By Michael D. Martin, E.C.P.D.
Retired
About the author...Michael Martin (pictured front row, far right in the
1981 photo) is a retired veteran of 25 years on the Eden City Police
Department, and has penned a number of anecdotal writings recalling his
experiences.
XLII. Operation "Snowball"
One of the best drug operations I have ever been
involved with was "snowball" we brought in a black female SBI
agent and we pared her with a coke-head that we had charges hanging over..he
was her "informant" his story was that this was his
girl...from Greensboro and they were scoring "coke"...
We had a situation on Henry Street where a man
who ran the pool room there was fronting coke to several kids who actually
stood on the streets and hawked cocaine to the traffic. We had complaints
from the good people who lived along Henry Street and we saw much traffic as
people from all over town drove to Henry street to buy cocaine. We started
by stopping and searching cars of mostly white folks who went in there, but
it did not dim the traffic. Then we had an opportunity to employ a cute
little black female SBI agent from a major NC city that today....I will not
name...but she was sharp as a thumbtack...We had a black coke head that
wanted desperately not to go to prison..we made a deal!!! he would take her
around...they would buy coke....this was his girl..she was cool. if he
spilled it, we would kill him...and he believed us....with reason.
They worked Henry Street and bought from all
of the street dealers, except one..then she bought from the owner of the
pool hall and then she bought from the supplier to the man who ran the pool
hall....we had sixty-five warrants to serve at the end of the operation. but
we did not have the little smart-butt....one night, just before the
raids...John Chilton and I were driving thru the area and John asked
"Captain, have you got ten dollars on you? I said
yes...John said..give it to me, I did...we drove onto henry street and
pulled up to our smart assed dealer and John offered the ten dollar bill out
the window to our smart ass...before he thought, he took the ten
spot....there were several little dealers around him....John said thank you
for your information brother.......so all could hear......next morning at
five am we began the roundup.....the smart ass left Eden
quickly and has not been seen again..
Back
to: Funny, Funny Stories From my days at Eden, P.D.