Posted by hustlinhillbilly (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Good job!

Posted by annoyed (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 12:48 p.m.

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Posted by former_itowner (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Good Job on getting the dopers off the street.

Posted by me123 (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 2:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sadly enough, I'm sure there's still a whole lot more out there. But Good Job!

Posted by km1972 (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 2:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

wish they would come to my neighborhood...i've called the ipd and nothing has ever been done...but that's no surprise.

Posted by dtbartender1 (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 3:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

wow mark ubanks who would have thought how sad this kid was arrested years ago went away to a rehab and came out and became a preacher was doing work with the prisons sty. and half way houses and young kids how sad it is that he took a step back i know of his mom and what a heart break this must be for his family hopefully mark will get his life back together and rethink what he has done i will say a prayer for him and his family and for him to find god again ..... great job ipd

Posted by Slick77 (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 3:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Good job!!!! Go Tim, Aaron and team...Keep cleaning up this place. Also, thanks to the community for calling and complaining about the drug activity. None of us should have to put up with drug trafficking in our neighborhoods.

Posted by falinrok (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 5:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

go team go.... but in my opinion the only solution to irontons drug & crime problem would be to line up about 400 doziers side by side all along 52 & push the whole town into the river and start over , just a thought..

Posted by bornandraisedironton (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 5:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

To km1972 - Think about this before you comment. How effective do you think it would be for IPD to send a marked cruiser and try and sit and watch drug deals going down? The dealers simply stop until the cruiser leaves. Instead - next time try getting the info to the proper group. That is exactly what the drug task force does. Call and leave them your information at 534-5830. They do the surveillance and gather info to go to grand jury and get indictments. Then they make the arrests. That is how the system works. I am reasonably sure if you called IPD and tried to tell them info - they would have suggested the same to you. Next time - listen - and follow simple directions -

Posted by billybob (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 7:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Tim Sexton and the Drug Task Force, I did not think you were listening. I was thanking the Lord today that you finally did something about the trafficking that you knew all along was going on. What took you so long? Put them in jail and not just give them a slap on the hand and CSC. Now, how long is it going to take you to get the rest of them? People, if you have drug activity in your neighborhood call the Drug Task Force at 534-5830. You do not have to leave your name. Tell them what is going on and give the license numbers of the cars that frequent those homes. These arrests have restored my faith in law enforcement.

Posted by Shooter (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 7:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Don't do drugs........drugs is bad.........mmMMkay?

Posted by familyof6 (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 9:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

great job, glad your hard work pays off in the long run! Keep cleaning up the trash! Hopefully alot of others will stop selling. LOL.

Posted by Neo (anonymous) on November 7, 2008 at 11:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Great job. Outlaw the selling of alcohol in Ironton too. It all gets you high. People that drink are more likely to commit violent or criminal acts in public or at home.

Posted by irontonnative (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 12:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

shooter thats funny, I know where it comes from and it's good to have a laugh mmMMkay!!

Posted by enigma (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 2:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What a disgrace to our small community. I hope that justice will be served here. This family has had too many slips through the justice system. If Ironton is a community for the people then Mark Eubanks will not see the light of freedom for a while. Good job IPD now prove to the people that justice does exist.

Posted by michaelOH (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 2:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Why don't the dealers realize that here they almost always get caught in the long run.
This town is too small to get away with that, and it almost always happens.
It's usually automatic prison time in the end for the hard stuff.
So sad.

Posted by addictionurse (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 11:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I am very upset to see that someone has posted that "this family has had too many slips". I really don't understand that comment. I know the family very well. They are a good family with a wonderful mother. I don't think it is fair categorize the whole family as having slips. Mark did do very well for a long time. This person that made this comment must not know the family very well. Just with in the past year did he have any problems. Many people don't understand that addiction is a disease. It is just like someone with diabetes or heart disease. If someone doesn't take there medication or follow a diet then the disease goes out of control. If someone has addiction as there disease and does not continue AA/NA meetings or therapy then that disease goes out of control. I beleive with my whole heart than a person needs to be punished for their wrong doings but it needs to be done fairly. Just because one person has done something wrong it doesn't mean the whole family needs to be punished.

