Drug dealer’s Cookie Monster hat helps in his arrest
Sep 27, 2012, 12:37 PM | Updated: 2:32 pm
A drug dealer’s hat was too distinct to keep him out of trouble.
An anonymous tipster approached a cop while they were working a beat near Club Volume in Seattle around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The tipster told the officer the dealer was selling ecstasy cut with something “really bad.”
“[The tipster] also pulled up a picture of this alleged drug dealer using his smart phone,” said Renee Witt with Seattle Police. The tipster showed the officer a Facebook profile – and in the photo the dealer donned a blue Cookie Monster baseball cap.
About an hour later, one of the officers spotted the hat from across the alley. Pointing him out, the officers converged on the suspect.
Officers found capsules and baggies of loose powder in the suspect’s pants pockets. He was also in possession of 59 capsules of ecstasy, a large capsule of THC, $97 cash and 7.7 grams of MDMA.
The suspect was booked into King County Jail.
His hat may have helped the dealer stand out to clients, but, “We need the criminals to continue to stand out in that way and do what we need to do capture them,” said Witt.
