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June 13, 2011

Nerdiest. Accused meth kingpin. Ever.

John Ingold reports from our new crime blog, The Rap Sheet:

While researching a story about how federal prosecutors handle marijuana crimes, I came across a civil forfeiture case involving perhaps the geekiest accused methamphetamine boss ever.

It seems that the alleged dealer — a Commerce City man named Aaron Castro — had a rather unusual spending habit. According to federal prosecutors’ complaint, Castro dropped thousands of dollars in meth proceeds on … comic books.

(Source: The Denver Post)

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