Dumb AZZ of the WEEK
A Fayette County man this morning pleaded guilty to stashing marijuana in his son's Elmo bookbag, but he told a judge he couldn't recall exactly when he placed the drugs in the bag.
Ronald Jacob Washington, 34, of 6 Wilson Ave., Uniontown, pleaded guilty to charges of endangering the welfare of children, possession, possession with intent to deliver and disorderly conduct.
In exchange for his guilty pleas, he is to be sentenced next week to six to 24 months in prison, according to a plea offer by District Attorney Jack Heneks.
Uniontown Area School District officials discovered the marijuana April 8, after Washington called Menallen Elementary at 8:15 a.m. to ask whether his son had arrived yet for kindergarten, state police said in a criminal complaint. When the school confirmed the boy's arrival, Washington indicated he needed to retrieve something from the boy's bookbag.
School staffers were suspicious and searched the bag. They summoned police after finding the suspected marijuana.
Trooper Timothy G. Selden reported that when he arrived at the school, he noticed a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the bag. Upon searching it, he discovered two clear plastic sandwich bags containing approximately 105 grams of marijuana — nearly 4 ounces — next to the child's homework.
By then, Washington had arrived and was outside the school talking on a cell phone.
"I proceeded to tell Ronald Washington what had taken place, and he said, 'It was something dumb,'" Selden wrote in the complaint.
Washington is in the Fayette County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bond.
source:http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/fayette/s_702067.html
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