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Ed Finnerty

2011-10-20 07:12:08 PM

If they were smart they would've answered the door looking like a slutty Wonder Woman.

blackmtnmantheonly

2011-10-20 07:55:27 PM

Facepalm....

All I got.

Britney Spear's Speculum

2011-10-20 07:57:39 PM

1) Cops suspect heroin dealers but don't have enough info for a warrant
2) Cops place "Heroin for sale" signs up
3) Warrant

sn82

2011-10-20 08:00:07 PM

It seems like drug use is up or a lot of dumb ones are getting caught.

ProdigalSigh

2011-10-20 08:01:48 PM

Britney Spear's Speculum: 1) Cops suspect heroin dealers but don't have enough info for a warrant
2) Cops place "Heroin for sale" signs up
3) Warrant

Possible. But this is also a great way to get back at an ex.

styckx

2011-10-20 08:03:13 PM

Sounds like dumb white people crime to me.

Hypothetical Imperative

2011-10-20 08:03:28 PM

Britney Spear's Speculum: 1) Cops suspect heroin dealers but don't have enough info for a warrant
2) Cops place "Heroin for sale" signs up
3) Warrant

Alternately, a private citizen aware of the dealer's residence may have posted the signs. Much more likely than either of those options he simply pissed someone off.

Pancoaifo

2011-10-20 08:06:44 PM

Britney Spear's Speculum: 1) Cops suspect heroin dealers but don't have enough info for a warrant
2) Cops place "Heroin for sale" signs up
3) Warrant

Too much work.

Just write up an affidavit citing a "confidential informant" to get the warrant. Don't even have to put the coffee cup down since all you have to do is update the street address fill-in field on the template.

My guess is a competitor or an ex put the signs up.

/drtfa

Bill_Wick's_Friend

2011-10-20 08:09:36 PM

Stupid dealers.

Everyone knows Craigslist is the place to sell drugs to strangers.

krafty420

2011-10-20 08:11:55 PM

The dumbass tag would have been much more appropriate here.

strathmeyer

2011-10-20 08:15:13 PM

blackmtnmantheonly: Facepalm....

All I got.

sn82: It seems like drug use is up or a lot of dumb ones are getting caught.

krafty420: The dumbass tag would have been much more appropriate here.

"The neighborhood response team began this investigation over a year ago because of numerous neighborhood complaints,"

Why, how long would you guys make it? If I hung up fliers and continued to sell heroin for a few months, I might think it was a good idea.

davidphogan

2011-10-20 08:18:05 PM

Hypothetical Imperative: Alternately, a private citizen aware of the dealer's residence may have posted the signs. Much more likely than either of those options he simply pissed someone off.

I was thinking neighbors knew what was going on, and decided to give the police a reason to raid the place.

moops

2011-10-20 08:22:43 PM

Yet another PDX news item on fark, and subby got it way wrong.

link to better article (new window)

"One neighbor became so disturbed that she put together a flier that read "Heroin for sale'' with the house address on it and distributed it to all the other residents on the street and to police. "

Grobbley

2011-10-20 08:30:18 PM

olddinosaur

2011-10-20 08:32:00 PM

Hmmm, let's see:

Two people are having a dispute;

One decides to rat-f*ck the other;

Places signs all over the place, advertising narcotics for sale at enemy's home;

Cops too lazy to smell a rat, bust her;

Jury has to let her go because same person who planted the signs might have also sequestered dope on her property to get her busted.

That about get it?

Gyrfalcon

2011-10-20 08:35:35 PM

Grobbley: moops: Yet another PDX news item on fark, and subby got it way wrong.

link to better article (new window)

"One neighbor became so disturbed that she put together a flier that read "Heroin for sale' with the house address on it and distributed it to all the other residents on the street and to police. "

Surely that can't be legal, right?

Don't get me wrong, people peddling heroin deserve to go to jail, but this seems like a pretty stupid and potentially illegal way to make it happen. IANAL though.

Sure.

Warrants and illegal searches only apply to GOVERNMENT ACTION. If the neighbor wants to tip off the cops by doing something like that, that's OK by them. You can illegally hack your neighbor's computer, or put a secret tape recorder in their house, too, if you want, and the cops can use the intel all day long to arrest your neighbor if you get something good.

Of course, YOU may be arrested as well if you did anything else illegal; but sure, the cops can use your information. The Exclusionary Rule only applies if the 4th Amd. applies, and for that to work there has to be government involvement in the illegal gathering of the evidence.

Nem Wan

2011-10-20 08:37:41 PM

Heroin is a trademark of Bayer. You should advertise using the the generic name diacetylmorphine to stay out of trouble.

