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sells the exact same merchandise
that got Higher Source busted. While
the Emerald was unable to reach Mo
htadi or Harris for comment, Greg
Veralrud, who is Mohtadi’s lawyer,
said what probably attracted federal
interest in his client was the out
standing success of the outfit.
“These guys have always consid
ered themselves legitimate business
people,” Veralrud said, and as such the
two quickly became national distribu
tors for tobacco-related materials.
If people were just buying the
items for tobacco use, business
could have continued. But selling
wares on Web sites such as Ghet
toweb.com opened the doors for a
federal sting operation.
According to a Department of Jus
tice press release from the Western
District of Pennsylvania, where the in
dictments were served, the govern
ment set up a phony business called
Thompson Novelties in Beaver Falls,
Penn., and ordered items from Ghet
toweb and Jerome Baker in Septem
ber and December 2002.
It isn’t clear whether federal
agents told Ghettoweb or Jerome
Baker how they would use the prod
ucts, and a Pittsburgh DOJ
spokesman did not respond to re
peated Emerald interview requests.
“We felt, first of all, that the govern
ment had a good chance of prevailing
in their case,” Veralrud said. “There’s
no question that Harris and Mohtadi
were involved in a business that sold,
among other things, pipes that could
be used to smoke marijuana.”
But so do Midtown Pipe and Tobac
co and numerous other stores. Despite
the dozens of “tobacco use only” signs
posted around the new shop, there’s
no question that a customer could buy
a pipe and use it for marijuana.
Salkind said the store makes it
very clear that products are for to
bacco use only and employs a tactic
of “selling local glass to local people
—no non-locals, no Internet.”
“This (sort of bust) happens every
10 years or so, it seems, in this in
dustry,” he said, adding that the
busts took all the large distributors
out of the picture.
Veralrud agreed.
“What (federal agents) did is
chased it right on up the food chain,
so to speak,” he said.
Because none of the Headhunter
cases have actually gone through tri
al in court yet, it’s unclear whether a
jury would find any glass distributor
or retailer guilty of selling, transport
ing, importing or exporting “drug
paraphernalia.”
Thomas O’Brien, Drug Enforce
ment Administration Seattle field di
vision spokesman, said in a Febru
ary interview with the Emerald that
the way the DEA currently inter
prets federal law, anyone who sells
water pipes or similar products
could be held accountable.
“If these bongs are being used to
inhale controlled substances,
they’re illegal,” O’Brien said.
Veralrud said he didn’t know if the
DEA interpretation was a change
from previous procedure.
Mohtadi and Harris are scheduled
for sentencing Aug. 7. Although the
law provides a total sentence of up
to three years in prison and a fine of
up to #250,000, Veralrud said he
thought his client would probably
be sentenced to about six months,
time that could possibly be served
under house arrest.
Contact the news editor
atbrookreinhard@dailyemerald.com.
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to minors when police broke up a
toga party at Buzbee’s residence
in January.
Buzbee pled guilty to the violation
at his hearing on April 23 and is cur
rently completing a 10-hour diversion
class on the consequences of under
age drinking. He also had to pay a 060
court fee and a $40 class fee, but
Buzbee said he’s relieved to finally be
at the point where he can put this
episode behind him. He added that as
long as he avoids any more alcohol
related offenses, by the end of the
summer the slate will be wiped clean
and his deeds will be completely re
moved from his record.
Contact the senior news reporter
atjenniferbear@dailyemeraid.com.
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