Tenn. Meat Salesman Charged With Swallowing Half-burned Joint As Officers Watched

[Jim Finnel]

Athens police said they have arrested a door-to-door meat salesman who swallowed a half-burned marijuana joint as they watched.

The Daily Post-Athenian in Athens reported that 30-year-old Robert Sherk of Cleveland faces charges of tampering with evidence and resisting arrest.

A jailer said Wednesday that Sherk was being held on a $5,000 bond and there was no record he has an attorney.

Athens police said officers arrested Sherk after he tossed a half-burned marijuana cigarette into his mouth and then resisted the officers' efforts to retrieve it and take him into custody.

Officers said Sherk was seated in a vehicle and they were questioning him about selling meat door-to-door without a city permit.




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[The Big Man]

If these charges are not dropped, I would be surprised. Where is the evidence?

 

[vspec]

haha, thats a laugh.
I love how cops trump up the charges. I think it must be universal.
1 issue & you find they try to make 8 variations stick.