{"id":17494,"date":"2014-09-10T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=17494"},"modified":"2014-09-10T08:00:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T12:00:41","slug":"plattsburgh-man-accused-of-carrying-drugs-and-indulging-in-irony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2014\/09\/10\/plattsburgh-man-accused-of-carrying-drugs-and-indulging-in-irony\/","title":{"rendered":"Plattsburgh man accused of carrying drugs and indulging in irony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oh the indignity. DARE doll used as drug mule. Photo: NYS Police<\/p><\/div>\n

State Police say they busted 22-year-old Gregory Bolognese of Plattsburgh this week for allegedly carrying a potpourri of illegal narcotics at the Greyhound bus station.\u00a0 His stash reportedly including marijuana, half a gram of cocaine, and LSD.<\/p>\n

With the North Country jittery over a serious heroin and prescription drug epidemic, arrests like this one are fairly common these days.\u00a0 A lot of young people in the region have been swept up in recent months as police and prosecutors try to put the squeeze on drug offenders and traffickers.<\/p>\n

So why does Bolognese’s case warrant a mention? The Clinton County man reportedly was carrying his stash<\/a> inside a stuffed animal dressed in a D.A.R.E. t-shirt.\u00a0 You know, from the “Drug Abuse Reistance Education” program?<\/p>\n

State police distributed a photo of the stuffed-toy-mule, looking sort of like a bedraggled perp in a mug shot.\u00a0 Bolognese was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana and is now in Clinton County jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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