Busted ... by GPS Turtle!
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."
Link - via bioephemera
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.
Plenty more illegal drugs to take the place of those plants, I'm sure.
Still, kind of silly to grow illegal plants on government land... -_-