Posted by Mistang (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 6:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

HAHAHA... I went to school with half of this list...what losers!!!

Posted by andijw65 (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 9:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thank you (addictionurse) for the comments on the family he does have a wonderful mom and loving sisters.Ive been close to this family since I was in the 2nd grade and (enigma)
the rest of the family hasnt had any slips through the justice system.TRUST ME. As for Mark I hope he can find his way.

Posted by luvinlife (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 9:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It just makes you wonder how and why good people go bad.Addiction, is so hard on everyone involved. This sickness overtakes so many families. Please pray for their recovery and help them overcome this horrible demon. I know how hard it is for all of us. Our system needs harsh recovery and rehab in order to save some of these people. Then there's those who are'nt worth it, they've been so mean and bad all their life,and don't care about others.Please remember, It's not allways the family's fault!This is nothing to be laughing about. Think of all the children who suffer because an adult in their life has made bad choices.We need to work together to rid our town of this huge PROBLEM.

Posted by Neo (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 11:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Apparently nobody noticed the contradiction in my last comment. We live in a community that annually hosts an event that features a mob of motorcycle riders going from bar to bar, driving around drunk and being publicly intoxicated. Many of the comments in this forum are either too harsh on individuals like the ones in this article or not harsh enough on all of the alcohol-related issues...in my opinion.

Posted by familyof6 (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 11:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Neo, I guess you did not learn about prohibition. They tried it once, and it failed. Organized crime grew in the process. Good luck if you think that is the answer. Suppose you would like to ban guns as well.

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 1:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

why is just about everyone trying to cut mark eubanks slack. Saying he was doing good for a long time. Anyone realize that was most likely a big front, becoming a minister or whatever he claimed he was doing. I went to school and socialized with these people all my life and this is not the first time that Eubanks or anderson has been in trouble with the law. I believe everyone should get a second chance because at some point in time everyone has messed up but with these two they clearly have not opened their eyes to or regreted anything they have done!!!

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 1:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

No disrespect addictionurse but in your comment you talk about addiction is a disease which everyone should agree with but their was no indication that Mark was using the drugs he was selling and that is not a addiction it is a bad choice among very many bad choices he has made. again I mean no disrespect!!

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 2:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Mistang, I am sure that somewhere along the lines someone you care about or associated with has done something wrong, now does that make them losers also? And in this case GRIZZLE IS A FIRST TIME OFFENDER, now shouldn't he get some kind of leniacy. I am not saying just a slap on the wrist but he should get a second chance to get his life straight and his prioritys in check!!! but most of the other people has already used up their second and in some cases third and fourth chances. Just think that their famlies should get more respect than a HAHAHA!!!!

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 2:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Neo, I am with you on the banning of alcohol even though i know it will most likely not happen. If everyone would open their eyes to all the harm that alcohol brings to not just the one that is drinking but their families and everyone else. The statistics don't lie!!! Their are so many more deaths or injury or diseases that are alcohol related than most "drugs" combined we are as a nation going to have to rethink our drug programs and slogans. Like " JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS" EXCEPT ALCOHOL BECAUSE HEY, ITS LEGAL!!! ALCOHOL impairs you just as much as some drugs and in A LOT OF CASES EVEN WORSE!!!!!!!!

Posted by km1972 (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 4:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

bornandraisedinironton- as a matter of fact when i called the police station they said thank you and that they would pass the information along to the drug task force..so either the task force didn't look into it or the ipd never reported it...my guess would be the later.

Posted by AlisonMiller (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Alcohol isn't the same thing. I know many, myself included, who only enjoy a drink occasionally with meals and friends. I make my own wine, so I'm not really worried about a "ban" on alcohol, anyway.

I don't know anybody who only shoots up occasionally, though.

Posted by falinrok (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 2:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

the only reason that the rally on the river is even permited is because of the revenue it generates & the decision makers of this county take part in it. its nice to see places like frogtown & the laidback do so well during that weekend but is it worth the message it sends to the young ones that it's ok to get drunk & high and be permitted to do wheelies, burnouts, smoke weed & drink right out in the open on the streets. its a shame a town is so broke that the authorities let such imoralities , public drunkeness & drug use take place. the law here is blinded by the need for cash for the town. to much is permitted. little chicago is long gone. now its little jamaica.

