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DonRedwood

(4,359 posts)
Thu May 16, 2013, 07:35 PM May 2013

Papa John's Employee Delivered Pizzas and Cocaine (For Years!). More Pain for Papa?

Papa John's has taken a beating this year (good) and this can't be good for their image.

Papa John's Delivery Guy Used Pizza as Cover for Cocaine Biz

After selling cocaine to undercover cops at least 19 times over the last two years, a Papa John's delivery guy from Brooklyn was finally arrested this week for trying to unload $27,500 worth of the drug along with a large pizza and a box of Papa's Chicken Poppers.

Prosecutors say 45-year-old Ramon Rodriguez had been using his gig at the Fifth Avenue Papa John's in Sunset Park as a cover for his cocaine dealings, often hiding the stuff in pizza boxes and engaging in handoffs while in uniform.

Undercover officers had apparently been buying drugs from Rodriguez since the fall of 2011, but only arrested him this past Wednesday.

More at: http://gawker.com/papa-johns-delivery-guy-used-pizza-as-cover-for-cocain-507699603

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Papa John's Employee Delivered Pizzas and Cocaine (For Years!). More Pain for Papa? (Original Post) DonRedwood May 2013 OP
The drugs must have been really good Politicalboi May 2013 #1
Lol DonRedwood May 2013 #2
I wonder why it took them so long to arrest Politicalboi May 2013 #3
But, but I thought it was extra parmesan. marmar May 2013 #4
"Hi, I'd like the special pizza with..heh, heh..Cheese, Olives, Kale and Eggplant." BlueJazz May 2013 #5
For that you should be arrested! whistler162 May 2013 #7
That's the only food I could think of that starts with C. O. K. E. BlueJazz May 2013 #8
Keep the drugs and ditch the pizza CBGLuthier May 2013 #6
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
1. The drugs must have been really good
Thu May 16, 2013, 07:38 PM
May 2013

"Undercover officers had apparently been buying drugs from Rodriguez since the fall of 2011, but only arrested him this past Wednesday"

It certainly wasn't the pizza.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
3. I wonder why it took them so long to arrest
Thu May 16, 2013, 07:48 PM
May 2013

One would think one time would do it. How is it fair to charge him with more counts, if they could have stopped him at one. The more sales they made, the more encouragement they gave him.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
8. That's the only food I could think of that starts with C. O. K. E.
Thu May 16, 2013, 08:30 PM
May 2013


PS: I thought of Carrots and Okra but...

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
6. Keep the drugs and ditch the pizza
Thu May 16, 2013, 08:14 PM
May 2013

Papa John's sucks. I would be annoyed if the only way to get my fix involved such an inferior product.

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