View Single Post
Old 02-09-2014, 02:00 PM  
Mutt
Too lazy to set a custom title
 
Mutt's Avatar
 
Industry Role:
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 34,431
McGruff the Crime Dog Gets 16 Years In The Slammer



McGruff the Crime Dog has fallen on hard times. Actor John Morales, who dressed as the famous bloodhound known for taking a ?bite out of crime,? has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

The sentencing on Monday followed a guilty plea, three years after police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons ? including a grenade launcher, and 9,000 rounds of ammunition ? from Mr. Morales? home, CBS reported.

Mr. Morales was arrested in 2011 when Galveston police and their drug-sniffing dogs pulled him over for speeding. The McGruff actor had two indoor pot-growing operations diagrams sitting on his front passenger seat, and marijuana plant seeds stored in the trunk of his car.

Police then raided Mr. Morales? home and found the remaining offending evidence.

Mr. Morales insisted he was nonviolent, but District Judge Vanessa Gilmore stated, ?Everything I read about you makes you seem like a scary person.?

McGruff the Crime Dog is a cartoon bloodhound that spreads crime awareness. Global advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi and the Ad Council created the detective pooch in the early 1980s for the National Crime Prevention Council.

The dog is played by actors who visit schools and film commercials to promote crime awareness, all while wearing McGruff?s signature detective trench-coat costume.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...#ixzz2srSDYaWs
__________________
I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!
Mutt is offline   Share thread on Digg Share thread on Twitter Share thread on Reddit Share thread on Facebook Reply With Quote