Despite effort to turn life around, past catches up with pot dealer
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009For six years, Adam Slator Blackiston lived in hiding at a seaside paradise in Costa Rica.
After being a marijuana dealer for more than eight years in Virginia Beach, he tried to reverse course, living a clean life and helping authorities in the Central American nation ferret out drug dealers.
He even helped a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Costa Rica, at the same time he was wanted in Norfolk on federal drug charges.
It nearly cost him his life. There were so many attempts made to kill him, he said police there put 16 spotlights on his home and he had to cut the hibiscus hedges around his house for a clear view of would-be assassins.
The DEA here finally caught up with Blackiston and had him extradited last year. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of cultivating and distributing marijuana. A federal judge on Monday sentenced Blackiston to nearly six years in prison. (more…)
