Nearly two weeks after a warrant was issued for his arrest on a felony drug charge, Christopher Bruce Halstead, 18, of College Station, was arrested Wednesday.
College Station police went to his home in the 100 block of Meir Lane on June 18 after they were told that Halstead was a marijuana dealer operating out of the home, according to a police report.
After obtaining a search warrant, officers discovered two marijuana plants, 2.7 grams of Ecstasy pills, $520 cash, 4.9 grams of marijuana and several items considered to be paraphernalia used to smoke and sell marijuana, according to the report.
Halstead was released from the College Station jail on the day of his arrest after posting $30,000 bail.
He was charged with manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance, the Ecstasy pills, a second-degree felony punishable by a maximum of 20 years behind bars.
Halstead was also charged with possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor with a maximum punishment of 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:58 PM
Comment Title: Tipster was Sister
The tipster was his sister, who was looking to deflect her parents attention away from recent trouble she had gotten herself into.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 4:47 PM
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Looks like this place is filled with rats and other vermin.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 3:58 PM
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That is the story these little College Station thugs told upon apprehension. Of course, a little interrogation by CSPD and the truth came out - lies. Most of these boys have served their sentences and are now back in business in Bryan and College Station.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 2:40 PM
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I read about CS students being given Drugs by Pusher in Bryan. After the become hooked the force them to sell. We had alot of this going on in bcs in 88-90.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 11:12 AM
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I was at a party in Austin one night that a friend's parents were throwing. I was a 22 year old college student and was just waiting for my buddy to excuse us so we could hit the town. I was making small talk with an attorney who was supposed to be one of the "big lawyers" in Austin. Out of the blue, he pulls a pipe and a bag of weed out of his pocket and asks me if I want a hit. Weed is *everywhere*.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 10:46 AM
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The pharmacutical industry in this country is out of control. I heard a story on the radio back in 2003 that pharmacutical companies were spending twice as much on advertising as on research. I also read that they are responsible for the development of something like 20% of new drugs. Most drugs are created by federal or university research. In the case of federal research, the government sells the rights to the drug to a pharmacutical company, who then sells it to the American people, whose tax money created the drug in the first place. The pharmacutical companies spend a ton of money convincing people that they have some obscure disease and that they should see their doctor to get the cure. My all-time favorite was an anti-anxiety drug ad. It went something like "Are you uncomfortable at parties?" Apparently introversion is now a disease.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 10:45 AM
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My neighbor smokes more than that every week. Oh yeah I live in a $350,000+ neighborhood. I do not use but it does not bother me that he does.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 12:04 AM
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Actually when you look at the lager picture.. There is a drug dealer on every corner of America. Called Wal-Mart, Kroger, Albersons, CVS, Walgreens, HEB, even Target now. We are a country drugged up. We have a CVS and a Walgreens and an HEB on one corner in this town that sells DRUGS! Legal or Illegal. I can walk from Walgreens to Walgreens with out breaking a sweat. That includes the new one on Boonville Road. You think they build so many beace we get a good deal on deodorant and dish-soap? Its the DRUGS! Except they are dealing it legal. Pot is illegal because you can grow it your self and they can't tax it. The other drugs the so called "dangerous" drugs are used by RICH people, not poor people. So who is that? Let's face it America is so drugged up all the time we don't know what to do. While more and more pharmacy's open to keep those drugs pumping into the public. Think about it.
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Sunday, July 05, 2009 10:34 PM
Comment Title: libertarian hallucinations
No, I told you to back up your assertion that the prisons are filled with non-violent drug offenders. You have not even tried. Your stats come from advocate groups who are proponents of legalizing drug use and will only use some of the numbers to tell just enough of the story to try to win a point. No work was done with the stats you provide to explain the previous history, violations of probation or parole, or plea bargains involved in getting that person actually into prison. The simple fact, which you have not disputed, is that to end up in prison for a drug possession case means that you have been given every chance possible and still haven't stopped the behavior. During that time society has paid the price. I read your links, now read mine. It explains how flawed your argument is. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/demand/speakout/10so.htm I actually agree with many libertarian principles, but stupid platforms like drug legalization is why the libertarian party has done so poorly. By the way, that dentist would get paid with money made from stealing you blind. But maybe your new friend would be "non-violent" about it.
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Sunday, July 05, 2009 6:41 PM
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First you tell me to find statistics. I do. Then you tell me my statistics are skewed. They came from the Bureau of Prisons and the American Corrections Association. So apparently stats are the all-important indicator of reality until they disprove your assertions. After that I am to rely on anecdotal experiences. Would I like a meth addict living next door? You know what, the house next door is for sale. I would be shocked if a meth addict shelled out $170k for it. If one did though, there is a dentist down the street who could make a fortune off of reconstructive surgery.
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Sunday, July 05, 2009 3:08 PM
Comment Title: libertarian smoke screen
A quick perusal of the Department of Justice and DEA websites will show how drug proponents at the websites you list skew the numbers and misrepresent the facts to come up with those flawed numbers. But if you don't believe those facts, look at your own anecdotal evidence. Do you know, first hand, of anyone (who has never been in any other trouble) who has been sent to prison for a first time offense of simple drug possession? Chances are, you don't. Neither does anyone else. Again, those that get sent to prison have been given multiple chances in the past and are too stupid or just unable to learn or stop their behavior. They are leeches on society, and most have violent pasts and/or are thieves and buglars. You live in a dream world in which you think because you may be one of those that just smokes weed in your own home, that everyone else in the drug trade is like you. Most aren't able to handle what the drug culture adds to their already tough existence. You are apparently sheltered from it and can handle a little weed without any problems. Congratulations. Too many can't. Invite some people hooked on meth to move in next door and let's see what you have to say about making drugs legal after that.
