Tickle Me Pothead

Jail me, Elmo? Police: Dad left pot in boy’s bag
AP

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - Police say a Pennsylvania father went to his son's elementary school to retrieve nearly four ounces of marijuana from the kindergartner's Elmo backpack.

State police say Ronald Washington, 33, called Menallen Elementary School in Uniontown on Thursday morning to ask if his son had arrived at school. Police say Washington told school officials he needed to fetch something from the boy's backpack, prompting school officials to search it.

Police say school officials called to say they had found pot in the bag. Troopers were waiting to arrest Washington when he arrived shortly before 9 a.m.

Online court records don't list an attorney for Washington. He was unable to post $100,000 and jailed.

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I don't get what the big deal is here. It's just weed. The dad needed to store his pot somewhere it wouldn't be found and what's safer than an Elmo backpack? Noone would be crazy enough to hide weed there. Seriously, what's the worst thing that could have happened? Some six-year-olds eat some pot, get stoned and carpet time becomes 20 times more fun for one afternoon. I say we cut this guy some slack. There are lots of dads out there who aren't even around to put pot in their kid's backpack. Chew on that for a while.

P.S. - Isn't Ron Washington the manager for the Rangers? First he tests positive for coke and now he hides weed in his kid's bag. No wonder the Rangers are in the toilet.