Marion attorney busted for smuggling heroin into federal prison
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—A retired defense attorney from Marion (Williamson County) is being held in the Vigo County, Ind., jail tonight (08.31.10) on charges that he was smuggling dope into the federal prison in Terre Haute.
Probable cause was found Monday to bind Robert Drew, 68, over for trial in Vigo County. He was arrested Saturday, 08.28.10, after police received a tip that he was smuggling dope (reportedly in to a ‘drug kingpin’ incarcerated at the prison) and when they searched Drew, they found almost two ounces of heroin taped to his flabby body.
Drew told investigators that he’d received the dope ‘anonymously’. Not wanting to appear opportunistic, he apparently held on to the dope long enough to receive a phone call which contained instructions about what to do with the heroin. The caller conveniently told Drew that “his family would be harmed” if he didn’t go along with the scheme.
Why he didn’t just call the authorities when the dope came into his possession (by mail, or whether someone just left him a nice package at his office on North Market Street in Marion) remains one of those mysteries only a court is going to be able to sort out.
Whatever the case, apparently Drew decided to make the best of it. He said during his Monday prelim that he concealed the dope in his Mercedes (of course, Mercedes), drove over to Evansville Friday with his wife, and hit Casino Aztar for a night. Then he traveled on to Terre Haute Saturday morning, stopped at a gas station to tape the dope to his body, and tooled on up to the federal pen. Reports indicate that the dope was split into two condoms (of course, condoms) and had a combined weight of 52.1 grams.
Reports indicate that the dope was “to be passed to a specific inmate during visitation,” but did not say who it was. According to our sources, it’s supposedly a “drug kingpin,” many of whom are located in federal pens but have the run of the place, and get along trafficking their dope just fine. Ain’t the U.S. of A prison system grand!?
Anyway, Drew added that this had happened to him before in exactly the same way, with the ‘anonymous’ packages, phone calls, threats, and ultimate delivery of the dope. Reports don’t indicate where he took the dope on other occasions, be it locally or at federal pens around the country. But hey, if he gets a night at the casino out of it, why not!
Incidentally, when Drew was searched at the prison, $12,000 was also found on him. There’s no indication that this was casino winnings, or if he had managed to score a sale of some of the heroin prior to smuggling the rest into the prison.
Authorities are looking to transfer the matter to the federal venue, so it may be a long time before Drew and Associates in Marion gets their snake back…I mean, attorney.
And for those who are asking…no, we haven’t been able to confirm whether or not this Drew is related to the Franklin County Drews, aka Bryan and Melissa, and Bryan’s deceased father John. If anyone knows, feel free to post it here. We have also heard that this guy is a former judge in the First Circuit, but we haven’t been able to confirm that yet, either. Have at it if you know.
More as it develops.
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To the best of my knowledge he is not related to the Bryan Drew family. He was appointed to fill out a judicial term in 1995 and lost his election bid to fill it in 1996.
WHAT?????????? A crooked ATTORNEY? Now who would have guessed that could be.
I just can’t picture in my mind that an Attorney or Judge could be mixed up in the Drug Trade in Southren Illinois.All will be joining Cops in Prisons all over America.
With all of these fine upstanding mucky muckes selling dope and child molesting bdeing arrested, all while Joe Public is in Awe. Should we create a SPEC.Police Force to Police the Police Attorneys and Judges?Oh yes.The already have. They are called the FBI!
He is not related to the Drew’s of Franklin county.
Is anyone claiming kin?
All my sources are saying the same thing: no relation to John/Bryan/Melissa Drew (the latter only by marriage…being dissolved daily, btw.)
Oh well.
Channel 3 News said he also had some pot on him.It was taped to his leg.When i read that the Dope was in condoms made me think…. never mind.LOL!
Agh! I forgot to put that part in.
Yeah, condoms…typical doper thing. Hope he wasn’t allergic to latex…
What a moron!!!
This has been a LONG time coming.
Word around the campfire has always been that Bob was a doper and if I was a betting man I’d say he gives those “anonymous” folks up to the feds to get a reduction when this saga is all played out.
I’d say there are some buttholes slammed tight right now waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Hope the Feds pick it up otherwise WCSD will fumble it like they do pretty much everything else…..they are awesome at giving out seatbelt tickets and harrassing drivers with plate lights out,but that’s pretty much the extent of their abilities.
@Muleskinner. WCSD will have nothing to do with the prosecution or trial of this case, it occurred in Indiana, therefore will be handled in Indiana or federally.
I would say that it will be a Fed Case because it was a Federal Pen that he was smuggling into.
I would imagine that the $12,000 was his pay for delivering the 2 oz of smack. Depending on it’s purity, it would have been “stepped on” or combined with some other substance to make it a larger quantity then sold at a large profit.
This will be a tough rap to beat. He might spend his twilight years in prison himself.
Dennis,can we assume that payoff is about 6 grand per oz.?
Id like to thank DISCLOSURE for there hard work,A lot of people who think they are above the law are comming down.No i,m not saying that DISCLOSURE is responsible for it but they have got a lot of tails between peoples legs by there news paper.GOOD JOB JACK&ANG!
