Richard Cheese Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Mr. Softee scooped up in drug rap Ice-cream truck driver busted for peddling pot & cocaine BY ADAM EDELMAN and MICHAEL WHITE DAILY NEWS WRITERS Saturday, August 4th 2007, 4:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cops from the 103rd Precinct in Queens go over Mister Softee truck whose driver was charged with selling drugs from the vehicle. Police also seized a .380-caliber pistol. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Mister Softee driver who dished up pot and cocaine along with the ice cream was busted in his truck outside a Queens school yesterday, police said. For certain customers, Jermaine Jordan, 26, of St. Albans, would double-cup his cold concoctions - tucking the drugs neatly between the two containers and giving new meaning to the term coke float, authorities said. "People would approach and place their order," a police source said. "The bottom of their cup would contain their purchase, either cocaine or marijuana." Jordan was arrested as he made his usual stop in front of Intermediate School 8 in South Jamaica - just as kids were being dismissed from summer camp, police said. Parents outside IS 8 said they were disgusted by the alleged drug-dealing - especially since the suspect is a man they had come to know from his three years of driving the ice-cream truck. "We trusted this guy. We send kids out there every day. I feel betrayed," said Donald Williams, 53, who regularly gave money to his granddaughter for ice cream. "I been here for 40 years and ain't never would've thought Mister Softee was dealing drugs. Not Mister Softee." Armed with a search warrant, four squad cars descended on the ice-cream truck about 5p.m., and cops grabbed Jordan, who has served time on a weapons charge, police said. The officers recovered unspecified quantities of cocaine and marijuana as well as a loaded .380 semiautomatic pistol from the truck, said NYPD Capt. Jimmy Coan. The gun "was in plain sight, 2 feet from the window," Coan said. "Someplace he could reach for it easily, but if you're a kid looking up, buying ice cream, you couldn't see it." Narcotics cops had been investigating Jordan for six weeks after getting a tip, Coan said. Jordan allegedly sold drugs throughout his Jamaica route. "We don't believe that he was selling to schoolchildren," Coan said. "Basically, he would serve people he either knew or felt comfortable serving. There was no specific code word, per se. He had to size you up, and if he felt comfortable, he would serve you." Jordan is facing a slew of drug and gun charges. "It's crazy, man. It's a crazy world," said a cousin of Jordan's, who declined to give his name. "It's not like him. I don't know what went on." Jordan just shrugged as cops escorted him from the 103rd Precinct for the trip to Central Booking last night. mwhite@nydailynews.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorgirl Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Hehe, It says "Mr. Softee". That's funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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