Crime & Safety

Jurors Hear Full K2 Case, Learn Significance of Conviction

Jurors in the Pottstown K2 case met with the mother of James N. Crawford.

Jurors who convicted a former Pottstown merchant of selling K2, a synthetic marijuana, in his store, met with the mother of the man who was killed in the May 2012 crash while under the influence of the drug, according to a report in the Pottstown Mercury.

During the trial of Achi Store owner, Rafie Ali, "jurors were not permitted to hear testimony about the fatal crash." After the trial, jurors "were permitted to hear the full case and many of the jurors met with" James N. Crawford's mother.

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