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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Jackass: A true-crime story

Thanks to the Crimprof listserv and the Smoking Gun, I see the following story:

FEBRUARY 3--Meet Michael Garibay. We're going to give the Orlando, Florida
man the benefit of the doubt and assume that he was stoned out of his mind
early this morning when he offered to sell cocaine to a prospective
customer. Because the buyer Garibay, 34, targeted was a sheriff's deputy.
Wearing his uniform. Seated in a marked patrol car. According to a
sheriff's report, Garibay parked his Ford Taurus directly behind Deputy Edward Johnson's
vehicle around 1 AM. After exiting his car, Garibay began chatting up
Johnson through the cruiser's window. Soon, he was asking the patrolman, "Do
you want to buy some cocaine?" Johnson, who thought Garibay was kidding,
answered, "Yes." Garibay then took out a baggie containing "several pieces
of white flat rock substances" and asked the cop if he had money. Johnson
exited the police car, seized the baggie, and arrested Garibay. A field test
showed the white substance to be cocaine. Garibay was hit with a felony drug
possession charge and a misdemeanor drug paraphernalia count.

According to this story, "Garibay was being held Friday in the Orange County Jail on $7,500 bail for alleged possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute."  Makes you wonder why there isn't an additional charge in Florida for being dumb as nails.

Posted by Dan Markel on February 7, 2006 at 11:17 AM in Criminal Law | Permalink

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