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New England Patriots Tackle Nick Kaczur

Patriots lineman due in court on drug charge
Boston Globe, 7/22/08

Kaczur was arrested on April 27 when he was stopped for speeding outside Utica, N.Y., and police allegedly found a small amount of oxycodone, the main ingredient in the prescription drug OxyContin. The 315-pound tackle then cooperated with the Drug Enforcement Administration in a sting operation that resulted in the indictment of his alleged drug supplier.

Kaczur was driving 76 miles an hour in a 65-mile-per-hour zone on the New York State Thruway when police pulled him over and discovered a "small amount of controlled substance for which he did not have a prescription," according to New York State Police Sergeant Kern Swoboda. Kaczur was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, which is a misdemeanor.

Kaczur, 28, wore a hidden recording device during three different drug transactions in May at gas stations in Foxborough and North Attleborough and a supermarket parking lot in Sharon, according to federal court documents. At each of the three transactions, Kaczur paid $3,900 in cash to buy 100 OxyContin pills, a potent prescription pain reliever.

You wanted the drugs, you got caught, be a man, eat the misdemeanor.

That being said:

I don't doubt for a minute that a 315 pound NFL tackle needs some pain relief.

How much is a small amount?

Did a small amount necessitate a DEA sting?

Why were the buys for one hundred pills?

Eleven miles over the limit? It must have been a slow day on the NY Thruway.

How did the police discover the narcotics during a routine speeding stop?