Why Do You Think
They Call It Dope?
Part Two
Compiled from American police reports
by Karen Littleton
Teen gets jail after posting
homegrown pot pictures online
A Wisconsin teen arrested after police found his pictures of potted marijuana plants and drug paraphernalia posted on MySpace.com will serve 30 days in jail.
The 18-year-old male pleaded no contest in a Sheboygan County Circuit Court to felony marijuana manufacturing and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
Police monitoring the Internet for gang activity traced the information to him from the popular networking web site. Authorities said a label on the picture of potted pot plants read: “My Mary Jane that’s growin’ in my closet right now.”
Authorities found three potted marijuana plants in a basement closet at the youth’s residence, the criminal complaint said.
Police were monitoring another web site when they saw that the youth had posted pictures of weapons and drug gear and had bragged about the plants in his house, the complaint said.
The suspect also was placed on four years probation and had his driver’s license suspended for six months.
Hershey Co. sues man who made
pot-filled
candy for
copyright infringement
It was a big enough bummer for the marijuana chef when he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for making pot-laced treats and soft drinks. Now he faces the wrath of a candy giant.
The Hershey Co. has sued the 40-year-old male for giving his marijuana goodies names like Stoney Rancher, Rasta Reese’s and Keef Kat. Each came in packaging similar to Hershey’s Jolly Rancher, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Kit Kat candies, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Hershey’s suit, filed this summer in U.S. District Court in San Jose, accuses the man of trademark infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition. The company is seeking $100,000 in damages.
Text message error leads
to pot bust
A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested after she sent text messages to a state trooper instead of her dealer, police said.
A Kentucky State Trooper was out to dinner with his wife and parents celebrating a birthday when his phone started buzzing with messages about a marijuana purchase. At first, the trooper thought the messages were from friends playing a joke, but a couple of phone calls put that idea to rest, and the trooper responded to set up a meeting.
Authorities say the 34-year-old teacher arrived at the meeting point and found the trooper and other law enforcement officers waiting for her. The teacher was charged with conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.
Man reports stolen
marijuana
to police
The pothead did what any victim of a home-invasion robbery would do: he called police to report his stolen goods. The problem was his goods included four ounces of marijuana and $1,000.
The Gainesville, Florida police arrested two men in connection with the break-in. Now police are deciding whether to charge the pothead with any crimes. Gainesville police said they’ve seen a slew of similar cases of involving drug dealers ripping off their suppliers.
Woman already
in jail
gets arrested
A woman waiting to be processed at a detention center in Riverside, Calif. was caught smoking a joint in a restroom, then found with some methamphetamine and a pipe on her person, authorities said.
The 33-year-old woman, who was being held on shoplifting charges, was additionally booked for drug-related crimes after a deputy detected the tell-tale scent of burning marijuana. A deputy smelled the marijuana and found the woman puffing away in a restroom, according to a sheriff's department statement.
“The woman’s property was searched and some methamphetamine, glass pipes and additional marijuana was discovered,” the statement said.
The stoned scofflaw would have been booked and released the same day if not for the drugs, deputies said.
Jailer arrested after marijuana,
cash found in his mashed
potatoes
A 37-year-old Mississippi jailer was arrested and charged with introducing contraband into a jail after $200 and two ounces of marijuana were found hidden in some mashed potatoes he had delivered to his workplace.
The man was arrested by agents from the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics following an investigation into how contraband was entering the facility, authorities said.
Reports said the food was brought to the man at the jail by a woman who has yet to be identified. Investigators became suspicious when the man had once mentioned that he didn’t eat potatoes, yet had a large portion delivered to him at the jail, authorities said.
Jamaican me crazy
A Jamaican national was arrested in Kissimmee, Florida on drug-trafficking charges after investigators said he attempted to pick up about 100 pounds of marijuana sent via UPS.
The 24-year-old was arrested by Osceola County Investigative Bureau agents and charged with trafficking
in cannabis after he tried to pick up four packages last week at a post
office in Orlando.
The boxes were addressed to two residences in Kissimmee, and the return addresses on the packages were for a location in Louisville, KY, according to investigators.
Agents said the street value of the confiscated drugs totaled more than $83,000.
Woman tells cops
someone
tampered with her pot
Marijuana users seldom call police to check whether their drugs contains added chemicals, but one Illinois woman did exactly that, police said.
The woman initially called police to report suspicious circumstances at her house. When police officers got to the woman’s house she told them she believed the marijuana she had been smoking was laced with something besides marijuana.
The woman, 38, told police she had gotten the marijuana from her boyfriend, who was not present at the house when police arrived. Officers also spoke to the woman’s daughter, who said her mother had been acting erratic for the last couple of weeks.
The woman apparently began to believe there were demons in the house.
When police asked the woman if she had any of the marijuana left, she gave them less than a gram of the weed and was issued a ticket for misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
A preliminary field test resulted in a positive reading for marijuana, with the substance to be sent to the state police lab for further testing.
Asked if it is a good idea for illegal drug users to ask police to check out the purity of their prohibited products, an officer said, “Not unless they want to be (criminally) charged.”
Tampa mom charged
with
letting son grow pot
Hillsborough County authorities said a mother was charged with allowing her underage son to grow marijuana in her back yard. Sheriff officials said the 49-year-old woman told deputies she didn’t mind because, “it was a nice looking plant.”
Authorities found nearly 3 ounces of marijuana at the home. The woman was charged with felony possession of marijuana over 20 grams and misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was released from jail on a $2,500 bond. Her son also is facing charges.
Higher education?
Two Northeastern University freshmen are facing drug charges after one leaned out his dorm window and loudly told a woman in the dorm opposite his that he and his roommate were selling pot.
“If you're looking for weed, my roommate has some for sale,” the man yelled out the window, according to the district attorney's office.
Two plainclothes Boston police officers in the building overheard the conversation and went to a second-floor room where they arrested the two 18-year-olds after finding about four ounces of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and several bottles of alcohol, prosecutors said.
The students were arraigned on charges including possession of a class D substance with intent to distribute in a school zone, a count that carries a maximum of two years in jail.
They are no longer students at Northeastern, a university spokeswoman said.
