immediately called WV authorities and allegedly stated “this will never occur while I am alive.” And, “why would anyone introduce a drug to a city that did not have the problem?” Darrell Paige was later arrested in February of 1987 by Florida authorities for conspiracy to traffic cocaine in relation to the WV case. He received three years in prison. That docket number is 8702767 – Duval County FL.

What officials had not anticipated was Darrell Paige’s associates found out that Charleston WV was “crack free” so they made the trip north and covertly set up a drug network selling their crack cocaine on city streets. Carper resigned as chief in November 1987, just two days after his long-time friend and former Charleston mayor Mike Roark pled guilty to cocaine possession.

Carper, who also is an attorney, former prosecutor and emergency director, is said to have ambitions to be either Governor or run for the U.S. Senate.

The FBI has not commented on the request for them to investigate.

For more information & links go to: http://www.kanawhacountyblog.blogspot.com /

[KharmaTrain]

1. Damn...I Thought This Was About The Boooosh Brothers...

Wasn't there stories that Jebbie and junior were helping move Peruvian marching powder...along with their buddy Ollie North...and kicking back the cash (after taking their cut) to the Contras.

BTW...Kent Carper is not Tom Carper who is the Senator and former Governor of Deleware....no mention of any relationship. This article could easily mislead people in drawing connections between the two...but then that may just be the intention.

[pwdgroup]

5. K Carper not T Carper

Your absolutely right.....

[Ian David]

6. The O.P. should have disclosed that he's the one who paid for that press release.

See this thread:

WV County Commissioner stands-up to ES&S Voting Machines, becomes target of smear campaign
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2953256&mesg_id=2953256

[pwdgroup]

7. Yes Your Right

You are right that the inforation should have been posted with the release. I apologize for that. Nothing intentional. Still does not take away from the facts of what happened.

[Wiley50]

2. Big Difference between a state dept and THE State Dept

My first thoughts were Sibel Edmonds- Grossman- Turkish Heroin

But NO!

Actually sounds more like county official having his sins as a city official drug up for political reasons
as the statute of limitations is clearly long past

Nice try though

[ThomWV]

3. You say that was 1986?

[pwdgroup]

4. 1986

Yes, November of 1986 in Charleston WV....

[scatman]

8. I remember when this happened

I'm also new on the DU, and is one reason I signed up to post my knowledge of what really happened after learning of this original posting by "PWDGroup." I lived in WV when all of this scandal occurred in the 1980's. It happened folks!! Mr Carper first denied the allegations in 1993 when they surfaced. In fact, Carper resigned as the chief of police in 1987 after it happened in 1986. He claimed it was for other reasons. Anyone (hopefully the FBI) will finally put this to rest after all of these years.

There are very credible witness accounts, like three DEA agents (one was the resident agent in charge) and depositions were taken in Jacksonville Florida in 1987 and they elude to the WV plot. A link to that case, and the actual drug dealer is below. You just have to log in (passwords provided)type in his name, (Darrell Paige)click on "felony" and it will be the first felony case that comes up.

Unfortunately, it appears to all be true. Democratic politician or not, this guy Carper needs to be held accountable.

I said my peace, thank you.

Ed


https://showcase.duvalclerk.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx

Log in, username & passwords provided. Name- Darrell Paige

[pwdgroup]

9. Update

FBI will be investigating this case and also WV's "CSI" division which is headed up by the Senate President.