It Ain't Easy Bein' a Crack Head

This is a story of too much stupidity all in one place.

These two fine middle aged men decide to make a deal.  A crack deal, that is.

44 year old Tony Murray and his friend, Cassius Clay Davis, 46 make a little drug deal, but Murray doesn't have enough money on him to pay Davis right now.  Davis has a moment of generosity and he lets Murray enjoy the fine vintage crack and he can pay him later. They later take a cab to the Wachovia bank so Murray can get the money to pay Davis.
Murray doesn't have enough money in his account so he apparently concocts this elaborate story about Davis having a gun, kidnapping him, and forcing him to get money from the bank. It's hard to tell what his reasoning for that story was.  Maybe he thought the teller would be sympathetic and give him the money anyway.  That's what crack does.  Makes ya really stupid. 
The teller promptly calls the police.

This touched off a chain of events that led to a 3 hour ordeal with police.  The suspects were both pulled out of the bank one by one and taken in to custody.  Because one of them had left a small black bag in the bank, the bomb squad was called out to examine the bag.  There was no signs of a bomb and the bank was cleared.

Oddly enough, the only crime Murray could be charged with was Filing a False Police Report.  Now drug dealer Davis was actually a victim in this particular situation....not because he was stiffed in a drug deal, but because he was accused of being an armed kidnapper.  However, Davis was no saint and has a lengthy criminal history himself.  There was also an outstanding drug warrant with his name on it.

The next day, Murray is before a judge for a bond hearing.  He made a feeble attempt at pleading to the judge that he was "trying to turn his life around" but she cut him off by reciting from his rap sheet.  He then foolishly attempted another ploy and thought he could persuade the judge that he was the victim of a crime, and he could prove it.  She set bond and was ready to move on to the next case when he mumbled something on the way out the door.  Judge Linda Lombard didn't quite hear it so asked the bailiff to repeat what he said.  He said, "That's crap!"  Judge Lombard didn't take too kindly to those words, slamming him with a contempt charge and rewarding him with 5 days in jail for cursing.  Well, I'm a little concerned with her interpretation of  "cursing" but I agree, it's still contempt any way you look at it.  Serves his stupid crack ass right!
That was quite a bit of police resources used needlessly for a couple of stupid crack heads.

The moral of this story is....No crack on credit.