HELENA, Mont. (AP) — General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don’t text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.
The text read, “Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?”
Dutton told the Helena Independent Record he initially thought it was a joke, but he quickly realized it was a real request for drugs. He responded to the text, and a detective pretending to be the dealer organized a meeting with the boy last Wednesday.
The detective spotted two teenage boys and a man at the arranged meeting spot and called the number three times to make sure he had the right person. Dutton said when the detective showed the teens his badge, their faces turned white and their knees began to wobble. One of the boys even fainted.
The man in the group turned out to be the father of one of the teens, and no citations were issued after the parents of both boys got involved.
“Trying to buy drugs is a crime, but it’s probably worse that they had to face their parents,” Dutton said.
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Information from: Independent Record, http://www.helenair.com
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yaywho
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 1:09amMaybe the teen text-ed the wrong officer. A suburban Pittsburgh (Ross Twp) officer was caught watering a wild marijuana plant. http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigators/Ross.police.officer.2.1892189.html
Report Post »JeffW65
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 8:38pmI have tried pot a few times when I was younger. I personally didn’t care for it. I had several friends that enjoyed it and used regularly. Most of them I knew held jobs and were normal people. A few of them might have been somewhat lazy and without direction but the same can be said for some that didn’t use pot.
Report Post »I also used to go out to bars and drink (still do on a rare occasion) and there is one observation I would like to make. I have seen many belligerent and violent drunks. I can not recall any time that I have seen someone high on pot being belligerent or violent. Most of the times it was just the opposite. They were usually mellow and laid back.
All personal experience aside. I do not believe the government or anyone else has the right to restrict another persons actions unless that person is harming someone else or otherwise violating another persons rights by doing so. To me it is not should we legalize marijuana but is the law restricting it constitutional in the first place? In my opinion it’s not.
Ecl
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 8:20pmLegalize it!
Report Post »It can be a great money maker for the Government with taxes.
Alcohol and Tobacco is worse.
N37BU6
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 6:06pmLegalize it and let them grow it themselves already… alcohol causes many more problems, and nobody has a problem with it.
Time to stop being hypocrites.
Report Post »ChrisInAR
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 6:51pmAbsolutely: RE-legalize marijuana!!!
Report Post »Statesman
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 5:23pmI forgot to ask who he actually sent the text to, was it the Sheriff or was it Deputy Dawg? ROFLMAO
Report Post »Statesman
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 4:53pmHey dude, he needed that smoke for a medical condition. He has incurable dumb ass disease.
Report Post »CrackerSmurf
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 4:20pmCops got the best weed why not try to hit em up?
Report Post »C_Era
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 11:38amThat seems to be happening a lot, actually. “Bet he was a right-wing nutball!”
Report Post »tmoo
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 10:01amThe kid is another democrat turning to government to fill his needs. lol
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 1:58amIt’s a plant. God didn’t screw up by putting it here. I think you should be able to use it or ignore it as YOU see fit. Just like arsenic, cyanide, or scotch.
Silversmith
Report Post »Tazzy
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 11:29pmThat was “one tote (text) over the line ” ? ^_^
Report Post »amadan32
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 5:08pmI’ve seen worse in Oregon some homeless guy breaks in to some ones house spends 10 hours in a hot tub and calls 911 because he needs dry towels and a hug.
09-01) 22:30 PDT Beaverton, Ore. (AP) –
Report Post »A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.
icesk8rgirl96
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 8:56pmHA, I ready about that……
Report Post »4th climacteric
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 4:55pmHis teachers told him he was helping the GREEN economy…..The judge should send him to Iran so he can get STONED….
Report Post »American Dad
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 4:34pmSounds like a great candidate for the Democratic Socialist Party, he could take Pelosi’s spot they are equally just as bright.
Report Post »JJMinor
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 4:03pmI’m a libertarian who thinks pot is a plant that helps some people, and harms others. Do I think you should be getting high? If you’re an adult, go sniff glue if you want. If you want to get high do so with the same limitations that we impose on alcohol use. Asking govenment to act as perpetual Daddy is weak.
Report Post »zacharytcuster
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 4:00pmHa Ha guess they were stoned when they sent the text for some more.
Report Post »Waiting4George
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 3:50pmi txt da sheriff, but i did not txt the deputy…
Report Post »drago
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 4:29pmlmao, perfect….i say leagalize pot, maybe if we do, the left wing communist nut jobs wont be able to get off the couch to vote……
Report Post »dduck1969
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 3:47pmBust the boys and their father!!
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 3:31pmThey didn’t arrest them for trying to buy drugs but they should have given them a citation for being stupid. They should have talked to the young “gentlemen” about thinking about getting sterilized. The gene pool is already filled with idiots.
Report Post »pc_mechanic
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 2:34pm…and it’s so much easier to talk on the phone instead of text. Just can’t figure our the attraction to texting, especially when putting through an order to dealer McDope whose product increases paranoia, knowing that all texting is logged and can and will be used for evidence. But they still don’t get it. We didn’t have all this technology when I was in school. We had to walk 5 miles to do drugs and have sex. LOL
Report Post »piecolorado
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 2:22pmI‘m shocked the parent wasn’t arrested. Then imagine the punnishiment when the parent finally got home. :)
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 6:46pmI agree. There is no good reason the dad should have not been arrested. He could have been using his son and friend for the drug himself. Probably turned out to be a friend of someone …
Report Post »AmericanMutt
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 2:06pmGubberment schools. ‘Nuff said…
Report Post »zagfan
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 2:20pmAbsolutely right…obviously they didn’t teach this kid how to spell Sheriff when it came up on his automatic dial! That is a future voter!
Report Post »fangbanger
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 1:39pmschool used to be the place to get pot
Report Post »mbfrat
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 2:04pmWhat was the father doing there in the first place?? 20 or 30 years ago, it would have been worse to be released to your parents. The only lesson that these boys will learn here is to be more careful when buying drugs.
Report Post »Greeny
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 2:01pmIt is truly a shame that our brave and noble law enforcement officers still need to waste time and resources enforcing this law.
Report Post »Venom
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 4:36pmAre you suggesting legalize it? Your right lets legalize marijuana and have 3-4X as many lazy losers.
Report Post »TAR
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 5:10pmtrue ohh so very true
Report Post »Jsor2112
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 10:04pmI agree GREENY. There are more violent and truly dangerous criminals they should be pursuing.
Report Post »fangbanger
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 1:37pmlegalize it. restrict it it to adults. drug test te recieve welfare. cut the balls of the cartels and ease border violence. Free up our police from bothering otherwise law abiding citizens. For the most part potheads hold good jobs and dont bother anybody.
Report Post »CrackerSmurf
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 4:24pmFacts about weed Venom, a) it does NOT make you lazy b) it does not make you stupid c) it is not a harmful or fatal drug no matter how much you consume. Thanks. Maybe you should try finding a truthful slander against pot heads before you spew off your idiocy. There were lazy people before and will be after weed. Mark.
Report Post »ChrisInAR
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 5:08pmThankfully it’s only a matter of time before marijuana is made legal again. The latest polls look like the People of California will pass Prop 19 in the November elections, & I’m excited about it. I wonder how the Feds will react when they do….will they send in federal troops to prevent the State Assembly from metting & implementing it? I’m sure the Drug Warriors all across the nation will have their pants in a wad.
TENTH AMENDMENT, BABY!
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 1:55pmOne FINE example of the state of our national educational standards… DOH!
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