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"Big Brother" winner Adam Jasinski arrested and charged
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admin on 10/23/2009 01:38:00
 
Adam Jasinski's hearing on drug charges, originally scheduled for today, was
postponed to Oct. 30, the Associated Press reported.
Mr. Jasinski, the Big Brother ninth-season winner, was arrested Saturday after
attempting to sell 2,000 pills of oxycodone.
Oxycodone is a Schedule II narcotic analgesic widely used in clinical medicine,
according to the DEA. The opioid analgesic medication is synthesized from opium
derived thebaine. Oral medications commonly prescribed for the relief of
moderate to severe pain contain this active ingredient, wikipedia states.
Jasinski claimed he had used his $500,000 Big Brother winnings to bankroll his
drug trafficking operation.
The 31-year old man, a resident of Delray, Beach , Florida, was arrested after
he flew to Boston and attempted to sell the drugs to an informant who works for
the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Todd Prough, the DEA special agent or witness, says in an affidavit that Mr.
Jasinski had met a local drug dealer who got arrested earlier this month at
Logan International Airport in East Boston, Massachusetts.
The witness set up a drug buy by calling Jasinski on Oct 8, according to the
affidavit. He met with Jasinski on Oct 17 at the airport and drove him to a
location in North Reading.
During the drive, Jasinski showed the informant two plastic bags of many small
blue pills. And when the car stopped, he was arrested by agents waiting for him.
Adam Jasinski was charged on Oct 21 in Massachusetts federal court for
possession of oxycodone pills with intent to distribute in violation of the
federal drug laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release. If
convicted, he will spend a maximum of 20 years in hail and pay $1 million fine.
By David Liu and edting by Rachel Stockton