MORON OF THE WEEK #611: "Even the dumb criminals are generally smarter
than this," said Orem, Utah, police Lt. Doug Edwards. He was referring
to an unidentified 18-year-old man who called the police to report that
his home had been burgled. Anything missing? Yes, he said: the quarter-
pound of marijuana he had for sale. Police arrested a suspect and
recovered the drugs. And the victim? "He actually came and identified
[the drugs] as his," Edwards said, so they arrested him, too, on
charges of possession of marijuana in a drug-free zone with intent to
distribute. (Deseret Morning News) ...Though it's unlikely prosecutors
will be able to prove "intent" since that implies some sort of thinking
ability.
NEXT! The police dispatcher in West Fargo, N.D., thought it was a joke
when someone called at 3:15 a.m. and asked where to buy marijuana. The
dispatcher told the woman that marijuana is illegal, but the woman
insisted. Fine, the dispatcher said: they had some in the evidence
locker and if she stopped by, he could "hook her up." Sure enough, "the
dispatcher got on the intercom and said, 'You know what? She's here.
She just handed me $3 for marijuana'," said an amazed officer, Ken
Zeeb. He stepped to the station lobby and arrested Grace Sium, 20, a
junior at North Dakota State University. Zeeb says Sium didn't appear
high or drunk, and didn't seem surprised to be arrested. "This is
something that you couldn't even make up," he said. (Fargo Forum)
...Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense.
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