The director of the state's Alcoholic Beverage Commission, responsible for eradicating cannabis, was found by police to have cannabis at home. They let her slide:
"An unnamed employee of the state's Alcoholic Beverage Commission told local television station WSMV that three police officers discovered the dope at the home of Danielle Elks, the ABC's director, in October.
The commission regulates bar activities, but is also in charge of eradicating marijuana from the state.
The source said nothing happened to Elks, despite the commission's strict policy against even the smallest stashes of grass.
"If that had happened to any of us (ABC employees), we would have been made an example of,” the employee told WSMV. “We would have been in headlines in the papers, the news, and everywhere else."
"It sure appears [to be a cover up\]," the ABC employee said. "It stayed mighty quiet for a long period of time."
Authorities may have ignored the find because it came immediately after the death of Elks' husband.
Joel "Taz" Digregoria, a musician, was killed in a car wreck on Oct. 12.
A state highway patrol officer and two Dickson County deputies were visiting Elks' home to check on her when they spotted a small amount of what they later reported was marijuana on her kitchen table, along with some rolling papers, according to police documents.
Elks was in Memphis at the time, WSMV reported.
An internal investigation was eventually passed to the district attorney general, who declined to press charges.
The unidentified ABC employee told the station he understood the impulse to cut Elks a break, but said it still sent the wrong message.
"We're all sympathetic of her loss, of her husband, I would not wish that upon any person at any time,” the employee said. “It's illegal despite the circumstances behind it."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...nd-abc-official-home-report-article-1.1019045
"An unnamed employee of the state's Alcoholic Beverage Commission told local television station WSMV that three police officers discovered the dope at the home of Danielle Elks, the ABC's director, in October.
The commission regulates bar activities, but is also in charge of eradicating marijuana from the state.
The source said nothing happened to Elks, despite the commission's strict policy against even the smallest stashes of grass.
"If that had happened to any of us (ABC employees), we would have been made an example of,” the employee told WSMV. “We would have been in headlines in the papers, the news, and everywhere else."
"It sure appears [to be a cover up\]," the ABC employee said. "It stayed mighty quiet for a long period of time."
Authorities may have ignored the find because it came immediately after the death of Elks' husband.
Joel "Taz" Digregoria, a musician, was killed in a car wreck on Oct. 12.
A state highway patrol officer and two Dickson County deputies were visiting Elks' home to check on her when they spotted a small amount of what they later reported was marijuana on her kitchen table, along with some rolling papers, according to police documents.
Elks was in Memphis at the time, WSMV reported.
An internal investigation was eventually passed to the district attorney general, who declined to press charges.
The unidentified ABC employee told the station he understood the impulse to cut Elks a break, but said it still sent the wrong message.
"We're all sympathetic of her loss, of her husband, I would not wish that upon any person at any time,” the employee said. “It's illegal despite the circumstances behind it."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...nd-abc-official-home-report-article-1.1019045