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AlisonMiller, No disrespect but are you really saying that alcohol is not a drug?? Because the last time I looked it is the leading addiction in america!!! And as I said before it is the leading cause of deaths over illegal drugs!! I never said anything about people shooting up occasionally!! So are you saying alcohol does not impair you like other illegal drugs? I myself have drank and did drugs in my young and dumb days and none of the drugs i did affected me more than alcohol!! Their is no way to just snap out of being drunk in a serious situation and i am not saying you can snap out of a high on other drugs but in my experience the only one you could lose your high in a split second when you needed to was marjuana. AGAIN I am not advocating drug use !!! but alcohol statisticaly is the worst drug of all when you factor in all the medical affects it has on the person drinking, the person family, along with innocent people that their lives has been dramatically affected by drunk drivers. It really makes no sense that we have so many laws against drinking and driving but we have bars that people drive to, too get drunk and socialize and then they come out and drive home. if alcohol wasn't considered a drug then why do we have all the laws to go with it??

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 3:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

falinrok, yes it is a real shame that the city officials permit all that you said just for the money. Their our so many other ways to get money and exposure for this town but the city officials and citizens have let this town go so far down that it is going to take a long, long time to get it back to a place that is safe to raise children and so you the public can feel safe walking down the street. I grew up all my life in Ironton, I am only 27 but it has changed so much since I was a kid running around the town without a worry in the world and now this is a town that when you hear the word Ironton you think drugs,murder, and rundown. It is way to small of a town for it to got this bad!!! I truly hope that it can get on the right track but it is going to take a all out effort from everyone to do so!!!

Posted by Neo (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 3:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Posted by familyof6 (anonymous) on November 8, 2008 at 11:50 p.m.

Neo, I guess you did not learn about prohibition. They tried it once, and it failed. Organized crime grew in the process. Good luck if you think that is the answer. Suppose you would like to ban guns as well.
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familyof6, I guess you did not learn about tongue-in-cheek sarcasm in debate. Go back and read about young Ben Franklin. Let's see, they tried prohibition and organized crime grew. We have prohibition of drugs and we have....come on, you know the answer...organized crime. I knew you could get it. With the economic crisis we're in, why are we putting so much money into trying to bust people for pot?

Really, think about it. Alcohol is illegal but certain types of behavior related to it...drunk driving, public intoxication, etc. are all that we worry about. Why not have the same approach to pot? I am not endorsing that people smoke pot, and I also distinguish between that and the hard drugs that make people go so insane that they'd do anything to come up with money for a fix.

I just wanted to see how many of you that are probably popping the top on a cold one right now as you watch the NFL would come in and be hypocritical and call these other people human trash. That's all.

Posted by seasterli_db (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 6:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Great job!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up

Posted by Slick77 (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 7:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Posted by AlisonMiller (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Alcohol isn't the same thing. I know many, myself included, who only enjoy a drink occasionally with meals and friends. I make my own wine, so I'm not really worried about a "ban" on alcohol, anyway.

I don't know anybody who only shoots up occasionally, though.

Wow, Alison...you're comment is so "off" course, I don't even think you realize what you said. Maybe you drank too much of your "homemade" wine....
How many people do you know that just have an occasional drink, at home or socially? The % is way, way lower than those who abuse alcohol. Most everyone starts out with just 1 drink or an occasional drink, but soon finds themselves "masking" their pain and reality. The alcohol then takes over their lives along with affecting family members and loved ones. Alcohol is no small matter, as you said, well I'm not worried about it. Have you ever watched a loved one literally drink themselves to death? Well, I have. Not a pretty sight and not a good outcome. Most of the time the end result is death. Organs fail, the heart becomes weak, the mind is affected, people get killed by drunk drivers. Also like Neo said, 95% of all crimes are committed while drugs or Alcohol is involved or being used. ex..Domestic Violence, child abuse. Alcohol is the #1 drug addiction in our country.
So, when you're grapes are fermenting and while you stomp on them with your bare feet.... remember, your kids are watching their "role model" first hand. Remember, the ole
saying? "Do as I say, not as I do" parents constantly say? Never works!

