GPS, GPS-equipped turtle runs into reefer farm, gets high-fives from police
By Darren Murph 
posted August 23rd 2008 11:18AM
posted August 23rd 2008 11:18AM
Though not quite as bad as toting the GPS module around with you, one particular marijuana farmer had to be mighty embarrassed / wondering what he ever did to deserve such bad luck when a GPS-equipped turtle meandered into his crop. As the story goes, a close friend of the police -- a box turtle with no fear of Big Brother -- just happened upon a pot stash on US park property. Clearly, Mr. Isiah Johnson (the culprit) was heavily stoned when choosing US land to farm his ganja, and now he's in custody until he's "extradited back DC to face drug charges." And you thought all you had to do was dodge those CCTV cameras...[Via TechDigest]
The guy shouldn't have grown it on US property.
Is it just me or is this story missing one key piece of information. What the heck is a turtle doing with GPS strapped on its back?
Sniffing out weed, presumably.
simple, he was hired by the cops to find gies. they have finally admitted they need help, and well, find natural things with nature. besides, he's gettin paid. he got half the bust
BEST. HEADLINE. EVER.
Time to start killing turtles.
OMG, Turtles are the Best thing to happen to Earth since, well if not Chocolate milk, then Ever
i like turtles
I hate turtles.
I for one welcome our amphibious cyborg Drug Enforcement Overlords.
I wonder if that turtle ate any of it...and if so, did he crave pizza?
Am I the only one that immediately thought about Stephanie Colbertle the Turtle?
i don't know, but i immediately thought of the arrested development episode where buster unwittingly makes a home for his turtle out of uncle oscar's stash of weed. i'm surprised no one else mentioned it...
So you have smoked weed? The police will be at your door in five minutes.
Oh my mistake
The turtle will be at your door.
As usual, the turtle is assumed innocent and the black guy goes to court.
What do you call a turtle with a hard on?
http://cackl.com/joke/view/508/What+do+you+call+a+turtle+with+a+hard+on?
It also happens to be easier to guard and less likely to be stumbled upon.
And it wasnt even a mutant ninja turtle...
"home of the slaves" is about right, slaves to the special interests, namely big -tobacco, alcohol distributors, and pharmaceutical companies. There's never been a single death caused by smoking pot, and its a treatment for a variety of illnesses. How many times has your Dr. told you to drink more alcohol or start smoking more cigarettes; and those are legal in this country
of course ppl would smoke less if it were legal! dont be fooled by the governments attempt to keep us all sedated and not rioting! see through the bullshit!
Yeah, but you've got about a 12 hour head start until the turtle makes it there.
@becu55
mari-juana is everywhere, where was you brought up?
Heroes in a half shell, GPS power!
yea i know it was a joke
JUST LEGALIZE WEED DUMB MUTAFU*****
I just don't get it I can smoke a cigarette drink till I start pissing on people and not get in trouble well maybe for the pissing on people part but I can't smoke a duby and chill at the house. The war on weed has to be the dumbest load of bullshit I ever heard. Seriously people rape kids kill people and do god knows what and either A) Don't get caught or B) Act like they were crazy and get away with it, yet I do something that simply put is going to harm myself ( if it really does) and only affect me and and I get jail time for it. The stupid ass government puts all this money into these "I'm too good for drugs, but I probably smoked in the past or done worse) that could go back into the economy to fix the problems we're really having (i.e gas prices, ending this dumb ass war) but no instead our tax money is going to pay these bulls*** cops to go play with turtles. I hope that turtle bites their d*** off fu**ing pigs pisses me off. Despite what people say weed don't make you stupid I have 4.0 gpa, Im a honors graduate, full scholarship aka full ride, and on my way to earning my degree in college and I burn every night.... problem is 2 things one people use the shit as a excuse to why they are doing bad a crutch if you will and tend to depend on it.. if I drink every day and hit my wife a result the ac im achocol was nothing more then a excuse that I used the idea was already in my head but society tells me that it's not proper so all the sudden when drunk it's somewhat excusable....bullsh** 2) they can't control it remember long ago achocol was banned in the usa so therefore if they can't make money on it they are not going to do it and they stereotyped it so bad that they would be hypocrites if they allowed it now it's like a black person with a gold grill living in a rich white neigborhood the rich folk be peering outside waiting for this dude to steal their car when really he's a nice guy and just wants to live..... FU** THE SYSTEM, FU** THE GOVERNMENT NOTHING MORE THEN A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES IF YOU ASK ME.....one more thing while I am on this tangent why the fu** can i have a device that would allow me to have the power of god in the palm of my hands the ability to take one's life weather it be a gun or a couple of bottles of king cobra but I can't smoke somthing that makes me hungry and goofy and I will probably pass out next to a supreme pizza with a wiimote in my hand???
I bet you abe, washington and even bush burned once or twice in their day
"HEY HEY HEY SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY"
-Nate Dogg-
You have a 4.0 GPA and cannot even use proper punctuation?
Somehow I doubt that you are even in school. Lay off the pot, Your remaining braincells will thank you.
" it's illegal because it's a) bad for you and b) because the use of it can endanger others."
So the government should decide whats bad for us?
I guess we should outlaw skating because of broken bones.
I guess we should ban the use of car audio systems because of the distraction it may cause.
I guess we should ban cell phones because of some supposed link to brain tumors.
Any meal that has over 1200 calories should be banned because heart disease is linked to improper eating
Cowabunga.
Seriously, am I the only one to think of that?
What are you, a dope? That's a tortoise!
The read link is a "print full page". I was wondering why my printer dialogue popped up...
So, apparently it's OK for turtles to like weed...
he knows it's a joke. that line is a quote from an eminem song
Next, I call to the stand the finder of exhibit "A". Mr. Turtle, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
-from TechDigest
"Sergeant Robert Lachance of the U.S. Park Police said "He felt like he had a layer of security, but he probably never counted on a turtle with a tracking device leading us to that location and finding the field."
No. You'd never count on that. Even the most meticulously-planned crimes in history have not made allowances for what would happen if a GPS-enabled turtle stumbled into the crime scene. No one would ever commit any crimes if they had to go into that level of detail during the planning stages."
That last sentence made me smile.
Shredder must be PISSED!
um...why was a turtle wearing GPS for the cops in the first place??? i hate pigs
What I'm curious about is how did police know the turtle had found marijuana? Do they just go to the GPS's location every other day to find out what the turtle is up to, or what?
NOFX said it best. "Drugs are good and when you do em' people think that your cool, and when you do em people think that your cool. if you dont like drugs smoke a bowl next time your lame-o square girlfriend dumps your ass and see if it doesn't change your perception on things. "man, f*(&k them goddamned lights-