Man dies after eating brother’s “crack” cocaine
WHAT A HEEL: In an incident sure to be featured in an upcoming episode of Spike TV’s “1000 Ways to Die,” after a police officer found thee small bags of cocaine beneath the rear seat of their car during a traffic stop Deangelo Mitchell was concerned that the one ounce of cocaine secreted in his buttocks would be discovered when he and his brother Wayne were booked. So while they were being driven to jail in the back of a North Charleston (SC) Police Department squad car Deangelo (right) implored Wayne to eat the evidence, The Smoking Gun reports:
[Deangelo] Mitchell, who has a lengthy rap sheet, apparently was concerned that he could face life in prison if convicted of a narcotics charge. “I can’t get no more strikes,” he told his brother. …
Soon after ingesting the drug, Wayne Mitchell began convulsing and bleeding from his mouth. Cops noted that “white powder residue” was found on the cruiser’s rear seat. …
Within an hour of ingesting the cocaine, Wayne Mitchell was dead.
Deangelo has been charged with narcotics trafficking and involuntary manslaughter in connection with his brother’s death.
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