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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