Last week, we reported on the story of various Sheriffs from the state of Alabama, who were caught pocketing over $110,000 in taxpayer money that was allocated for feeding inmates in local county jails. In that story, we quoted a statement that a local landscaper by the name of Matt Qualls gave to AL.com, where he said that he was paid to mow Sheriff Todd Entrekin’s lawn with checks that were originally written out to the county jail food fund.
Just days after his statement was published he was arrested on multiple counts, including trumped-up drug trafficking charges. Police claim they received an “anonymous tip” that a Rainbow City apartment smelled like marijuana. Police came in full-force with a whole team of officers who were able to force themselves into the apartment when one of Quall’s friends opened the door. Once inside, the police found a very small amount of actual marijuana but found of two pounds of marijuana butter, a mixture where other ingredients are responsible for the majority of the weight.
The story that this was just some random occurrence brought on by an “anonymous tip” is unlikely, and it seems like this was a preplanned operation. To make matters even more suspicious, the warrant for the search was signed by Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin, the officer who Quall exposed in his interview the week before. There was a warrant for the apartment where he was caught, as well as his personal address. His relation to the property where he was arrested is not yet clear.
Entrekin is also attempting to make the penalties as steep as possible, going so far as to twist the evidence to bring additional charges against Quall.
Rainbow City Police Capt. John Bryant told AL.com that Qualls was only being charged with second-degree marijuana possession, possessing drug paraphernalia and felony possession of a controlled substance. Bryant said that Quall would not be charged for the full weight of the butter.
“Our guys just charged him with possession. You wouldn’t add the butter with that. It should be just the amount of marijuana … You can’t add the butter, it would just be the marijuana alone,” Bryant said Monday.
However, Entrekin’s task force wants to count the entire weight of the butter towards the charge, which would mean very serious drug trafficking charges that would carry serious jail time, as the full weight of the butter comes out to over two pounds.
Phil Sims, deputy commander of the Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit, told AL.com that the department was bringing additional charges against Qualls, and was considering the stash to be 1,042 grams or just under 2.3 pounds of cannabis.
“Once that marijuana was mixed with the butter then the whole butter becomes marijuana, and that’s what we weighed,” Sims said.
Qualls said that it took them just 14 grams of actual cannabis to make the butter, and police only found a very small amount of cannabis flower in the house. However, due to the weight of the butter, he is now being hit with another paraphernalia charge, another felony possession charge, and a felony drug trafficking charge.
The state of Alabama is notorious for putting people in jail for life over drug trafficking charges so this could be very serious if that charge ends up sticking.
(sources for article are hyperlinked at the site below)
http://themindunleashed.com/2018/02/man-arrested-days-told-media-local-sheriffs-corruption.html
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It will be interesting to see how it turns out, does he have a private lawyer? In some states users should be aware that concentrates and edibles can result in much more serious charges. I don't find it hard to believe that someone who has 2lbs of cannabis butter and a bag of weed and a buddy over was emitting a noticeable smell of cannabis in the apartment building.
the smell can come from how you make the oil you bind to the butter. Or baking with the butter in an oven.
that and smoking weed all day
Since when Is a "Tip" Of Marijuana smell Probable Cause??
For real
The drug is bogus. It's about power and control, not drugs.
Is it true that marijuana mixed with butter will become marijuana all?
This really angers me. This town hasn’t formed a militia and arrested those cops, and they call themselves Americans... only good commies and Alabama.
That’s so messed up. Thats why I don’t like police for the most part, they make me way too anxious.
Very crooked cops. Fucking Alabama. This is some third world banana republic tactics busting your enemies on trumped up charges, they plant drugs on their enemies too.
This is much more worse in central european countries. Any one single asshole working in any idiot state organization is able to discredit you. More worse, most companies and state organizations are working hand in hand. This is organized manipulation of the society thru manipulation of whole database to defame you. You are not even able to realize before getting harmed.
Good reporting! I'll be following!
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I hope he gets a very good attorney! Maybe someone could start a go-fund-me account! Prayers for Matt - Somehow I hope the town can bring the Sheriffs down!
I know I don't have to mention here with this crowd that this is an obvious warning to any who would speak out or speak up against these parasite cowardis corrupted perverts. I wonder how many call to the jail or police station of the arresting officers or the sherrifs office will recieve in reguards to this kids case. What I saw from Adam Kokesh getting arrested is this community can come together in defence of a fellow brother in the fight for TRUTH & liberty. I'll be looking up the story here & finding the phone numbers for each state institutions mentioned above & giving them a piece of my mind.
Its because he is poor. The Mayor of Oakland, CA obstructs justice making law enforcements lives more dangerous and she is not in jail federal crime. I kinda doubt he had any drugs?? BS, I have law members of family they dont just carry throw down weapons? :)
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