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February 12, 2010

Operation Family Guy takes down alleged N.Y. drug organization

UPDATE (2/16): The DEA office got back to me and said the reason for the silly name? Because most of the suspects were family members. Makes sense.

Giggity giggity! The Drug Enfrorcement Administration's weekly news roundup sent out this morning includes an item noting the arrest of several men in a drug conspiracy investigation called "Operation Family Guy." Eric J. Humphrey, 31, of Amherst, New York, along with Charles M. Humphrey, Jr., 41, James Humphrey, Jr., 35, and John E. Humphrey, 39, all of Buffalo, New York and Anthony Taylor, 48, of Kenmore, New York, are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base. The press release said the investigation was the result of a wiretap.

So why was the case called Operation Family Guy? I don't have a clue, but I have a call in to the New York DEA office and Quahog Mayor Adam West.

Posted by Justin Fenton at 12:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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maybe it is because 4 of the 5 suspects have the same last name duh

Oh Jim, you say that now, after I posted the DEA spokeswoman saying that very thing. -Justin

Posted by: jim | February 16, 2010 5:23 PM

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Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

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