Stupid on so many levels

By Doug Page | Monday, February 8, 2010, 03:43 PM

It was around 7:45 on a Thursday evening. A Clayton police sergeant was in a local convenience store when a young man wandered in and asked the clerk for a pack of matches and directions to the women’s restroom.

Curious.

The sergeant stuck around for 15 to 20 minutes until the young man came out of the restroom and then asked if he could speak with the young man. Asked why he was in the restroom for so long, the young man said he was relieving himself. Then the officer asked to see the pack of matches the young man had gotten from the clerk.

Noticing several matches missing and noting the young man was chewing on what appeared to be a syringe cap, the sergeant suggested the young man take off his sweatshirt.

No great surprise: there was a fresh injection site, plus numerous older track marks on his arms. The young man explained the syringe cap was from his girlfriend’s insulin needle; he was chewing on the cap because he was trying to stop smoking; and the needle marks were actually old injuries.

Oh-for-three, young man. When patted down, the sergeant and a second officer called to the scene found 22 capsules of suspected heroin hidden away in the young man’s sock.

He was given a free ride to the county lockup on suspicion of drug possession.

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