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Alleged Oregon District drug dealer swallows undercover cop’s $20 bill
DAYTON - A 51-year-old alleged drug dealer was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 13, for selling drugs to an undercover cop and then swallowing a $20 bill police used to buy the pills.
Carl L. French approached the undercover cop sitting in a car on East Fifth Street in the Oregon District about 11 p.m., according to a police report.
The undercover cop put down his window and French said, “What’s up? You looking for anything? My name is French,” the report stated.
The officer left, telling French he needed to go to the ATM to get money to buy the drugs, but instead used the time to get other officers in position to make an arrest. He came back and bought $20 worth of Valium pills from French, the report stated.
French kept asking if the undercover cop was police, but made the deal anyway. When officers moved in, French said he didn’t have the $20, the report stated.
Officers noticed French’s speech patterns had changed and realized he put the $20 in his mouth. After repeated requests to spit the wadded up $20 bill out, French swallowed it.
He was taken to Montgomery County Jail on felony charges of tampering with evidence and trafficking in drugs.
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