VEHICLE THEFT
• A motorcycle was reported stolen about 5:20 p.m. yesterday from a parking lot of a business on the 1000 block of South Gold Street in Centralia. The owner told police he left it for a short period of time and when he returned it was gone, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS
• A Chehalis woman found to be driving with a suspended license when she was the subject of a traffic stop last night found herself in further trouble as it turned out she was wanted on an outstanding warrant, related to driving with a suspended license, and then it got worse when she got to the jail. During the intake process, when she stood up from a bench, something fell from her shirt to the floor, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The white crystalized substance tested positive for methamphetamine and Veronica L. Valderrama, 51, was booked for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the sheriff’s office.
LOST APPEAL
• The Washington State Court of Appeals rejected a former Randle man’s claim his convictions for second- and third-degree child rape should be reversed. In an opinion issued on Tuesday, the three-member panel ruled that David C. Haviland’s sentence of 340 months should stand. The former longtime Hampton Mill employee was convicted in a bench trial in Lewis County Superior Court in June 2013. The appeals judges disagreed with Haviland’s contention that a bill that amended a statute related to a case was unconstitutional, as well as other issues in his appeal.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, misdemeanor theft … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
it’s a sad world when a person can get thrown in prison with no hard evidence but only on the statement of a wife with a history of lying, even while under oath, and the hearsay of individuals who were under the psychological influence of said person. while I agree with the seriousness of the allegation, I also know that some people find it far to easy to manipulate the system for, purely, vindictive reasons and our court system, therefore, should demand hard evidence, in such cases.
Go read 69.50.401 and all the subsections and it will explain it to you.
From the Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act.
The Controlled Substance Act is the federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain substances is regulated.
All are classified under a Schedule listing starting at Sch. 1.
Meth and many other “hard drugs” are a Sch. II.
Schedule I substances are those that have the following findings:
A.The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
B.The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
C.There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Schedule II substances are those that have the following findings:
A.The drug or other substances have a high potential for abuse
B.The drug or other substances have currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions
C.Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence
Schedule III substances are those that have the following findings:
A.The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II.
B.The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
C.Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence
Schedule IV substances are those that have the following findings:
A.The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III
B.The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States
C.Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III
Schedule V substances are those that have the following findings:
A.The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV
B.The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States
C.Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule IV
It’s a federal term. Look up RCW 69.50.401 for the States definition.
I didn’t know that methamphetamine was a controlled substance. Who’s controlling it, how is it scheduled and more importantly who is scheduling it? I thought that Methamphetamine was illegal, so how does an illegal drug fall under the Uniform CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE Act?