Bernie Goetz, New York City subway vigilante, arrested on drug charge

[hrmjustin]

AP COLLEEN LONG

NEW YORK -- Subway vigilante Bernie Goetz, who ignited a national furor over racism and gun control after he shot four panhandling youths on a train in the 1980s, has been arrested on drug charges, police said Saturday.

Goetz was nabbed in a sting operation in Union Square park Friday afternoon for selling $30 worth of pot to an undercover officer, police said. He asked the woman if she wanted to get high, then went back to his apartment, where he has lived for decades, and returned with marijuana, authorities said. He was arrested on charges of criminal sale of marijuana.

Goetz wasn't being targeted specifically; he just happened to cross paths with the undercover officer assigned to crack down on drug dealing in the park, authorities said.

The 65-year-old was in custody awaiting arraignment Saturday and not reachable for comment.

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[LibDemAlways]

1. What a waste of taxpayer dollars and police resources. N/t

[hrmjustin]

2. I agree.