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Birmingham police says its gotten complaints
Birmingham grocery store owner denies drug activity inside store after an accusation flyer
Birmingham police says its gotten complaints
WELL, GUY SHERRI HERE IN MY HAND, I PRINTED OUT THIS FLIER THAT’S BEEN GOING AROUND. IT SAYS COMMUNITY TRAPHOUSE, IMPLYING THAT WEED AND CRACK COULD BE SOLD AT THIS GROCERY STORE HERE BEHIND ME. WHILE I SHARED THIS WITH THE OWNER. AND SHE TELLS ME SHE WAS SURPRISED AND DIDN’T KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS GOING AROUND. AND I ALSO SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO WORK WITH DRUG RECOVERING ADDICTS, AND THEY TELL ME THEIR CLIENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE. WELL, RIGHT. OKAY. BUT MOST PEOPLE COME HERE THEN TO GET ALL THEIR THINGS THAT THEY NEED. SHEBA FOODS CO-OWNER KIMBERLY LACY PRIDES HERSELF IN GIVING BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR HER STORE ON TUSCALOOSA AVENUE IN BIRMINGHAM. SO SHE WAS SURPRISED WHEN I SHOWED HER THIS FLIER SENT TO US, CALLING HER BUSINESS A COMMUNITY TRAPHOUSE TO BUY DRUGS LIKE FENTANYL. IT’S SAD BECAUSE IT’S NOT TRUE, AND I THINK IT’S SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE CAME IN HERE OR I GOT I TOLD THAT COULDN’T DO WHAT THEY SAYING WE’RE DOING WE’RE DOING OUTSIDE. LACY SAYS THE ISSUE IS NOT INSIDE THE STORE. IT’S HAPPENING IN THE PARKING LOT. LACY SAYS SHE’S CALLED POLICE, BUT BY THE TIME OFFICERS ARRIVE, THEY’RE GONE. YOU HAVE CARS PULLING UP CARS MEETING EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW. BUT THAT’S NOT US AND WE CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT HAPPENS. I’M NOT SAYING IT’S NOT TRUE WHAT’S GOING ON, BUT WE’RE NOT ALLOWING IT TO GO ON A SEVEN MINUTE DRIVE FROM THE GROCERY STORE IS CROSSROADS TO INTERVENTIONS. A REHAB CENTER FOR COURT APPOINTED DRUG OFFENDERS. I SHOWED THE INTAKE DIRECTOR, TAWANA MORTON, THE FLIER. IT’S MIND BLOWING. WHEN HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE THIS MORNING SAID, OH, YES, MA’AM, IT’S RIGHT UP THE STREET. THEY’RE TELLING ME WHERE THE STORY IS. SO IT’S FRIGHTENING. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CORONER’S LATEST DAILY REPORT SAYS 265 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM DRUGS THIS YEAR. IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. THEY HAVE TWO SUSPECTED OVERDOSE DEATHS. WE WANT TO GET IT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DON’T WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE KNOWN AS THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY GO AND PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY KILL YOU. AS FOR LACY, SHE SAYS THIS TO THOSE SELLING DRUGS NEAR HER BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM SHEBA OR ELSE YOU’RE GOING TO JAIL. I DID REACH OUT TO BIRMINGHAM POLICE AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THIS FLIER AND THEY TELL ME THEY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THEY HAVE RECEIVED PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS BUSINESS. NOW, THE CO-OWNER ALSO TELLS ME SHE HAS INTENTIONS OF HIRING SECURITY TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES SHE’S EXPERIENCE SEEING IN HER PARKING LOT. WE’RE LIVE
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Birmingham grocery store owner denies drug activity inside store after an accusation flyer
Birmingham police says its gotten complaints
Sheba Foods co-owner Kimberly Lacey prides herself in giving back to the people who live near her store on Tuscaloosa Avenue in Birmingham.So she was surprised when I showed her this flyer sent to us calling her business a community trap house to buy drugs, like fentanyl. "It's sad because it's not true. And I think it's somebody who maybe came in here that I told they couldn't do what they say we're doing, outside,” Lacey said.Lacey says the issue is not inside the store. It's happening in the parking lot. Lacey says she's called police but by the time officers arrive, they're gone.“You have cars pulling up and cars meeting each other, but that's not us. We can't do anything about it. It happens. I'm not saying it's not true. We're not allowing it to go on,” Lacey said.A seven-minute drive from the grocery store is Crossroads to Interventions. It’s a rehab center for court-appointed drug offenders. WVTM 13 showed the intake director, Twanna Morton, the flyer.“It’s mind-blowing when half of the people here this morning said, 'Oh yes, ma'am, it’s right up the street.' They're telling me where the store is. It's frightening,” Morton said.The Jefferson County coroner’s latest daily report says 265 people have died from drugs this year. In the past 24 hours, they have had two suspected overdose deaths."We want to get it out of the community. We don't want our community to be known as this is a place where you can go somewhere that can possibly kill you,” Morton said.As for Lacey, she says this to those selling drugs near her business.Lacey said, “Stay away from Sheba or else you're going to jail."WVTM 13 asked Birmingham police about the claims on the flyer. They didn’t know about it but say they’ve received complaints about it. Lacey says she plans to hire security to help combat the issues in the parking lot.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
Sheba Foods co-owner Kimberly Lacey prides herself in giving back to the people who live near her store on Tuscaloosa Avenue in Birmingham.
So she was surprised when I showed her this flyer sent to us calling her business a community trap house to buy drugs, like fentanyl.
"It's sad because it's not true. And I think it's somebody who maybe came in here that I told they couldn't do what they say we're doing, outside,” Lacey said.
Lacey says the issue is not inside the store. It's happening in the parking lot. Lacey says she's called police but by the time officers arrive, they're gone.
“You have cars pulling up and cars meeting each other, but that's not us. We can't do anything about it. It happens. I'm not saying it's not true. We're not allowing it to go on,” Lacey said.
A seven-minute drive from the grocery store is Crossroads to Interventions. It’s a rehab center for court-appointed drug offenders. WVTM 13 showed the intake director, Twanna Morton, the flyer.
“It’s mind-blowing when half of the people here this morning said, 'Oh yes, ma'am, it’s right up the street.' They're telling me where the store is. It's frightening,” Morton said.
The Jefferson County coroner’s latest daily report says 265 people have died from drugs this year. In the past 24 hours, they have had two suspected overdose deaths.
"We want to get it out of the community. We don't want our community to be known as this is a place where you can go somewhere that can possibly kill you,” Morton said.
As for Lacey, she says this to those selling drugs near her business.
Lacey said, “Stay away from Sheba or else you're going to jail."
WVTM 13 asked Birmingham police about the claims on the flyer. They didn’t know about it but say they’ve received complaints about it. Lacey says she plans to hire security to help combat the issues in the parking lot.
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