Posted on 02/07/2014 3:53:13 PM PST by MarkBsnr
Galveston, Texas (CBS HOUSTON) – Former McGruff the Crime Dog actor, John R. Morales, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison following his guilty plea three years after police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons – including a grenade launcher, and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his home.
The man who played the famous “Take a bit out of crime” dog was arrested in 2011 after Galveston police and drug-sniffing dogs pulled over the McGruff actor for speeding, the Houston Chronicle reports. Authorities found diagrams of two indoor pot-growing operations sitting on the front seat, and multiple pot seeds stored in the trunk of his Infinity.
Police raided Morales’ home and found the multitude of marijuana plants, ammunition and weapons, which included a grenade launcher, according to court documents obtained by News Fix Now. On Monday, the now 41-year-old former actor pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Morales insisted that he was nonviolent, but U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore stated that, “Everything I read about you makes you seem like a scary person.” McGruff the Crime Dog is a cartoon bloodhound that was created by global advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi and the Ad Council in the early 1980s for the National Crime Prevention Council used by U.S. police in spreading crime awareness. The dog is often played by actors wearing the character’s rain-coat costume as McGruff visits schools, does commercials and engages children through educational videos.
Nor Grenades.
37mm Flare launcher that looks like a grenade launcher, rifle grenade launcher attachment for the muzzle, or an actual 32 or 40mm launcher?
I can see Mcgruff as they haul him away, “Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am?”
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Looks like he got bit!
9000 round? Meh, lightweight.
When McGruff breaks bad, then can anarchy be far behind!!?
His career has gone to pot.
Bite, not bit.
Does no one proofread or edit anymore?
collared him, now he is in the dog house
Your voice is familiar, but I can’t place the face.
In an earlier posting a young man knock-out attacked a college student, killed him and got only 10 years. What, exactly got this guy such a longer sentence? Were these those scary looking “assault” weapons? I’m pretty sure I have more than 9,000 rounds, several thousand for each gun I own. (None of my guns are scary looking, though. I may actually paint them mall pink and get little tu-tu’s for them.)
That's her reasoning? Wonder what his sentence would be if he didn't "seem scary".
Authorities found diagrams of two indoor pot-growing operations sitting on the front seat, and multiple pot seeds stored in the trunk of his Infinity.
What a dope.
Vanessa you azzhat, being “scary” is no reason to live in the Pen for 16 years.
Excuse me. Liberal Azzhat.
His last name should be Bumpus!
How much of it was Obama’s stash?
What a dope.
Apparently Scruff McGruff’s priority was taking a bite out of crime that had actual victims, not what statists determined to be “crime” at the drop of a hat.
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