Former wrestler Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart has been arrested on drug charges.

Neidhart, who wrestled with the WWF (now WWE) in the 80s and 90s and partnered with Bret Hart during that time, was busted Sunday after he attracted the attention of law enforcement officers and was then observed taking pills:

Just before 3 p.m. Sunday, Neidhart was pumping gas at the A.J. Food Market, 9806 Tom Folsom Road, Thonotosassa, when he began yelling and causing a disturbance, the sheriff’s office said.

The sheriff’s arrest report said he was seen opening pill bottles located in the trunk of his silver Pontiac Sunfire.

When deputies arrived at the scene, he was agitated and aggressive. He was observed “ingesting multiple pills that he dropped on the ground while inside the trunk of his vehicle,” the sheriff’s office arrest report states.

According to TBO, Neidhart possessed 55.6 grams of Oxycontin and 17.4 grams of methadone.The sheriff’s office for the arresting jurisdiction said the pills were prescribed to a friend of Neidhart, Mary Cutillo. Cutillo reported that her home had been burglarized and that the medication had been stolen, and Neidhart is alleged to have entered Cutillo’s home illegally through a back door, lifting the $300 worth of pills.

According to an arrest report, he was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of trafficking in illegal drugs, one count of burglary and one count of grant theft. He has not yet been granted bail.

Ex-wrestler Jim “the anvil” Neidhart busted for oxycontin, methadone is a post from: The Inquisitr

One of the biggest stories in the New York Metro area last night was the death of a Hempstead woman, killed by a runaway van while she was gardening in her front yard.

Aerial shots of tire tracks in the grass and a van crashed through the brick facade of the house circulated on the evening news, and 69-year-old retired doctor Rebecca Twine-Wright did not survive the accident. The driver of the vehicle, Kayla Gerdes, became emotional both at the scene and during her arraignment today, where prosecutors allege that Gerdes crashed the vehicle, killing Twine-Wright, because she was high on Oxycontin and Xanax.

Gerdes says she was traveling at a high rate of speed after taking the wheel from her employer because she was late for a court date. Police say Gerdes, who is unlicensed, could not have caused the extent of damage that occurred if she were not driving well above the speed limit. Gothamist reports that the teenager was facing “facing grand larceny charges for stealing jewelry from her mother to sell for drugs” and that they dug this quote up from her Facebook wall before it was deleted:

“i can’t be having this conversation on her drama-ridden page. this girl got a chance to be rehabilitated. she’s ruining my uncles life with her bullshit. i’m not TECHNICALLY related to her, but she’s my uncles girlfriends daughter… She’s not a wonderful person. As I buried my grandpa, all she could talk about was leaving rehab to be with some guy… stupid stupid girl. She got arrested 3 times this month already. You’d think you’d get the picture, eventually.”

Kayla Gerdes was charged with DWI, vehicular manslaughter and driving without a license. Twine-Wright’s son Chauncey Wright says that if Gerdes is truly remorseful, she should plead guilty and ask for the maximum sentence allowable.

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No, this time round it’s Oxycontin.

Oxycontin is an opioid analgesic medication similar to Codeine that is used for pain relief in severe cases and for cancer patients. The drug is taken in tablet form legally (it’s available by prescription) or snorted, crushed or injected by addicts. It’s considered highly addictive and has strict controls over its distribution in many countries.

Pain killer abuse isn’t new, although experts say that Oxycontin is fast becoming the drug of choice among pain killer addicts, and it’s apparently popular with teens as well.

It’s not clear from reports whether Sherry Johnston was manufacturing the drug, just doctor shopping prescriptions and selling them on to addicts…or simply popping them all herself, but on a bright note, at least it wasn’t meth.

Oxycontin named as new drug of choice in Wasilla Alaska is a post from: The Inquisitr