Man Hands Out Cocaine, Not Candy


Apparently little baggies of cocaine can be easily mistaken for trick-or-treat candy. Or at least that’s what Donald Junior Green is saying, according to the Guardian. On Halloween night, the 23-year-old accidentally handed out tiny Ziplocs filled with cocaine instead of the Haribo sweets he had intended to pass out.

He had purchased the cocaine earlier that day for £200, dividing it up and slipping it into his pocket. He soon realized his mistake, he says, and went out onto the streets to search by foot and car to find the children. Unable to find them, he eventually returned back home.

Luckily for everyone, the children’s father just so happened to be an off-duty police officer. After heading back home for the night, PC Simon Fowell checked in on his children, ages five, six, and eight, and spotted the drugs for what they were. When he asked his children where the “treat” had come from, they told him it was the last house they had visited.

By the time police arrived at the house, Green was back home and waiting. When he opened the door, he said, “I know exactly why you are here. I knew you were coming.”

Prosecuting attorney Sean Brady cites the potentially devastating effects of Green’s actions, saying, “Had dad not gone in and recognized what it was, this could have been a very serious case.”

But defending attorney Steve Sullivan says it was an honest mistake by Green, who hadn’t intended to give the children the cocaine. Green has plead guilty to possession of a Class A drug, but maintains that there was no malicious intent to his actions.

“This was an accidental act. It was grossly foolhardy,” says Sullivan. “It took him only a matter of minutes to realize his error. This is clearly a highly unusual and unfortunate case. Not surprisingly it has attracted a good deal of adverse publicity. He has been embarrassed by the publicity but does not seek to feel sorry for himself.”

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