Mr. Barbara Brie Case

Mr. Bart Brie, a thirty-year-old, unemployed man, was arrested by the City of Silver Lake Police on December 23, 2016 after police officers seized white pills and a large amount of money from his home. R. at 2, 7. Police had received a tip that an approximately thirty-year-old man of average stature was recently seen with a gun entering an apartment located at 228 Ouvreprix Way. Id. Two police officers were dispatched to that address to respond to the tip. Id. When the officers arrived at the address, they knocked on the door and it was answer by Mr. Brie’s mother, Barbara Brie, who is a sixty-year-old, retired school teacher. R. at 2, 5. The officers identified themselves and informed Ms. Brie they were there investigating a tip that an armed

Brie signed a form stating that she consented to a search of the entire apartment with no exceptions. R. at 2, 3, 5. During their search the officers took interest in a shoebox that was on a dresser. R. at 2, 4. The officers asked Ms. Brie if the shoebox was hers, Ms. Brie replied that the shoebox had belonged to a pair of her shoes and that she had set it on Mr. Brie’s dresser. R. at 5. After Ms. Brie’s response, the officers opened the shoebox and discovered the white pills and money. R. at 2, 5. The officers then asked Ms. Brie if the contents of the shoebox were hers, to which she replied negatively, and seized the contents as evidence against Mr. Brie. Id. After the officers had completed their search of the shoebox, Ms. Brie informed them that she was not using it anymore and the area in which they found it belonged to Mr. Brie. The officers then left the apartment. R. at

Brie first learned of the substance known as “Placeboz” (or when mixed with orange Gatorade, “orange drink” or “Ernie”) from his younger nephew who supposedly claimed it was a caffeine alternative. Id. Mr. Brie said that his nephew told him that he could make “Placeboz”, which is snorted or mixed with drinks, by combining two medications, Dayflu and Sinafed. Id.
After his conversations with his nephew and learning that Placeboz was a popular stimulant used at college parties, Mr. Brie started to manufacture the substance. Id. He purchased the Dayflu and Sinafed from a local drug store and then broke down the medications and recombined them into new pills in his apartment. R. at 7-8. Mr. Brie then had his younger nephew ingest the pills to test if he had done the procedure correctly.