Helena teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot

[GrizinWashington]

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HELENA - General rule of thumb: When looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff.

A Helena teen recently sent a text message in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

The text read, "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?"

At first, Dutton thought someone was playing a joke on him, but quickly realized otherwise.

"I'm thinking, ‘Hey this is odd,' " Dutton said. "I was looking around to see if there was someone outside my window playing a prank."

He played along as if it were legitimate. "How much we talking?" Dutton replied to the teen.

The sender said he was close to the dealer's house, so Dutton got the Missouri River Drug Task Force involved. A detective pretending to be the dealer agreed to meet the sender at a business on the north end of Helena at 6 p.m. last Wednesday, Dutton said.

Inside the business, the detective spotted two male juveniles with an adult male. To ensure it was the right person, the detective called the number three times, Dutton said.

The detective called the teens over and showed them his badge. Dutton said the young boys turned white and their knees began to wobble. The group went outside to discuss the issue further and one of the teens passed out.

"Was it divine intervention or just bad luck?" Dutton said.

The adult male with the group turned out to be the father of one of the teens. He was a big, military-looking guy and he wasn't happy, Dutton said. The drug detective got both of the teens' parents involved and decided not to issue any citations.

"When the detective saw there were parents that wanted to be involved, he took the right action and I'm really proud of the deputy," Dutton said. "Trying to buy drugs is a crime, but it's probably worse that they had to face their parents."

[SonomaCat]

We don't know all of the facts.
What a hatchet job by the newspaper!
The police really screwed up -- the kid did nothing wrong.
Come on guys, who hasn't done this same things when they were young?
I heard from a guy who knows a guy who said the kid didn't even exist when this event allegedly took place.
He wasn't convicted of anything so-- what? What's that you say? You say this kid isn't a good guy at football? I see .....


What a dumbass!

[ChiOCat]

We don't know all of the facts.
What a hatchet job by the newspaper!
The police really screwed up -- the kid did nothing wrong.
Come on guys, who hasn't done this same things when they were young?
I heard from a guy who knows a guy who said the kid didn't even exist when this event allegedly took place.
He wasn't convicted of anything so-- what? What's that you say? You say this kid isn't a good guy at football? I see .....


What a dumbass!

Aww come on Brad, we know you meant "it should be legal anyway! We should be buying pot from the cops!"

[GrizinWashington]

We should be buying pot from the cops!"

Hell Yeah! They're not doing much while they're out there walking/driving around anyhow. Let's let 'em drive some revenue for the cities and counties!! Load 'em up with dime bags!

[SonomaCat]

We don't know all of the facts.
What a hatchet job by the newspaper!
The police really screwed up -- the kid did nothing wrong.
Come on guys, who hasn't done this same things when they were young?
I heard from a guy who knows a guy who said the kid didn't even exist when this event allegedly took place.
He wasn't convicted of anything so-- what? What's that you say? You say this kid isn't a good guy at football? I see .....


What a dumbass!

Aww come on Brad, we know you meant "it should be legal anyway! We should be buying pot from the cops!"

Well, that's a completely different (and less sarcastic) path ... but if we get serious ... no, I don't think minors should be able to buy pot legally (just adults over the legal age of consent) ... and I don't think that cops (or any other government official) should be selling pot. That should be kept in the private sector!

[AlphaGriz1]

We don't know all of the facts.
What a hatchet job by the newspaper!
The police really screwed up -- the kid did nothing wrong.
Come on guys, who hasn't done this same things when they were young?
I heard from a guy who knows a guy who said the kid didn't even exist when this event allegedly took place.
He wasn't convicted of anything so-- what? What's that you say? You say this kid isn't a good guy at football? I see .....


What a dumbass!

I heard he was in bed by midnight.