And by the way! Where did you get the pic at?
@Moonrner: We have subscription service to a clipart website, people take pics of things and post them on there.
@try to be nice
I understand all that,but as a former LEO myself I am also quite well aware how the game is played…WCSD WILL be utilized when it comes to those “anonymous” package delivering gremlins….After reading the story in several places I see that it was the FEDs in the first place that gave Vigo county the info for the probable cause stop….Vigo just has him pinched on possession with intent to distribute when the smoke clears….The Feds have it tracked backwards and that trail runs right back to WC….in a LOT of cases the FEDs use local resources to do the majority of the real work,so you see who’s lap it’s going to end up in and that’s why I made the comment that I did….I HOPE the FEDs handle it themselves and stay tight lipped about it in Williamson county….if they do,they’ll more than likely catch their scumbag limit for the day many times over
That’s just my opinion and it’s worth what I’m charging you for it…nothing: )
I wonder how many judges in the second circuit drive mercedes? I know of 3 offhand.
LOL,Was just wandering if you had been in someones home! LOL
@muleskinner, thanks, that makes perfect sense.
Yes it does Mule Skinner.I liked the last part very much.Hopefully it will happen.
I didn’t mean to come off like a smart alleck…I was just basing my comments on past experiences and watching things locally.
I wish Admin wasn’t stretched so thin and could cover Williamson county too…some of these idiots are so crooked over here that they’ll have to screw them into the ground like a corkscrew when they die.
We would dearly love to cover W’son Co, and we are devising a plan of attack on that front. We are expanding operations as we speak. We just need a little more cash flow. We’re working on that too…so bear with us…we have great new info we just received about Bobby Drew, and he has warranted back page this month, maybe top and center. You Williamson Countians are just gonna have to come throng Stanley’s or Graf Ink and buy em there til we get a vendor…but it’s coming, Williamson. We promise.
Also, we need a pic of Mr. Drew if anyone has one and is willing to share…
Drew was doing the same thing way back in 1987 when he would bring Ben Kramer’s ( he was a federal prisioner at WCSD jail at the tme) girl friend (and who knows what else) to the Williamson County Jail for “private” visits. There is a lot more to this story.
So we hear! Don’t give any more away…we’re keeping it for the print version!
Will do.
There is a coffee shop on North Market just north of the Tower Square in Marion called “Latte Java” that would be a good location to sell Disclosures. They have good coffee too!
D!!!
Did you bring back pictures of Washington DC?? We WANT them if you did!
We’ll tool over there tomorrow probably; do you hang out there at Latte Java? We need an outlet over there BADLY.
I sent you some by email but those were taken from a cell phone as I forgot to pack the camera in my haste and absent-mindedness. I have some people who rode the bus also who are supposed to send me some more if they haven’t forgotten. I will let you know if they arrive and forward them to you. I am gonna go by Latte Java in a few minutes while out running errands.
Outstanding…thank you so much!! we may give you a call and do a quick interview, and get your take on the whole thing for a feature.
Sooo, where did he hide the $12,000?? Eww, on second thought, please don’t tell me. I saw some footage of him on the news, it looks like he’s got room in his belly for all kinds of contraband. Word has it that his first wife put off everything to put him through law school and support him, and as soon as he got established he dumped her….classy guy.
Marcia,Marcia,Marcia…lol…sorry. I couldn’t resist!
@admin……is ya’lls pm service working correctly on the website ? just curious, not trying to pester.
Not necessarily…we’ve got issues. Just pm us at the regular email. We got the pic this morning, btw, thanks!!
Just read that Federal charges had been filed in this case.
now thats dedication. He’s taking care of his clients after the trial is over. teehee.
@ try to be nice
That’s good news…Now,all we have to do is sit back and watch ol’ Bob start playing “Let’s make a deal” and see who he gives up here in Bloody Williamson.
He may just give away the low cards or if they really play hard,he may give those ace(holes) up from around here that are a bit higher up the ladder.
Bob represented me for over two years a while back. He went into a courtroom in Wiliamson County with me as I had to swear I didn’t have any Swiss bank accounts and such. Bob was asked how much money I had actually paid him to represent me through three opposing attorneys. He didn’t know so he asked me. I told him $500. He looked at me kinda funny and agreed. After the deposition he told me he could no longer represent me. By that time, I didn’t need him any more. That was ten years ago. I hope I don’t get a bill anytime soon.
There have been some murders recently in Marion, as I’m sure everyone knows. Sad thing is they probably don’t have as much time to do the investigations they need to because they are previously tied up having to investigate the people that are the ones we are supposed to trust in the legal system. Its ridiculous, people amaze me. I hope they let Fort, Martin, & Drew share a cell together. I’m sure conversation won’t get boring between the 3.
Ok…just had friend tell me the whole Drew thing got dropped…any truth to this? They said it was on the news..but I havent seen it. WTF? He was caught in the act…dropped?? Anybody else would be seeing 20+ years…
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