ARE GRANDMOTHERS VICTIMS OF NEW METH LAW?Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Attorneys for three grandmothers arrested last month on suspicion of illegally selling crystalized crys·tal·lize also crys·tal·ize v. crys·tal·lized also crys·tal·ized, crys·tal·liz·ing also crys·tal·iz·ing, crys·tal·liz·es also crys·tal·iz·es v.tr. 1. iodine iodine (ī`ədīn, –dĭn) [Gr.,=violet], nonmetallic chemical element; symbol I; at. no. 53; at. wt. 126.9045; m.p. 113.5°C;; b.p. 184.35°C;; sp. gr. 4.93 at 20°C;; valence −1, +1, +3, +5, or +7. from a feed store say the charges are ``a sham False; without substance. A sham Pleading is one that is good in form but is so clearly false in fact that it does not raise any genuine issue. .'' The attorneys say sisters Armitta Granicy, 59, Ramona Beck, 61, and Dorothy Manning, 67, should have never been arrested under a year-old state law that requires stores to obtain identification from customers purchasing crystalized iodine - a component in manufacturing methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. . ``I don't believe it's our clients' duty to police their customers,'' said the women's co-attorney, Alison Bloom. ``These women have no idea what methamphetamine is but what the police are asking them to do is to become another extension of the police department, and that's ridiculous.'' The three, and Granicy's husband Robert, are scheduled to be arraigned in the Lancaster courthouse Friday on misdemeanor charges of failure to obtain and maintain records relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc iodine sales. None of the four has a criminal record, their attorneys said, describing them as ``good, decent, hard-working, God-fearing people.'' The Granicys own Granicy's Feed Store, where undercover officers say they bought more than 21 ounces of crystalized iodine in February in five separate purchases without providing the necessary identification. A 1999 state law requires sellers of crystalized iodine, a common medicine used to treat animal diseases, to get the name, address, a vehicle description and license plate number as well as a drivers license or state identification card number of the buyer. The three women's arrests March 8 were the first under the law. Robert Granicy was not arrested with the women, but was charged later, officials said. Narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. detectives said letters were mailed and hand-delivered to Granicy's and other feed stores to alert them of the new restrictions on iodine sales. ``Despite the arguments, it is, in fact, the law and the reason for the law is that it is an attempt to control these iodine crystals, which are an intergral part of the methamphetamine production process,'' said narcotics detective Lt. Axel Anderson Axel Anderson (born Axel Levy on December 11, 1929) is a German born Puerto Rican actor. Anderson was born to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. In 1936 Anderson's family escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to Paraguay. . |
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