Mini Ditka

2011-10-20 08:42:45 PM

Yeah, I kinda doubt they were posting those flyers themselves to unload that massive 10 gram stash of heroin.

/Dick move, but funny

thelordofcheese

2011-10-20 08:48:01 PM

>trolling prepares

MrKevvy

2011-10-20 08:53:28 PM

Nem Wan: Heroin is a trademark of Bayer. You should advertise using the the generic name diacetylmorphine to stay out of trouble.

+1. You are aspirin to greatness.

AbbeySomeone

2011-10-20 09:00:15 PM

moops: Yet another PDX news item on fark, and subby got it way wrong.

link to better article (new window)

"One neighbor became so disturbed that she put together a flier that read "Heroin for sale' with the house address on it and distributed it to all the other residents on the street and to police. "

yeah. That was my first thought.
or
Pancoaifo: Britney Spear's Speculum: 1) Cops suspect heroin dealers but don't have enough info for a warrant
2) Cops place "Heroin for sale" signs up
3) Warrant

Too much work.

Just write up an affidavit citing a "confidential informant" to get the warrant. Don't even have to put the coffee cup down since all you have to do is update the street address fill-in field on the template.

My guess is a competitor or an ex put the signs up.

/drtfa

this is possible as well.

gutter_ca/fl

2011-10-20 09:16:08 PM

I want to know how random neighbors knew it was H they were selling. Asked them for blow or ganja?

Oznog

2011-10-20 10:01:49 PM

prjindigo

2011-10-20 10:08:04 PM

or maybe the neighbor put them up, in which case the conviction is thrown out even if the guy had six tons uncut
then he sues the neighbor

KrispyKritter

2011-10-20 10:11:27 PM

egg_mcmuffin: Yeah, give that fat FARK more cookies. Cops are called PIGS for a reason. They are uneducated, lazy, fat, disgusting power hungry narcasistic pricks. I wish the meth lab would've exploded and killed a few of them.

no need to hold back. tell us how you really feel!

StoPPeRmobile

2011-10-20 10:29:19 PM

Britney Spear's Speculum: 1) Cops suspect heroin dealers but don't have enough info for a warrant
2) Cops place "Heroin for sale" signs up
3) Warrant

This.

Plus someone got a promotion.

I have a cunning plan...

davidphogan

2011-10-20 10:34:18 PM

prjindigo: or maybe the neighbor put them up, in which case the conviction is thrown out even if the guy had six tons uncut
then he sues the neighbor

You don't know how laws work, do you?

TheGogmagog

2011-10-20 10:57:36 PM

Approves.

child_god

2011-10-20 11:18:48 PM

It the article, it shows bottles of Heet being confiscated.

What does heet have to do with drugs?

Gyrfalcon

2011-10-20 11:49:23 PM

child_god: It the article, it shows bottles of Heet being confiscated.

What does heet have to do with drugs?

It shows that the neighbor has no idea how you make METH, for one thing.

gutter_ca/fl

2011-10-21 12:18:06 AM

child_god: It the article, it shows bottles of Heet being confiscated.

What does heet have to do with drugs?

HEET is isopropyl alcohol. Certainly could be used in extraction or manufacture of some drugs.

I know a guy who makes hash oil with IPA.

caramba421

2011-10-21 02:56:35 AM

Mini Ditka: Yeah, I kinda doubt they were posting those flyers themselves to unload that massive 10 gram stash of heroin.

/Dick move, but funny

Yeah, but they're still stupid enough for the whole neighborhood to know they're holding. But then, junkies don't usually put the "B" in "subtle," do they?

Haruko_Haruhara

2011-10-21 03:37:17 AM

Well, this sums it up for me:

farm7.static.flickr.com

/you know the country's gone down the tubes when people can't even sell...substances...right

Happy Hours

2011-10-21 04:18:42 AM

RobSeace

2011-10-21 08:01:26 AM

egg_mcmuffin: This country really IS getting stupider and stupider.

Which, in turn, is precisely why some people find it believable that dealers might actually be this retarded...

MadMonk

2011-10-21 09:21:50 AM

I have a feeling somebody in the neighborhood got sick of the police not doing anything about the house, so they went around posting a flier to get the cops off their lazy asses. A full year of investigating and still hadn't moved on the house? Give me a break.

Bill_Wick's_Friend

2011-10-21 04:07:32 PM

gutter_ca/fl: I know a guy who makes hash oil with IPA.

India Pale Ale. Is there ANYTHING it can't do?

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