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Burton Ritchie is a convicted drug dealer and money launderer, currently [when?] serving 20 years in federal prison. Life and career. Ritchie was born in Fairhope, Alabama. He became involved with politics in 1994 when he ran against sitting councilman Doug Profitt, who published an anti-gay editorial in a newspaper.
Sep 10, 2020 · “Charles Burton Ritchie and Benjamin Galecki operated a nationwide criminal enterprise, selling dangerous drugs worth millions of dollars that contained illegal ingredients imported from China,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
Dec 10, 2023 · Florida. How a Law No One Understands Brought Down Florida Drug 'Kingpins' Jordan S. Rubin's Bizarro tells the story of the men who tried and failed to challenge the government's arbitrary rules on...
Apr 18, 2023 · Back in the early 2010s, Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki ran a Florida-based company that made millions of dollars selling a drug known as “spice” or “K2,” a seemingly legal cannabis substitute that could be much more volatile than the natural plant.
Nov 17, 2023 · Defendants Charles Burton Ritchie and Benjamin Galecki were convicted by a jury of several crimes and pleaded guilty to other crimes in two related cases, all related to marijuana analogue offenses. I sentenced them to a total of 20 years in prison with three years of supervised release to follow.
Apr 18, 2023 · Bizarro is a page-turning tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki, the Florida-based founders of a sprawling “spice” (synthetic cannabinoid) operation. With this book, journalist and former New York City narcotics prosecutor Jordan S. Rubin exposes a Reagan-era law called the Analogue Act, which targets ...
Dec 10, 2023 · Ritchie, now 53, and Galecki, 49, are scheduled for release from federal prison in 2032. The Analogue Act is still the law of the land, even if nobody quite understands what that means.
