American nurse gets two years for cocaine possession

[evanovitch]

AN American nurse who tried to smuggle four-and-a-half pounds of cocaine to New York in a suit bag, was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison and fined $800,000 when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.

Thirty-nine-year-old Paulette Pryce of Connecticut, who was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport on June 7, was sentenced by Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey when she pleaded guilty to drug charges.

According to police reports, Pryce checked in at the airport and was being searched when the ion scan machine detected the drug in a suit bag she was carrying in her hands.

The bag was also searched and a false compartment was discovered in the bottom of the bag containing narcotic substance. Pryce was then arrested and charged.

Yesterday, Pryce's attorney Anthony Pearson begged the magistrate not to give her the maximum sentence.

However, in addition to the two-year sentence, the nurse was fined $200,000 or six months for possession of cocaine, $250,000 or six months for dealing in cocaine and $350,000 or six months for taking steps to export cocaine.

If the fines are not paid, Pryce will serve a further six months in prison.

[BlueAngel]

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Now you look at that....4.5 lbs of cocaine for what? I don't know what the street value of that would be? I hope they were paying her much to bring it ova yah. Cause if she do 2 jobs in NYC she would be able to cover any hardship she was in. I know nurses who rake in the money for their hard work so I hope she sit down and ponder her foolishness while in prison and ask herself if it was worth it. My people I tell you they never look a the bigger picture of things.

[Q3210]

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Her name sounds Jamaican

[evanovitch]

Re: American nurse gets two years for cocaine possession

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlueAngel</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now you look at that....4.5 lbs of cocaine for what? I don't know what the street value of that would be? I hope they were paying her much to bring it ova yah. Cause if she do 2 jobs in NYC she would be able to cover any hardship she was in. I know nurses who rake in the money for their hard work so I hope she sit down and ponder her foolishness while in prison and ask herself if it was worth it. My people I tell you they never look a the bigger picture of things. </div></div>

she gwine to lose har license if she is a registered nurse...u no suppose fi ha no felony record

[Marielle]

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I can't understand people who do that, surely working 2 jobs or whatever is far preferable than languishing in a jail cell for years and gaining a criminal record??



I just hope she doesn't have any kids at home!

[jamaica_dreamin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Q3210</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Her name sounds Jamaican </div></div>
I said the same thing.

an se how the $$$ might be tempting. But was it worth it?

I once talked to a woman that friends of mine knew. She had spent a few years in jail in Florida for drugs. She said it had been worth it to her. She had a business and a home in Jamaica when she returned.

[SandiF]

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I said the same re the name.

A mix of stupidity, greed and perhaps peer pressure... $$$ should never be so tempting.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jamaica_dreamin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Q3210</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Her name sounds Jamaican </div></div>
I said the same thing.

an se how the $$$ might be tempting. But was it worth it?

I once talked to a woman that friends of mine knew. She had spent a few years in jail in Florida for drugs. She said it had been worth it to her. She had a business and a home in Jamaica when she returned. </div></div>

[jamaica_dreamin]

Re: American nurse gets two years for cocaine possession

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlueAngel</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now you look at that....4.5 lbs of cocaine for what? I don't know what the street value of that would be? I hope they were paying her much to bring it ova yah. Cause if she do 2 jobs in NYC she would be able to cover any hardship she was in. I know nurses who rake in the money for their hard work so I hope she sit down and ponder her foolishness while in prison and ask herself if it was worth it. My people I tell you they never look a the bigger picture of things. </div></div>

You are probably right. I never thought about that.

she gwine to lose har license if she is a registered nurse...u no suppose fi ha no felony record </div></div>

[CyberPhobic]

Re: American nurse gets two years for cocaine possession

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlueAngel</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now you look at that....4.5 lbs of cocaine for what? I don't know what the street value of that would be? I hope they were paying her much to bring it ova yah. Cause if she do 2 jobs in NYC she would be able to cover any hardship she was in. I know nurses who rake in the money for their hard work so I hope she sit down and ponder her foolishness while in prison and ask herself if it was worth it. My people I tell you they never look a the bigger picture of things. </div></div>

she gwine to lose har license if she is a registered nurse...u no suppose fi ha no felony record </div></div>

Dass fah shore! Shi cyaah have nuh felony, hexpresshally wan dat is <span style="text-decoration: line-through">drug </span> pharmaceutically relaytid.