http://www.lenconnect.com/article/20150806/NEWS/150809547
A couple looking to buy a pound of marijuana gave up $2,800 for a backpack stuffed with dirty socks. The police will apparently end up with the money while an Ypsilanti man loses his laundry and freedom.
The July 8 fraudulent marijuana sale in Raisin Township was described Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court when Michael Rafael Suarez pleaded guilty to false pretenses between $1,000-$20,000. An unarmed robbery count against the 33-year-old is to be dismissed. His bond was reduced from $250,000 to $10,000 while he awaits sentencing on Sept. 3.
Suarez faces up to a 7.5-year prison term with a habitual offender count added to his fraud conviction. He admitted having two prior felony convictions.
An Ypsilanti couple who admitted accompanying Suarez on the early morning trip to Lee Villa mobile home park in Raisin Township also pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges. They were released on personal recognizance bonds pending their sentencing hearings next month.
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Technically, selling dirty socks as marijuana is fraud; I'm just surprised anyone would be charged with fraud when selling the real item would be illegal. *shrugs*
A couple looking to buy a pound of marijuana gave up $2,800 for a backpack stuffed with dirty socks. The police will apparently end up with the money while an Ypsilanti man loses his laundry and freedom.
The July 8 fraudulent marijuana sale in Raisin Township was described Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court when Michael Rafael Suarez pleaded guilty to false pretenses between $1,000-$20,000. An unarmed robbery count against the 33-year-old is to be dismissed. His bond was reduced from $250,000 to $10,000 while he awaits sentencing on Sept. 3.
Suarez faces up to a 7.5-year prison term with a habitual offender count added to his fraud conviction. He admitted having two prior felony convictions.
An Ypsilanti couple who admitted accompanying Suarez on the early morning trip to Lee Villa mobile home park in Raisin Township also pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges. They were released on personal recognizance bonds pending their sentencing hearings next month.
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Technically, selling dirty socks as marijuana is fraud; I'm just surprised anyone would be charged with fraud when selling the real item would be illegal. *shrugs*
