Paris Hilton Arrested for Possession of Cocaine

Reality TV star and heiress Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas after Metro police discovered cocaine in her purse. Hilton was in a black Cadillac Escalade with her boyfriend that authorities pulled over after noticing a smell like marijuana coming from the vehicle. Hilton’s boyfriend, Cy Waits, was driving the SUV. During the traffic stop, police searched Hilton purse and found a white, powdery substance that was later determined to be cocaine. Waits was arrested on misdemeanor suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and Hilton on suspicion of felony cocaine possession.

Hilton is no stranger to being arrested: the debutante was recently arrested at a World Cup match in South Africa on suspicion of possession of marijuana and previously pleased no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving. The reckless driving conviction lead to a short jail term, of which Hilton only served a fraction of the 45-day sentence. If found guilty again, experts believe she’s looking at more time in prison.

Colorado Woman Found with 30 Pounds of Cocaine in Vehicle

Forty-year-old Angela Hernandez, of Denver, CO, was stopped by State Trooper after making a sudden, unsafe lane change on Interstate 25. During the stop, a canine partner searched the car and found 29.41 pounds of cocaine in several packages. Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and introduction of contraband. During the booking process, Hernandez was found with a small bag of cocaine in a pack of cigarettes in her possession.

Florida Coast Guard Confiscate $80 Million of Cocaine

The Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma and her Florida crew seized over 5,700 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of roughly $80 million, while patrolling the Caribbean Sea. Five members of a Honduran-flagged fishing boat were arrested and are now scheduled to appear before a federal judge in Miami. If convicted for distribution and possession of narcotics on a vessel, the suspects could be sentenced to as little as 10 years or as much as 30 years in a U.S. prison.

Six Charged with First-Degree Reckless Homicide in Wisconsin Dells

Jason M. Webber’s death could lead to 25-year prison sentences for six co-defendants. Webber, a 28-year-old man from Reedsberg, Wisconsin, died from a drug overdose after being injected several times with cocaine and a mixture of cocaine and heroine within a few hours.

The six facing charges are: Codrill W. Baker, 29 of Milwaukee; Angelique E. Camp, 24, of Reedsberg; Donald A. Cheers, Jr., 52, of Montello; Alicia M. Feinberg, 26, of Wisconsin Dells; Darrell S. McQuay, 28, of Wisconsin Dells; and Laraccus A. Ross, 22, of Wisconsin Dells. In addition to the first-degree reckless homicide charge, the sixe also face charges of felony distribution of cocaine, felony distribution of heroin as party to a crime, felony charges of delivery of cocaine and delivery of heroin, and felony maintaining a drug-trafficking place. McQuay was on probation following a conviction of felony burglary in 2008 and was charged with first-degree reckless homicide by delivery of drugs as party to a crime in another drug overdose death in 2000. However, that case was dismissed in 2001, according to court records. Baker’s previous convictions in three counts of armed robbery with threat of forces as a party to a crime for which he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.