The Nation : Florida Arrests 2,100 in Crack Roundup
About 2,100 suspects--from teen-agers to an 82-year-old man--were rounded up in “Operation Rock Pile II” throughout Florida. An estimated 1,200 officers in all of the state’s 67 counties arrested the suspects over 48 hours. The roundup produced 9,507 rocks--individual chunks of crack ready for smoking--as well as 2.73 pounds of cocaine powder, 12.72 pounds of marijuana, 75 firearms, 327 vehicles and more than $70,000 in cash, Broward County sheriff’s spokesman George Crolius said. The raid was a follow-up to the first “Operation Rockpile” in June. In Pompano Beach, Frank Wilcher, 82, was among those arrested. Wilcher, who police said had a substantial amount of crack rocks, cash and several firearms in his house, was charged with trafficking in cocaine, and could face a life sentence if convicted.
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