There are Pricks, There are Assholes, and Then There is This Piece of Shit

An article in the Oregon News Register highlights the cruelty and stupidity in the failed war on drugs. For decades, a government informant has preyed on people’s hopes and dreams by posing as a contractor with good-paying construction jobs. He approaches people in minimum wage jobs and offers them a higher paying job in construction. When they get excited about a good job prospect he then tells them that helping him find some marijuana or methamphetamine will increase their chances of getting hired. When they give him drugs, they’re busted for drug trafficking.

The suspects include a 22-year-old McMinnville youth who finally came up with less than half an ounce of marijuana after reportedly being hounded by Caven on a daily basis for weeks. Pumping gas, the lure of construction work at $10.50 an hour got the better of him.

Now facing the Class A felony charge of delivery, pegging him as a dealer, he fears he will never get the financial aid to follow through on college plans. He said he's feeling "like my life is over."

A 19-year-old Amity youth was so excited about the job promised to him that he carried Caven's phony business card everywhere he went, called his big brother in California with the news and laid plans to buy some sturdy work boots. He's also facing a felony charge - one sharing Class A status with murder, rape and kidnapping.

What’s really disturbing is that this guy has been using this same scam to ruin young people’s lives since 1981. He once boasted to Portland's Willamette Week, "I can handle myself. I never hit anyone who might hurt me, just little people."