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April 21, 2008
A common link?
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Yesterday was April 20th. As I walked down the street back to my apartment, a guy walked past me going the other way. I detected the unmistakable aroma of marijuana as he walked away. I was playing a soccer game at a park earlier that day, and somebody was smoking there. That takes some huevos, I thought.
Now, I'm not suggesting any causality here, but three stories in the news caught my eye. Do you think any of these might be related to the date? First, there's this lady:
A Baltimore City school teacher has been accused of dropping a bag of marijuana in a classroom.
The Baltimore Examiner said the incident occurred Friday. The newspaper reported that a student at George Kelson Elementary School told the principal that a bag fell out of the teacher's purse in front of students.
School administrators confirmed that the teacher was arrested.
And who knows what this was about?
A Frankfort man was arrested on drug trafficking charges early Sunday morning after he was reportedly pumping gas into an imaginary vehicle.
According to the arrest report, Metro Police arrived at a gas station at First and Jefferson streets in Louisville and immediately smelled marijuana coming from Joshua L. Moore, who station clerks contend was filling up an imaginary vehicle.
And then, another man had a really great idea: hold an inanimate object for ransom:
A woman's car disappeared Friday morning, only to have the alleged car thief call and demand ransom money while police were investigating at her home.
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While police were at the woman's home investigating the car's disappearance, she got an unexpected phone call.
"The suspect calls the residence requesting if the victim wants her car back she can pay $1,000 and have the car returned to her," said Carmel Police spokesman Ken Shen.
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Police made the exchange and then stopped the alleged car thief, 22-year-old Troy Williams of Salinas, as he left the area.
"We had a decoy pose as the victim, so the victim was safe and never involved," Shen said.
I tell ya man... If you ever want to commit crimes, don't smoke up beforehand!
entry no. 1130
Posted at April 21, 2008 12:52 PM