Prize Fighter Arrested for Drug Possession
- Title of event
- Prize Fighter Arrested for Drug Possession
- Type of event
- Drug Possession
- Address of event
- Prize Fighter Arrested for Drug Possession Happened Entirely at 190, Lenox Ave
- Report on event
- Prize Fighter Arrested for Drug Possession Sole event referenced by Prize Fighter Held for Double Charges
- Start date / time
- October 18, 1930
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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When Detective Short went to the home of Angel Penalise (known in boxing circles as Angel Brown) to investigate a complaint, he found eight marijuana cigarettes and a billy. The boxer was promptly arrested for violating the Sullivan law and illegally possessing drugs.