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Baseball player arrested after police find 21 pounds of meth in Cubs bag
2021-03-21
[NYPOST] A minor-league player in the reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
Cubs’ system was busted in Colorado after police discovered 21 pounds of meth and more than a pound of Oxycodone pills in a Cubs duffel bag in his car.
Given what the minor leagues pay, it’s not surprising the kid wanted to supplement his income...
Jesus Camargo Corrales, a 25-year-old Single-A pitcher, was arrested Wednesday in Eagle County, Colorado on four felony drug counts for possession and distribution, according to WGN-Chicago’s website.

Cops pulled over the pitcher, who goes professionally by Jesus Camargo, according to MILB.com, after they witnessed the silver BMW he was driving
...depending on the age of the car, that might have been a hint he was living beyond his baseball income...
drifting across lanes and speeding on Interstate 70.

The car was searched by the Eagle County Sherriff’s office and a K-9 unit discovered the duffel bag under the rear seat, which contained the drugs, as well as several baseball gloves, cleats and $1,000 in cash, according to WGN. Two other people were in the car, but they reportedly faced no charges. He told police he was driving from Arizona to Denver to teach at a baseball clinic.



Posted by:Fred

#5  "¡Eso es para mi uso personal!"
Posted by: Dino McGurque1805   2021-03-21 19:26  

#4  Too bad, the Cubs could have used it.
Posted by: CrankyOldYankee   2021-03-21 10:11  

#3  He only had to do this because minor league players are paid so poorly.

/sarc
Posted by: Woozle Theamble4130   2021-03-21 08:57  

#2  Does this mean Meth Night at the ballpark is cancelled? What to do with 30,000 surplus nose straws?
Posted by: Gomez Angolurt5530   2021-03-21 06:32  

#1  Sweet Jesus!
Posted by: Marilyn Bourbon7858   2021-03-21 00:56  

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