Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Granpa Busts Drug Text

This makes all Grandfathers proud.

From the Superior Telegram.

If you're a drug dealer using a text message to ply your goods, it might be a good idea to double-check the phone number before hitting the "send" button.

A 19-year-old Muskego man was arrested Sunday night after a 10-year-old boy got a wrong-number text message asking, "You want to buy some hash?"

Turns out that the boy's grandfather is a Wisconsin state trooper and the youth was at granddad's home when the 6 p.m. text message arrived.

The boy didn't know what the strange message meant. But when his grandfather saw it, he called colleague Sgt. Nate Clarke, who set in motion a plan to bust the sender. Clarke and other on-duty troopers then sent a message back to the alleged dealer saying, "Yes we would" and then arranged through other text messages the amount of hash and where to meet the man to make the deal, Clarke said.

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