a pickup truck at the residence, the officers found marijuana,
methamphetamine and titles to cars purportedly involved in the distribution of the
drugs. The next day, Deputy Sheriff Dion Bitz stopped Vargas in one of the cars for
which officers had found title in their search of the residence. When questioned,
Vargas claimed that the car belonged to his nephew, Juan Quintero, and that he did
not know Barth. Vargas admitted that he was in the United States illegally.

       On July 9, 2003, Barth, Vargas, Ferneau, Fernandez, and Thomas Pinks, Jr.
were named in a multi-count indictment. The first count alleged that between August
1, 1999 and the date of the indictment, the defendants and “others” conspired to
possess methamphetamine with an intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C.Fredericks says goodbye – a career tribute

After a farewell tour last month that spanned half the globe, the athletics world finally bid adieu to one of the most respected and talented athletes it had the pleasure of knowing: Namibian sprinter Frank Fredericks.

From his first, of what would be numerous silver medal winning performances, which took place in the 200 metres at the 1991 World Championships to his final appearance on the grand stage in Athens in August, the personable and wildly popular Fredericks would spend the greater part of a decade-and-a-half at the pinnacle of his craft, a record for longevity nearly unprecedented in the sprints. And if the laps of honour over the past several weeks in Athens, Brussels, Berlin and Monaco, celebrated by standing ovations, were