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Friday, March 8, 2013

Crime Religious Quest Cut Short by Crack Dealers, Police Say

Posted by on Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:51 AM

Posted by news intern Ben Steiner

On Monday afternoon, a Seattle man was walking through an alley near the downtown waterfront "en route to meet his pastor... where they were to discuss the duality of man and the redemption of the human soul," said a Seattle police report. His religious quest came to an abrupt end when two men stopped him and allegedly tried to sell him crack cocaine.

Officer Williams says that since the man was on his way "to meet his spiritual guide, he declined to make a purchase." The two suspected crack salesmen, perturbed by the soul-searching man's lack of desire for crack, allegedly beat him with a walking cane and stole $50 dollars he "happened to have in his front pocket... along with four hundred dollars that was in his wallet," police say.

The man fled the scene and contacted a local King County deputy. He provided an undisclosed name to the officer, but "a routine check could find no proof of existence for this person," police say. Officers Williams discovered the true identity of the man—that is, the man who was walking through alleyways with hundreds of dollars in his pocket on a spiritual quest—through a recent booking photo.

The man was uninjured, but the police report did not provide any details on the state of his immortal soul.

 

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1
Excellent Mudede impersonation
Posted by Westside forever on March 8, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Zebes 2
I was hoping this story was going to be a cautionary tale about the temptations of a couple of Mormon missionaries.
Posted by Zebes http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.html on March 8, 2013 at 12:09 PM
3
ha ha! dumbazz
Posted by carsten coolage on March 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Max Solomon 4
the last time i walked around with $450 on my person it freaked me out the whole time.
Posted by Max Solomon on March 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 5

But please, no drones for us.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on March 8, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Sir Vic 6
Depending on the kind of "pastor" he was supposedly going to meet, dude may have got off easy getting mugged instead.
Posted by Sir Vic on March 8, 2013 at 1:01 PM
7
Any word if his 'Pastor' kicked his ass too for not bringing back the crack?
Posted by Pastor? Riiiiiggggghhhhttttt. on March 8, 2013 at 1:44 PM
8
@1 win! Win! WIN!

no details, no journalism, JUST mudede. . .
Posted by mehhdontcare on March 8, 2013 at 3:42 PM

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