Man offers weed for sheriff's SUV
Friday, December 22, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A man landed in jail after offering to trade illegal homegrown marijuana for an SUV listed on Craigslist -- a vehicle that happened to be owned by a sheriff. Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell received a text from a 39-year-old Vail man offering to buy his SUV. The man sent photos of the product, and Mikesell said he showed the texts to detectives. Authorities say they found about 4 pounds of illegal marijuana in the man's car.
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