August 02, 2004

"Man charged with meth manufacture after pants explode"

Drudge doesn't have this story yet, so:

LaFAYETTE, Ga. - A Walker County man was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after his pants exploded while he was talking to social services workers outside his home...

"Finally, while he was sitting in the back seat, the front of his pants exploded," [the commander of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force] said Friday...

If you read further, recall that second and third-degree burns aren't as bad as first-degree burns.

Given the name of the "task force," this counts as a WackyHumor and WarOnDrugs two-fer.

UPDATE: The first (and probably only) comment correctly informs me that I have the severity of burns reversed. Third-degree are the worst kind.

Oh.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Racked with guilt, I moved this from the WackyHumor category to the WarOnDrugs category.

Posted to WarOnDrugs at August 2, 2004 12:22 PM

Comments

You've got it reversed; third-degree burns are the worst.

Posted by: Ken Hirsch at August 2, 2004 12:58 PM

I've heard there was unrest among the locals in the Paducah area and the counties in the west of Kentucky against the county, state and federal authorities for their failure to control the meth-makers. The word I heard was many of the residents felt those law-enforcement groups were either "On-the-Take" or were afraid to enforce the law and bust the methmakers. Some locals have talked of "getting together and enforcing" the law themselves in secret.

Posted by: Kelley at July 12, 2005 05:46 AM