THIEVES...
This fall, Anthony Martin, 52, of Belleville, Ill., became the latest person to call the police and complain someone had stolen his illegal drugs.
But there was more: Martin told the investigating officer that a hostile neighbor had taken his marijuana plants.
However, when he showed the officer the room where he usually kept them, the plants were actually still there.
Martin then said whoever took them must have quickly returned them to his house.
He was immediately charged with growing marijuana, and later also admitted that he had been drinking on the night in question.
'News-Democrat (Belleville)
... AND BLACK BEARS
Kim Bedwell, 52, and Gladys Bedwell, 50, were arrested for alleged marijuana manufacturing in Clarkston, Wash., in September. Police discovered the operation when they happened to chase a black bear through the neighborhood and into the Bedwells' back yard.
Apparently, frightened that the commotion was a drug raid, Kim tried to toss a marijuana plant over a high fence, but it landed on one of the officers.
'Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
...AND THE STARBUCKS' WAITRESS
Delshawn Prejean, 35, was arrested in Jacksonville, Fla., in June after a Starbucks' waitress squealed on him for leaving a small pile of marijuana as a tip.
'WKMG-TV (Orlando)-AP