Posted by Neo (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

And, Alison, come on...shoot up? Did you have to take it to the extreme? I know, er uh knew, a lot of people who roll one up occasionally and they're productive members of society who never get into any trouble. Save the county another million... lay off the weed farmers and sellers :-)

I'll probably be criticized for this next statement, but what the heck. It sure wouldn't be the first time. Those who grow and/or sell pot probably actually bring money into the economy. Of course we cannot legalize it...we can't even decriminalize it. But I do know that at least one county in the US was in the news this election cycle for "officially" making the arresting of those who grow, sell or possess pot the lowest priority for the Sheriff's office.

Now if you think that what I just said is insane, flashback to the prohibition era. Any tolerance of alcohol would have been an outrage to consider then too. Of course, pot was legal for a long time in this country. Really, let's get off the moral pedestal and do the same thing that other county did...make pot the lowest priority for the Sheriff's office. It would save us money and free up space in the jail. These people are not hurting the county any more than those that go out and get stone drunk 5 nights a week...legally.

Posted by Neo (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 8:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

As for people abusing things, Slick, the same could be said of food, cigarettes, prescription drugs, polluted air and water and many other things..not the least of which is stress...like the stress of surviving in the post-Bush apocalyptic economy. Let's just be cool about it and let people kill themselves softly if they want. Anyway, who wants to live forever?

Posted by Slick77 (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 10:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Too tired to even have a comeback on that one Neo...Just when I thought you were making sense on some of your posts! lol :) Good night. Will sleep on this one.

Posted by enigma (anonymous) on November 9, 2008 at 11:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I would like to extend my apologies to "addiction nurse". . . . I am so stupid, I did not know that "DEALING DRUGS" was an illness. Can you reccommend a treatment facility for "DRUG DEALING". I will eagerly await your reccommendation.

Posted by Vil (anonymous) on November 10, 2008 at 2:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Slick77, the #1 drug addiction in this country is caffeine.

To the rest of you alcohol haters...

Alcohol is bad, blah blah blah. Quit trying to push your morals upon others. There's nothing wrong with legally consuming an alcoholic beverage. It becomes illegal when someone impaired gets behind the wheel or someone is impaired and does something stupid.

We could use this train of thinking for multiple things. Knives are handy. Knives help us cut steak, carrots, etc. when used legally. When used to stab someone it is illegal.

Alcohol, like that knife, is not evil or bad. It is the actions of the person consuming the alcohol and using the knife that determines if something bad or illegal happens or not.

Posted by familyof6 (anonymous) on November 10, 2008 at 7:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

good one vil

Posted by Moreta (anonymous) on November 10, 2008 at 12:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Any drug ( and some things not drugs) can be abused.

Posted by AlisonMiller (anonymous) on November 10, 2008 at 5:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Amen Vil and Moreta.

Yeah, Neo, I'm always, usually, a little off the top. But seriously, you know?

Slick--I must hang with a different crowd than you. I know many who are capable of enjoying a beer or a wine with their meals. There are actually entire nations of them, but we wouldn't be concerned about those nasty, European types. Oh wait, Americans do that too.

And what the heck with the "do as I say, not as I do?" I'm not an alky, nor are my parents and grandparents. I, and they, have good jobs. They're the ones who gave me my recipes.

I don't stomp grapes--I use the organic, frozen concentrated grape juice. No preservatives.

Posted by AlisonMiller (anonymous) on November 10, 2008 at 5:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's called personal responsibility. I'm supposed to live my life in a certain way b/c people made mistakes when they were a kid?

Put the morons who are driving drunk in jail for a year. Give them special license plates. Charge them a fortune to drive their cars. I don't drive drunk and I don't get drunk, so leave my way of life alone.

Posted by Noesis (anonymous) on November 11, 2008 at 6:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Slick... don't even try touching my peach brandy I ferment on top of my fridge!!!!

Posted by Slick77 (anonymous) on November 11, 2008 at 7:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Noesis....lol, Welcome Back, good to have someone with some intellect on here again! :)

Posted by Noesis (anonymous) on November 11, 2008 at 7:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Jeez, what happened to the weather while I was gone? Going from 80 degree weather to this mid 30 stuff is B.S.!!!

