Sham 'shrooms: Man touts porcinis as psychedelic mushrooms

[slimvictor]

A Pennsylvania man is behind bars for trying to pass off regular ol' mushrooms as magic mushrooms.

The first clue that something might be off with this drug-free drug deal? It happened in a supermarket parking lot.

Police in Ephrata, Penn., located in northern Lancaster County, say that Jayson Hartman chopped up some shiitake and porcini mushrooms, portioned them out into plastic bags and then tried to sell them as psychedelic mushrooms. The attempted sale allegedly took place on Nov. 8. Police recovered a $30 grocery store receipt for the mushrooms.

Hartman had arranged to meet his alleged buyer through Facebook, WHP-TV reported. And even though he wasn't actually selling real drugs, he was still violating state drug laws, Ephrata police Sgt. Philip Snavely told the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era. He was arrested on Friday and is being held in lieu of $40,000 bail.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/12/psychedelic-mushrooms.html

 

[23536]

How did he get caught?

 

[villian]

How did he get caught?

Maybe the facebook buyer was a narc?

I'm assuming they didn't personally know each other if he was going to sell him some bunk ass mushrooms

 

[23536]

Maybe the facebook buyer was a narc?

There are seriously way too many cops out there. I don't think the amount of real crime (excluding drug activity) justifies even half their number.

 

[Biovail]

And even though he wasn't actually selling real drugs, he was still violating state drug laws

wat

 

[thiz master]

They don't care if you are selling real drugs or harmless fake ones they can still arrest you and get one more tally mark for their drug arrest quota. Yay federal funding

 

[white_white]

Ya they can get you for impersonating a drug dealer..its crazy..Now the NDAA in the usa look out..indefinite detention...im sure they will make gangs terrorist organisations..lol

 

[nolys]

Lol this is fucked up... So I can get in trouble for selling someone oregano instead of weed?
What if someone was selling a piperazine in an ecstasy pill back when it was legal and they got caught? Do they got arrested for impersonating an mdma dealer?