Republican Illegal Drug Scandals
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Displaying 21 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
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Zack Scrivner [County Supervisor]armed himself with a gun while experiencing what his aunt told police was a psychotic episode and got in a physical altercation with his minor children who wound up stabbing him twice to protect themselves and disarm him and was found to be in possession of thirty firearms and psychedelic mushrooms when police arrived25 Apr 2024
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Sheriff Jimmy Stephens [R-AR]was caught with unprescribed pain killers, smokable marijuana and marijuana butter in his patrol car after the FBI requested that the Arkansas state police pull him over because they had just witnessed him exit a suspected drug house under their surveillance25 Oct 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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City Council Member Matthew Reilly [R-RI]passed out in his car in a parking lot after consuming crack cocaine laced with fentanyl and was later found to have two crack pipes and "white rock-like" substance in his possession when police arrived to check on him after a concerned citizen reported that it looked like he was choking and exhibiting signs of an overdose15 May 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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GOP County Chair Nathan Tabor [R-NC]16 Mar 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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City Council Member Peter Filiberto [R-FL]attempted to flee from police on his motorcycle but wobbled and fell to the ground before he could get away, refused a field sobriety test, was found to be driving on a suspended license and had 10 grams of cocaine hidden in his shoes14 Feb 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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Ronald Andruchuk [2018 RI GOP State Rep. Candidate]recklessly fired multiple firearms from his property that sent his neighbors fleeing for cover from bullets "whizzing" by both them and responding police officers' heads and was later found dressed in a bulletproof vest and tactical gear holding four guns and methamphetamine18 Jan 2023According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Danny Rampey [2022 GOP GA State Rep. Nominee]stole prescription drugs from senior citizens residing in an assisted living community he managed by entering their apartments when they were not home and was caught in the act by police who had been tipped off by residents who reported their missing prescriptions to the authorities16 Dec 2022According to charging documents filed by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office
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Aide Vish Burrawas caught with 2 1/2 pounds of marijuana and 1,000 milligrams of psilocybin (also known as magic mushrooms) stashed in his apartment following a police raid23 Jul 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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Ronald Andruchuk [2018 RI GOP State Rep. Candidate]packed two pistols, three rounds of ammunition and flashlights stuffed with cocaine, amphetamine and oxycodone into a duffel bag and hid it in the drop ceiling of a men’s bathroom inside a local tractor supply store04 Mar 2022According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Idaho GOP Chair Jonathan Parker19 Aug 2021According to an arrest report by the local police
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Gisela Castro Medina [College Republican Chair]recruited five underage girls to have sex with her accomplice Anton Lazzaro who lured her into the scheme by paying her hundreds of dollars for every girl she found and getting her addicted to Adderall which he supplied14 Aug 2021According to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice
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State Rep. Tricia Derges [R-MO]illegally prescribed more than $190k worth of strong narcotics including oxycodone, amphetamines and tramadol to patients without personally examining them first as required by law01 Feb 2021According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Vanessa Tijerina [2016 TX GOP State Sen. Candidate]refused to obey repeated police commands to roll down her window while parked at a local restaurant because they smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside her car and suspected she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was caught with multiple "crack pipes" in her car that her young child was also a passenger in11 Jun 2020According to charging documents filed by local police
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Judge Tim Nolan [R-KY]coerced 12 young women -- all but two of whom were battling a heroin or opioid addiction and were already tangled up in the criminal justice system -- in to having sex with him by supplying them with heroin and threatened to take the drugs away and call the police on them if they rebuffed his sexual demands while also being married04 May 2018He pleaded guilty to human trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison
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Judge Tim Nolan [R-KY]coerced seven underage girls in to performing sex acts with him, supplied them with heroin and other opioids and threatened to take the drugs away and report them to the police if they didn't submit to his sexual demands while also being married04 May 2018He pleaded guilty to human trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison
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State Sen. Ralph Shortey [R-OK]illegally consumed marijuana with a teenage boy he met on Craigslist in a hotel room after he cosponsored a bill that would have made it so people who get caught with even small amounts of marijuana would be charged with a felony instead of a misdemeanor20 Nov 2017According to charging documents by federal officials
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Oklahoma GOP Chair Chad Alexanderhad three grams of cocaine and illicit prescription drugs in his possession when he was pulled over for a routine traffic stop15 May 2014According to charging documents filed by local police
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Federal Judge Jack Tarpley Camp Jr [R]frequently paid to have sex with a stripper he also snorted cocaine and abused prescription opioids with who happened to be a confidential informant while also being married05 Oct 2010According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel [R-SC]19 Jun 2007According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Pastor Ted Haggardroutinely consumed crystal methamphetamine he purchased from a gay prostitute he regularly had sex with01 Nov 2006According to an exclusive report by The Denver Post
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District Attorney Richard Roach [R-TX]routinely stole methamphetamine and other strong narcotics from police evidence lockers and openly injected himself with drugs in front of his office secretary while also being a District Attorney who was a fervent prosecutor of drug offenses who secured very harsh drug sentences26 Jun 2006He pled guilty to multiple felony drug charges and was sentenced to 18 years in prison