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Christopher Taylor
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama -Lawmen trying to identify a drug dealer in Birmingham said they got a little help from the suspect himself when he posted a rap video on YouTube that police say showed him selling drugs.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies in February launched an investigation into the distribution of heroin, cocaine and marijuana by a man in southwest Birmingham, Chief Deputy Randy Christian said today. They did not, however, know the man's identity until a patrol deputy alerted detectives to a video posted by an aspiring rap artist on the internet.
The music video, Christian said, showed the rapper selling and using illegal drugs. That video led them to identify their suspect as Christopher Dewayne Taylor, 26, of Edgewater.
The video, along with other information gathered during the probe, led to a Feb. 22 search warrant at a home in the 700 block of 30th Street S.W. Deputies recovered heroin during the raid, Christian said, and took Taylor into custody.
Taylor already had outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court on charges of obstruction of justice, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and probation violation on a charge of unlawful possession of marijuana.
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Christopher Taylor
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama -Lawmen trying to identify a drug dealer in Birmingham said they got a little help from the suspect himself when he posted a rap video on YouTube that police say showed him selling drugs.
Jefferson County sheriff's deputies in February launched an investigation into the distribution of heroin, cocaine and marijuana by a man in southwest Birmingham, Chief Deputy Randy Christian said today. They did not, however, know the man's identity until a patrol deputy alerted detectives to a video posted by an aspiring rap artist on the internet.
The music video, Christian said, showed the rapper selling and using illegal drugs. That video led them to identify their suspect as Christopher Dewayne Taylor, 26, of Edgewater.
The video, along with other information gathered during the probe, led to a Feb. 22 search warrant at a home in the 700 block of 30th Street S.W. Deputies recovered heroin during the raid, Christian said, and took Taylor into custody.
Taylor already had outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court on charges of obstruction of justice, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and probation violation on a charge of unlawful possession of marijuana.
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