Can I be like a democrat and blame the weather on Bush... err I mean Obama since he got elected?

Posted by BornAndRaised86 (anonymous) on November 12, 2008 at 2:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Drug Dealin can be an addiction..Some people dont know how to get out of it because they are hooked to it and the drug they sell..Plus it is a challenge..Some people like to live on the edge..

Didnt he get in trouble in Florida and got lucky that his tag along "LiL Red" got hit with those charges???Can that be back in April??

I wish there was a movie made about LIL CHICAGO..I would watch it..It is hard to believe how this town is today that it use to be that wild and free back in the day..I also want to know about what was the RED ZONE all about..IRONTON IRONTON IRONTON...What can we do to clean ya up a bit??

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 13, 2008 at 1:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

BORNANDRAISED86 its not that they dont know how to get out of it, it is because they make the choice to do so!!! and in most other cases their just to lazy to get a real job!!!! If people want to live on the edge or like the challenge then look no further than the workforce!!!! If they need a challenge, try to work legally and pay bills, buy food, and go to work when your sick or just dont feel like going!!! The way I see it, in this day and age thats more of a challenge than taking the easy way out and sitting at home and making money off of other peoples (ADDICTION)!!!!!!! Never heard if he got in trouble in florida and I do know that his friend redd never got hit with any of his charges!!!!!! And as i said before as far as I know this is his first offense!!! You should really know your facts before saying something like that, because if you dont nobody could take what your saying seriously!!!!!!! PEACE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!1

Posted by Neo (anonymous) on November 13, 2008 at 12:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Guys...you missed my point. I wasn't railing against alcohol. I was making a point that the prosecution of those who grow and/or sell pot be made the lowest priority for our Sheriff's department. I was making a contrast, albeit cynical, to the consumption of alcohol. It's not illegal to drink it, but it is illegal to drive if you've been drinking it, etc. If people want to sit at home, roll one up and watch Cheech & Chong movies...big deal. We could save the county a lot of money and save the jail a lot of room if they just focused on the hard drugs and left the stoners alone unless they were driving under the influence, etc. (you know, just like alcohol).

Posted by Neo (anonymous) on November 13, 2008 at 12:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Have someone here with some intellect again. Yeah right. You mean someone that agrees with you. Your collective intellect was way off last on November 4, huh?

Posted by reddmann (anonymous) on November 14, 2008 at 1:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Neo, again I agree with you their are way more things the sheriffs office or feds could be focusing on than weed!!!! I am still yet to ever hear of someone overdosing on weed!!!! At the very least stoners get the munchies and laugh and have a good time!!! I still beleive that their is more positive than negative in the use of weed!! whether it is medical or recriational!!!

Posted by MasterChef (anonymous) on November 15, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

OK. I think when people use their "2nd chance" and screw up, stop wasting time and resources on them. Cage them. Even though imprisonment is expensive, its better than letting the dealers poison our kids and friends.

About alcohol. I work. I provide for my family. I pay taxes (so I'm NOT Joe the Plumber). When I drink its at home.

It does seem rather hypocritical for the city to allow those bikers who break ABC rules about open container, city/state laws about drunk and disorderly, smoke pot in public...all a smoke screen (no pun intended) so that Frog Town and Peddler's reap the rewards (and the Ashland and Huntington hotels).

If its ok to have a weekend of public intox, can we have a weekend of open prostitution? Our pharmacies would hopefully benefit from the sale of condoms.

How about a weekend car-jack-symposium? How to jack a car in 60 seconds or less. The car parts stores would thrive on replacement parts.

Throw in a wet t-shirt contest or 2, along with a contest showing male enhancement drugs DO help. Heck, you got yerself a whole-heapin' of summer entertainment, you bet'cha. (sorry, I slipped into Palin-speak)

Posted by MasterChef (anonymous) on November 15, 2008 at 12:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

noeie, we've missed the wit you and davie-poo brought us. I guess til he returns you'll have to be the half-wit?

I bet nobody at work lets you pick their lottery numbers, horses or dogs.