Thursday, March 23, 2006

Stupid Criminal Tricks

Way back when I was married, my husband used to watch the TV show, "Cops." The thing that struck me about that show was how incredibly stupid the criminals were. It's been ten years since I saw it, and it looks like nothing has changed.

The Tampa Tribune reported yesterday that a drug user wasn't sure that his drug dealers were really selling him the crack he was paying for, so he asked a couple of cops to test his crack pipe for him.

[Officers] Easley and Filippone were investigating a burglary at 1304 E. 15th Ave. They had arrested someone and were trying to corral the dogs when Williams walked up, crack pipe in hand, the affidavit states.

He showed them a yellow house where he said people were doing drugs, and he kept asking the officers to test his glass pipe. He told them he didn't think he was getting real crack, according to the affidavit.

The officers tested the pipe, which, sure enough, had cocaine residue. Williams, who is listed on jail records as a security worker at MacDill Air Force Base, was arrested.

1 comment:

Christina said...

"This is your brain....this is your brain on drugs...."

Wow, I'm not sure which is scarier: the complete stupidity of the crack addict or the fact that he is listed as being employed as a security worker at a U.S. Air Force base.

Thanks for the chuckle.