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Two men arrested in undercover drug sting

By Times staff reports

© St. Petersburg Times, published February 7, 2001


HOLIDAY -- Two Holiday men were arrested and charged with selling cocaine Monday after they sold the drug to undercover sheriff's deputies, according to authorities.

Pasco County sheriff's officials said Gerardo Virgil Rodriguez, 22, drove Greg Allen Reed, 20, to meet with an undercover deputy on Dec. 27.

The deputy bought three grams of cocaine -- .10 ounces -- from Reed for $120, an affidavit said. Rodriguez also gave the undercover deputy his phone number, officials said.

On Jan. 5, an undercover deputy said he bought 6.4 grams of cocaine -- .22 ounces -- from Reed for $220.

Reed of 1846 Holiday Drive was charged with two counts of selling cocaine and two counts of possessing cocaine.

Rodriguez of 1744 Colmar Drive was charged with one count of selling cocaine.

Rodriguez was released Monday from the county jail in Land O'Lakes on a $5,000 bond.

Reed was released Tuesday on a $4,000 bond.

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