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Separate Tampa Drug Busts Net Abuse, Neglect Charges
From left: Toy Dongsavanh, Khalif A. Edwards and Melissa M. Ryan.
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Published: March 27, 2008
TAMPA - A St. Petersburg woman took her 4-year-old daughter to a drug deal involving ecstasy, police say.
Police arrested Toy Dongsavanh, 24, at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at WestShore Plaza.
"Street level drug deals have the extreme propensity for violence that could occur during the deal endangering the child's safety," a criminal arrest affidavit states.
According to the affidavit:
Khalif A. Edwards, 19, of St. Petersburg, transported the pills in his vehicle and took payment from an undercover officer after he handed her 50 ecstasy pills. Dongsavanh then gave undercover police another 50 pills.
Undercover police paid $700 for the pills, which weighed a total of 26 grams.
A box in the center console also had a small amount of marijuana.
Dongsavanh was charged with child abuse, trafficking ecstasy, conspiracy to traffic ecstasy, possession of drug paraphernalia and violating probation.
Edwards was charged with trafficking ecstasy and conspiracy to traffic ecstasy.
Melissa M. Ryan, 19, of St. Petersburg, was charged with conspiracy to traffic ecstasy.
The trio remained in Orient Road Jail today. No bail had been set.
In a separate incident Wednesday, 20-year-old Leandra L. Marchman of Tampa and her 2-year-old daughter were passengers in a Buick where another occupant smoked marijuana, Hillsborough County deputies say.
Leandra L. Marchman
Marchman knew the person was smoking marijuana but failed to remove her daughter from the Buick, which was illegally parked at Sligh Avenue and 48th Street, a criminal arrest affidavit states.
Marchman, of 4525 Tarpon Drive, was charged with child neglect.
She remained in Orient Road Jail today. Her bail was set at $2,000.
Two other people in the Buick, both minors, were arrested as well and charged with misdemeanor offenses.
Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.
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