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Sunday, July 05, 2009 2:05 PM
Comment Title: Follow the Money
Our government allows drugs to be smuggled into the U.S., (the CIA has been charged with cocaine trafficking on numerous occasions) and the DEA fights the competitors. Then once the drugs are here, law enforcement sends users to prison for more big government spending. It's a racket. Too much money is being made to legalize drugs.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:27 PM
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2,293,157 million were behind bars at the end of 2006, and 19.5% of them were drug offenders. As of 2002, 72.1% of the drug offenders in state prisons have only been convicted of drug and/or non-violent offenses. I see no reason that that ratio would have changed significantly from 2002 to 2006, so I am going to set the number of non-violent drug offenders in prison as 2293157 * .195 * .721 = 322,406. Now, according to the American Corrections Association, the cost per prisoner per day is $67.55. So the annual cost to our country to lock up non-violent drug offenders is 322406 * $67.55 * 365.25 (.25 for leap years) = $7,954,606,365.83. I don't consider nearly $8 billion annually to lock up non-violent drug offenders to be a good investment. Oh, I am a home owner and college graduate who is employed full-time and a father. The only illegal substance I have ever even seen is pot. Sorry to bust your stereotype, but you don't seem to have much room in your mind for reality, so that probably won't be a problem. Number of prisoners along with percentage who are drug offenders http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/564/US_jail_prison_population_all_time_high_drug_offenders Nearly three quarters of drug offenders are non-violent http://www.sentencingproject.org/Admin/Documents/publications/inc_federalprison pop.pdf Daily costs of inmates http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/63
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:46 PM
Comment Title: libertarian pipe dream
That is the problem- so many don't stay in their own homes, pay taxes, or keep a job. They are a drain on society, and if you libertarians got your wish, the stigma would be lifted and there would be more sucked into that lifestyle. By the way, please back up your assertion that the prisons are full on non-violent drug offenders. This is another sounding board that libertarians throw out that just isn't true. Again, to actually make it to prison, a person has to have screwed up badly multiple times. Most of them are violent and/or thieves, and it is the drug charge that finally gets them away from the law abiding. The common user who breaks no other laws and doesn't sell drugs does not get sent to prison unless he has been caught so many times and given probation, couseling and rehab so many times that nothing else will work. Next we will hear your argument that legalizing drugs would not increase usage. It's all propoganda by people who just want to get high and will throw out whatever hogwash they think will work to do so. And who the hell do I think I am? I am the person who voted for those who criminalize these substances and doesn't want them legalized. So far, I am still winning. You haven't.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:36 PM
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I think that as long as everyone involved is over 18, all drugs should be legal. If I want to take any substance in my own home and can keep a job and pay my taxes, then who the hell are you to question that? No, this kid will likely never do time, but our prisons are full of non-violent drug offenders, and it is costing us a fortune. This is not about sympathy for him because he is a college kid, this is about the incredible amount of money that we continue to waste trying to dictate to people how to live their lives. In Texas, we have outsourced our prisons to private companies. You can, literally, buy stocks in our prisons owners. Your tax money is going to share holders who profit from this failed war. Drive from Beaumont to Port Arthur some time. Notice all of the prisons. They are in Jefferson County because their State Representative, Mark Stiles, owned Transit Mix, a concrete company, and Transit Mix poured all of the concrete in all of those prisons. Tax payers are being absolutely fleeced by our politicians, and all for nothing. We have more drug users than when Nixon started this war.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:01 PM
Comment Title: Hey libertarian pothead
For somebody to actually be sent to prison for a drug case, the person has to have been caught numerous times in the past. No first timer ever goes to prison. If a person gets sent to prison for a drug charge they are obviously such a societal screw-up that they don't need to be out, anyway. The courts give dopers way too many chances before actually punishing them. A first timer always seems to get probation with drug counseling. Your claim that this kid is facing 20 years, while theoretically true, is just hype. You know that won't happen, but you want to sensationalize it so that you can hopefully evoke sympathy for your cause. Where have you been when it is the black or hispanic kid from west-side that gets caught with crack or powder? X is no different.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 5:52 PM
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I love how any time there is a drug bust made, it is reported in grams. Drug busts are the only part of our society that have gone metric. It is because they do not want you to know how little they found. The 2.7 grams of ecstasy converts to 0.09531 oz. The 4.9 grams of marijuana converts to 0.17297 oz. I have no idea how much ecstasy costs, but marijuana goes for anywhere from $60 to $80 per ounce. Assuming $70 per ounce means that they got $12 worth of pot. This kid is facing up to 20 years of jail for this, and you the taxpayer would pay for his food and medical expenses the entire time plus the salaries of those who guard him. The war on drugs is now 40 years old and a complete and incredibly expensive failure. Enough already!
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:41 PM
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Surely you and the idiot making the Jamie/Betty posts below know why. Simpletons!!!
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:50 AM
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This house was 2-3 blocks from the house where that ex-marine stalker killer the two Aggie siblings.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:16 AM
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NCSA drug using teens and college kids. Oh how nice College Station has become
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Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:30 AM
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Kudos to the tipster. There was another tip-based arrest about a month ago on Jaguar Dr. in Bryan.
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