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Most of you probably already know that if you send a text it’s the property of the recipient, but did you know an incriminating text message could make your “A”zz property of the county jail?
31 year old Taurus McKee Baker of Conyers, Georgia found out the hard way when he sent a text to a friend offering to sell him “sum bars.”
According to an incident report retrieved by TheRockdaleCitizen, Baker’s friend was arrested after he allegedly fled from police during a traffic stop. During his arrest, the friend reportedly had to be tased and his cell phone fell from his pocket.
Here’s where it gets weird… the phone was reportedly retrieved by an officer, who coincidentally looked at the screen the same time this message was scrolling from left to right: “Dis taurus I got sum bars.”
The officer understood “bars” to mean Alprazolam or Xanax, which are referred to as that based on the shape of the pills.
Officers responded to the text and during the communication learned that “Taurus” had been “popd” (arrested) two weeks prior on Irwin Bridge Road. Officers determined that “Taurus” was actually Taurus McKee Baker, who had been arrested at the Mobile gas station on Irwin Bridge Road on a charge of sale of marijuana, according to the incident report.
“During the course of the text messaging, Baker agreed to sell us 10 bars of Alprazolam for $40,” according to the officer’s report. “Baker advised he was on Lakeview Drive and agreed to meet us on College Avenue.”
Officers in uniform drove in an unmarked vehicle to Park Circle near the intersection of College Avenue. A detective in an unmarked vehicle was also in the area. When the suspect walked into the area he was arrested without incident, according to the report.
A search of the suspect revealed a cell phone and 10 pills, identified as Alprazolam, wrapped in cigarette plastic.
Baker was charged with possession of a Schedule IV drug with intent to distribute, sale of a Schedule IV controlled substance and use of communication facilities to commit a felony.
And to think… it all started when his “friend” was stopped for a traffic violation!
The moral of this story? Y’all criminals better get smarter with your communication tactics.
Have you ever sent a text that could be used against you in a court of law?
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Just dumb!
If he was stopped for one thing ( traffic stop) snickers! More than likely the friend probally had a warrant or something.
Isn’t that against his amendmants rights search his property ( they need a search warrant or have probale cause to eye ball his phone?)especially if it was only for a traffic stop. (code word he looked suspicious and I stopped him)
my phone lock automatic and need a code to open it up. People are nosey!
The probable cause was him running from the police.
"had to be tased and his cell phone fell from his pocket" How convenient for the officers, don’t they need a search warrant to look through personal property?
Moral of the story: Don’t run from the cops. If he would have just pulled over and accepted his fate. The cell phone wouldn’t have fallen out on a public street and became public property and had a message flash across the screen in plain view. Without probable cause, a cell phone is like anything else on your persons, the need warrent, your permission or have to arrest you on something (they can search your phone after you’ve been arrested.)
More morals to the story: Put a screen lock on your phone and when driving and get pulled over, put your phone in your pocket. Police Officers can search the car except the truck, glove compartment, and backseat without probable cause, a arrest, or consent.
LOL AT ALL OF THIS!!
all i have to say to this is niggaz need to stop talking on sell phones. remember back in the day if you had a family member that hustled. what they do? they never talked on the phone never and back then it was just the damn house phone. at minimum a code or page would come through and you would meet up, and discuss business. you never wrote shit down no you kept that shit locked in your head. phone numbers, and all locked in your head. you never told the next nigga what you had going on unless you were doing business with that person only. you kept business with business and pleasure with pleasure never mix the two, and if you bout your business you never had too much time for pleasure. Saying that i am saying this we have a bunch of mentally lazy dudes these days, and that is why they get caught. They weak that is why snitching is at all time high, and they have no drive. See communication is key even in the criminal world. Think when cats kept they business as business and wasn’t all on cell phones with their business the detectives had to actually their damn job.