Crushed Pop Tart = drugs

[Nebulous]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/cameron-mitchell-pop-tart-cocaine_n_5810602.html

Looks like the cop didn't want to sweeten the deal.

Cameron Mitchell, 30, was arrested Sept. 4 after allegedly selling an undercover agent in Halifax, North Carolina a crushed-up Pop Tart that he claimed was cocaine, WCTI 12 reports.

Halifax County deputies say Mitchell was making a delivery to a convenience store when the incident occurred. The agent came into contact with Mitchell, and over the course of the conversation Mitchell allegedly “agreed” to sell him some crack cocaine for $20, according to WCTI 12.

When agents tested the powdery substance Mitchell allegedly sold them, it contained no trace of cocaine. Police they say he later admitted it was the crushed corner of a Pop Tart, which he only sold because he needed the money. He was charged with selling a counterfeit controlled substance and creating a counterfeit controlled substance.

Several commenters on Gawker have speculated that the agent’s actions may qualify as entrapment.

According to North Carolina law:

It is the general rule that where the criminal intent and design originates in the mind of
one other than the defendant, and the defendant is, by persuasion, trickery or fraud, incited and induced to commit the crime charged in order to prosecute him for it, when he would not have committed the crime, except for such incitements and inducements, these circumstances constitute entrapment and a valid defense.

On the bright side, at least these officers determined that the substance in question was a sugary treat, not an illicit drug. That was beyond the abilities of the NYPD who, in October 2013, arrested two men on drug possession charges when cops mistook Jolly Ranchers for meth rocks.

 

[Dee]

Hah! Well, at least they were honest when they tested it and said it wasn't actually cocaine. Sad this guy had to go to such lengths to try and fool someone into thinking a pop tart was cocaine, though. xD

 

[Dee]

Hah! Well, at least they were honest when they tested it and said it wasn't actually cocaine. Sad this guy had to go to such lengths to try and fool someone into thinking a pop tart was cocaine, though. xD

giving poptart a bad rap..not cool lolzz..druggies would do anything to score more money to feed thier habit

Oddly enough, I'm craving a pop tart right now...

*adds that to the grocery list*

 

[Nebulous]

toaster strudels are wayyyyyyyy better than crusty old bland pop tarts, in MY opinion.

 

[Mozzie]

How do you mistake jolly Ranches for meth lol

 

[Jazzy]

Aren't they basically arresting him for NOT selling a controlled substance? How is that against the law?

 

[Mozzie]

Well if they arrest him, it takes the idiot thoughts from of the police

 

[Nebulous]

Aren't they basically arresting him for NOT selling a controlled substance? How is that against the law?

Seems like it. Odd logic there.

 

[Mike]

Way too many of these 'stupid/irresponsible police' stories coming out of that side of the atlantic at the moment.

 

[Nebulous]

Way too many of these 'stupid/irresponsible police' stories coming out of that side of the atlantic at the moment.

Don't worry, we'll NEVER have a shortage of those.

 

[Mike]

Well, that's quite worrying

 

[Nebulous]

Well, that's quite worrying

Is it? There has and there always be idiots.

 

[Mike]

Yes, but the role the police provides is well, something that should always be questioned.

America prides itself (way too much, and in most cases, wrongly) on being the most free country on earth. These stories about the police fucking up coming out in so fast a quantity calls that into question, doesn't it?

 

[Jazzy]

We hear about all the bad ones because the good ones don't count.

 

[Mike]

You shouldn't be hearing about the good ones, it's their job, there are medal systems in place to reward those that go out of their line of duty and perform excellently.

I'm not pointing and saying you guys have an issue, police get things wrong everywhere, I just think as of recently it's been intensified in the US.

 

[GoldenBlade]

Funny thing is that I just ate a strawberry Pop-Tart a little while ago..