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Busted ... by GPS Turtle!

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Bad idea: growing marijuana.
Really bad idea: growing marijuana on U.S. park land
Neatorama worthy: getting busted by a turtle equipped with a GPS tracking device.

You might call him a pint-sized crime fighter. A box turtle equipped with GPS helps police nab a suspect growing marijuana in Rock Creek Park.

Just south of the DC/Maryland line, a turtle wearing a GPS device for research purposes makes an amazing discovery. "The ranger in charge of the program discovered the turtle in the middle of a marijuana field," Sgt. Robert Lachance of the U.S. Park Police says. [...]

Growing marijuana on U.S. park land is never a good idea, and it's illegal. So U.S. Park Police set up surveillance. Sgt. Lachance says, "We soon discovered we had a culprit who was actively working the field."

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The park officials had the turtle wired with GPS to track its movements. My best guess is that they were checking up on it in the field on a daily schedule. One day they went looking for it and found it in the middle of said field.
Sadly, regardless of where you are, such a crime can get you charged on both the state level and a federal level.

DC laws as follows; Cultivation Or Sale, Any amount felony, Time up to 5 years, Fine of up to $50,000.

Within 1000 feet of school or other specified area felony, double time penalty, double fine penalty.

Federal;
Sale or Cultivation

Less than 50 kg felony 5 years $250,000

50 to 100 kg felony 20 years $1,000,000

100 to 1,000 kg felony 5 - 40 years $2,000,000

1000 kg or more felony 10 years - life $4,000,000

To a minor felony double penalty double penalty

Within 1,000 feet of a school, or other specified areas felony double penalty double penalty

So yeah, this dude is done.
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I know if I was that park ranger, I would've thanked the turtle and not called a damn soul. Too bad about the plants.. I bet they got dug up and salted.

Still, kind of silly to grow illegal plants on government land... -_-
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That is a device used to sharpen lawnmower blades. Both sides of the blade have to balance and when you sharpen one side, it throws the balance off.

Large, please.
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It's a prototype model for headwear for the band Devo!

Schrodinger's Cat "It's a trap!" t-shirt, men's size XL.

(Actually it's for checking the balance of mower blades during the sharpening process.)
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Celebrating birthdays has a surprisingly ancient history, as exampled in this recently excavated Western Han Dynasty Chinese birthday hat mold.

[Great Vocab Didn't Save The Thesaurus From Extinction; XL; Ash Grey]
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Court Relic of the Qin dynasty (221-217 BC) Thought at the time to be an earthquake detector. This may because the court Senechal, Wy di lod was grossly obese and whenever he passed near this it would wobble on its base, generating comical snorts and giggles from the royal court. It wasn't until the philospher Lo Dun D'rti accidently sat upon the device that its true purpose was discovered. Upon being compressed a small reed rubbed against a textured surface and a comical sound emenated. This is a Chinese whoopie cushion from before the age of Christ.

Good Marx Bad Marx XL grey. please
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It's one of the first artificial Christmas trees. Before plastics became common, scientists searched for viable artificial Christmas trees, this early tin example was quite popular although balancing the ornaments on the shelves proved challenging after a couple of eggnogs.

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