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.
@BentnWasted I can almost hear Johnny Winter playing Barefootin', whilst this is developing.
It does seem I am the only one awake after 10. I ought to get more life
Not just you, I am too.
Ha ha ha, those crazy dopers. Climb a tree, shoeless, fall out, get muddy, get busted. Armed robbery is not his vocation.
@The Resistance At least this isn't a story about having to track down who fed him booze before he got drunk, got in his truck and mowed down innocent people.
At least it's not another story about an apartment fire or forest fire caused by a careless cigarette.
Face it...when stoners get busted, usually--with respectful acknowledgement for the person on the forum who lost his daughter to a stoned driver--nobody gets hurt and the stories are hilarious.Â
So what you're saying is, he nearly the entire marijuana.Â
A half pound of medical marijuana being delivered. That is quite a bit. How dubs is that ?
@Bert It's not that much, and for some one who consumes it in their food its not much at all.
@OliverNicholas @Bert So smoking is a more direct delivery method? How much does a half pound cost. Can't find a bigbox dealer
@Bert People that have esophageal cancer and other similar ailments are using it to treat nausea and help stimulate their appetite and can't smoke cannabis; they have to eat it or use it in tinctures - both of which require large amounts of cannabis to make a final product.
From Martin Luther King Blvd., too King County Jail. Say it ain't so!
I gues he is too impatient to plant seeds and wait for the harvest and stupid 'nuff to pull this stunt. This could be a shortcut to the joint and not the kind he wants.
@OCJohn The reality is they probably get better pop in prison. Mmmm...Kiester-weed!
Hope they weren't Teflon pots, that stuff is no good. I hear cast iron pots can help to supplement a little iron in your diet.Â
Gravity works! Stupidity does not
@Pvpbw  Heh heh heh! Sorry to burst the bubble, but I no longer work. I'm broken.
@Gravity Works! @Pvpbw POP! :(
Too high on weed. Too high in tree !
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@TheUglyTruth Most potheads aren't thieves. You should direct your comment to Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Carl Sagan, Michael Phelps and countless lawyers, professors and other people.
Or, we could make generalizations about alcohol drinkers based on a DUII. Or assault weapon owners because of a handful of criminals or ghetto felons.
You and I are on the same side on a lot of issues, and I would ask that you shelve the sort of Nanny State rhetoric that liberals are using to mischaracterize gun owners.  Would also like to tell you that my dad is a retired career airline employee, who smokes pot in his own home and doesn't hurt anybody.
Look... the only way we're going to keep the Burdickholes and Feinstains (dewd...all me) and all of their liberal trash from taking over the country and augering it into Mexico is to understand that we have to support liberty where harm isn't being committed. If you alienate marijuana smokers in Oregon, you're going to lose every election ever because the vast majority of people who use it are afraid to talk about it for fear of persecution, and the vast majority of people who -have- used it in college, or wherever, are productive members of society who simply don't go around wearing pot leaves, Che Guevara shirts and stoner hats.Â
Please stand for liberty, not century-old stereotypes.
well said!
I heard of being high, this guy took it to the next level.
The whole thing is hilarious.. Start to finish.. Sounds like a comedy film.. LOL
EDIT:
Okay, not the gun part, that's not funny but the rest of it is..Â
@cwpholder We were cracking up just at the headline... but the rest of the article sorta takes the cake.
MLK blvd-- says it all!
now that the stupid voters in this state have voted stupidly, this sorta thing will be a daily occurence! and worse! much worse!
@john Right. Because NOBODY smoked marijuana before it became legal. ...wait... it's not legal.Â
@playanekes  you think too much, put down your bong and pay attention!
@playanekes  well two can "play" this game, your mother liked it!
you are right, you can do that better
@john So, now you're going to accuse me of doing drugs, while some liberal jerkrag is trying to tell people I'm not a professional pilot. I guess if I p-ss off knuckesucking jerkrags on BOTH extremes, they'll just make stuff up about me.Â
Well, I can do that better.
Stop banging prostitutes, john. Especially your relatives.
@john Thinking too little is much more costly.
Fantastic title.
Pure comedy.
How things have changed. Cops going after someone who stole marijuana.
@RalphCramden Reminds me of an episode of "Cops" where a woman called the police because she'd given someone $20 for a rock of crack and they didn't give her the rock -- she wanted the cops to get her money back.  =)
@Sundowner @RalphCramden John Bunnell from COPS used to do armed patrol of east Mulntomah County high schools in the '60s and '70s. I think Centennial and David Douglas.
That's back when Americans didn't p-ss themselves at the thought of police officers with guns in schools.
Then when they canceled that program, I'm pretty sure he went into vice and started busting marijuana dealers before he got his TV gig.
@Playanekes We have armed police (they're called school resource officers, but they're regular city policemen) at the two high schools in the town I work in.  I think they've been there for at least 10 years, probably longer (well, one high school just opened this year, but the other one...).  I think about all they ever do is break up an occasional fight and catch kids smoking, but it just isn't a big deal that they're on campus.
@RalphCramden I was thinking the same thing ralph...did they protect the cardholders before the new law?
They wouldn't have called before, Ralph