To Do: Get Arrested with Fridge Full of Weed

A budding Manhattan pot dealer named Peter Dagostino was arrested last year and police found a refrigerator in his apartment stuffed with 88 pounds of marijuana. They also found a list of specific "dos and don'ts" on how to succeed in the drug business. Apparently, a "don't" he forgot to add to his list was "Don't leave a written outline of your criminal enterprise for police to find." Dagostino also had some helpful advice from a fellow dealer. The New York Post explains:

Authorities also found a two-page letter from a fellow criminal acquaintance - full of juicy tips on how to not get arrested while dealing dope.

"The telephone is poison!" reads one tip by the buddy of Peter Dagostino, a 56-year-old musician and recording-studio owner.

"Leave no prints on the interior of the storage box, any packaging material or any paraphernalia," reads another...

* "Create a deceased benefactor who gave you a 'trust gift' " to hide the drug profits.
* "Have an attorney on file . . . Remember, shut the f - - - up!"
* "Insulate your business from any possible attachment by the law."

Who knew that the drug business could be so collegial? Dagostino was arrested last year, but details of the bust are becoming public since he plead guilty last month. The dealer was a 56-year-old wannabe musician and the head of The Pete Dag Band, a New York bar band. The Post reports that Dagostino had set up a recording studio called D'Place 4 Recording and B-Reel Studio to launder the profits from his drug operation or as a false front for it. He faces 2 1/2 years in jail since pleading guilty to the charges against him.

(Image taken from the New York Post article)

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By Dave Hogarty in News on July 9, 2007 2:25 PM

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SP

"pot dealers do not usually go to maximum security prisons."

that's BS.

ed_Extinct

pot dealers do not usually go to maximum security prisons.

Kojak

If not the greater part of the fridge, than the Veggie Section. Most Fridges can control its humidity in those drawers alone!

SP

So a 56 year old stoner musician is going to jail for 2.5 years alongside killers and rapists, because he was selling pot. Yes, a lot of pot, but still, he wasn't hurting anyone.

As we all know it by now, pot has killed virtually no one, ever, especially as compared to alcohol. And it is not a "gateway" drug as some contend. It's sole negative consequence is that it makes lazy self indulgent people lazier and more self indulgent this is good for the economy by the way). Is that such a mortal sin deserving to be condemned to the same lot as violent sociopaths?

Our drug policy has failed. The most he should face is an IRS audit.

guest

Hey Mr D'Agostino ...

move closer to meeeee.....

guest

where do you keep the munchies?

guest

kojak,

The worst possible place to keep cigars is your fridge. Try a humidor for crying out loud.

guest

nick s you are pathetic!!!!!

guest

cheers #5!

Nick S

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guest

hey havensofmanhattan,

you have to be such a douchebag-slime-lowlife-turd to advertise your shit in the comments section of a blog. i've seen you do this before and it's soooooooo lame.

Nick S

a 56 year old wannabe musician? did this dude used to play bass for takka takka?

guest

Oh for crying out loud, just legalize it already! How does this harm anybody? What a toally ass-backwards country we live in.

Kojak

The Fridge acts like a huge Humidifier. Keeps the good shit fresh and moist for the smoking. You can effectively use it to keep Cigars too.

Hopefully the Cops will pass some of it on to their buddies so its not all wasted. Its a sad, sad day.

Reality Czech

I'd like to know just how the "police found a refrigerator in his apartment stuffed with 88 pounds of marijuana." Details? What'd they ask to borrow a cup of milk?