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.
Do you have a link to the earlier story? I can’t find it.
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Grenade launcher? Maybe it’s a giant bong.
That a boy. SICK ‘EM!
Gilmore seemed to have little sympathy for Morales, who previously was sentenced to two years in prison for an illegal silencer and a homemade bomb.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Pot-farm-diagrams-lead-former-McGruff-back-to-5201625.php
Why is the report sealed?
That’s a darned good question.
I can’t help wondering what a pot farmer (who used to have ties with law enforcement 15 years ago) is doing with so many weapons and things like silencers, grenade launchers and pipe bombs and wonder... did he ever work for or with the ATF?
I’m feeling frisky with the tin foil hats.
Target Rich Environment!
;-)
“No excuse for lazy writing, especially for a TV news website.”
I think lazy would be a vast improvement over their usual performance.
Bad dog!
Generally true.
But it was an actor who won the Cold War.
If he’s selling the crop of 1000 pot plants annually without paying taxes, that’s criminal. It isn’t victimless.
Maybe you think no one should pay their taxes anymore.
Galveston ain’t Atlantic city. It’s a pretty street rat town (run by 3 families for decades).
“But it was an actor who won the Cold War.”
A total class act from another generation that held principles, morality, and a love for the country.
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