Police: Shoeless pot thief arrested after falling out of tree
SEATTLE -- Demonstrating that bad things happen if you step out of your element, an alleged marijuana thief was thwarted when he left the streets and headed for the woods, leading to his arrest after falling out of a tree, shoeless and covered in mud.
According to the Seattle Police Department, the suspect and another man pulled a gun on a medical-marijuana cardholder who was delivering the men a half-pound of pot around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Safeway parking lot near Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Othello Street.
The men drove off with the un-paid-for marijuana, and the victim followed them to a dead end near Beacon Avenue South and South Cloverdale Street, according to police.
Officers started searching for the men after they ran into a wooded area near I-5.
They arrested one of the men after he fell out of a tree, missing both his shoes and covered in mud, according to police.
Officers also found the stolen marijuana near the abandoned car but are still looking for the second man.
The suspect was booked into King County Jail.
Van Asselt Elementary was briefly locked down following the robbery.
This is why you don't get high BEFORE you steal something
Doh! The delivery person did ALMOST everything right... met them in the day time and met in a public place. Should have had an extra person with them though, just in case.Â
This is why you sell your extra product to dispensaries and not individuals.
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So, did the cardholder recover his stolen property?
Probably could've figured out the pot part even if it wasn't mentuioned. Probably stoned on it.
Oregonian relative!
I remember my first Lollapalooza back in '92 over on the Kitsap Peninsula (?). I, however, have moved on a bit in my life.
Pot was just legalized, but stupid has been legal since the beginning of time.
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@BasedMarco @komonews Haha and that they locked down an elementary school to find him
@komonews I thought now that Pot was legal the police would NEVER have to arrest a pot head ever again!
@peaceischrist Must've missed the part where he "stole" it! Not to mention pulling a gun!
"According to the Seattle Police Department, the suspect and another man pulled a gun on a medical-marijuana cardholder who was delivering the men a half-pound of pot around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Safeway parking lot near Martin Luther King Jr. Way South and South Othello Street."...As I see it a few things wrong here. 1. the "green card" holder was just delivering the 1/2 lb of MJ? 2. He was meeting them on MLK and Othello?...yep it all seems like a legitimate business dealing...I wonder if the "victim" in this case will be facing any charges as well?
@aintno1special The card holder wasn't breaking the law. A card holder is allowed to sell his extra cannabis for a fair price to reimburse himself for the costs of growing. Not a good idea though to be doing business like this in these kinds of places.
@Blindman They can sell to anyone..or a dispensary? I thought the law was clearly against private sale of cannabis?
@aintno1special @Blindman It's the Cannabis Show Loophole.Â
Like shoplifting booze, this officially unforeseen phenomenon will certainly continue...
Dumb and dumber.
Oh man, no wonder Bakedview was late spouting his usual trash, must have taken him awhile to post bail.Â