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Woman arrested after raccoon named Chewy found with meth pipe in driver's seat during police stop (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 1 month ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43737535

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[+] Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Def sounds like the trail of evidence is weak.

Unless the racoon was caged or on a lead. Surly the defence will claim it found the stuff and dragged it into the car.

Even if the driver has a history etc. seems the racoon is all sorts of reasonable doubt.

[–] AZERTY@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

However, a subsequent search revealed that Vidal’s car contained a bulk amount of methamphetamine, crack cocaine and three used glass methamphetamine pipes, police said.

She's cooked bro. She has paperwork claiming the raccoon as a pet and it holding a meth pipe on bodycam allowed probable cause to justify the search. Fuck the police but they're unfortunately probably going to get the conviction.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

Furthermore:

... whose registered owner had an active warrant and a suspended driver’s license, ...

The possibility of the pipe-wielding raccoon having acquired the pipe independently and without the driver's knowledge doesn't invalidate the search that found all the drugs. The active warrant is enough.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago

Please tell me she said “punch it Chewy” when the police got near the car.

[–] Delascas@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would have lost a large bet. From the headline, my first thought . . "this must be Florida. Has to be Florida" . . .

Nope. Ohio.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

As an ex ohioan, yeah that's us alright. Ohio is Florida if you replace the alligators with raccoons and possums and the swamp with hills then add Winter.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well yeah, you missed that it was a woman, not a man.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Florida man is a state of mind.

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

Huh, well TIL why the go to name for raccoons is usually “Rocky.”

Chewy seems more like a bath salts raccoon.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

That’s a lot to unpack in the title.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Why did this even make the news? The article says it happened in Ohio. I assume that's a daily occurrence there.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That's not what a good copilot like Chewy would do. Now, that hack Chuy would totally meth it up.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Fucking Springfield lol