Thieves snort cremated human, animal remains believing the ashes were cocaine

[marmar]

from the NY Daily News:



A gang of teenage thieves looking to get high got a buzzkill instead when they realized a stash of "cocaine" they'd heisted and snorted was not the drug, but a dead man's ashes.

The thieves, who burgled a woman's Florida house in December, stole - among other items - an urn containing the resident's father's remains, as well as a container where the ashes of her two deceased dogs were stored, according to a sheriff's report obtained by The Smoking Gun.

"The ashes that were taken from the house had been taken because the suspects mistook it for either cocaine or heroin," the report reads. "During the conversation, it was learned that the suspects had snorted the ashes believing they were snorting cocaine."

The robbers - all in their teens - later saw a news report about the woman's house they'd robbed, in which it was revealed that the ashes were among the items stolen. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/19/2011-01-19_thieves_snort_cremated_human_animal_remains_believing_the_ashes_were_cocaine.html?r=news/national

[david13]

1. Didn't that happen to Cartman? Oh, no, he thought the ashes

were chocolate milk mix, and he drank them, which turned out to be the ashes of Kenny. So then he had Kenny living inside him, and sometimes taking over; sometimes he was Cartman, and sometimes he was Kenny.
dc

[pipi_k]

2. OK this is either a hoax or

those two are really stupid.

I can't imagine someone breaking into my house and, seeing a little brass urn in a purple velvet box on my dresser, thinking it's cocaine.

No. It's a portion of my dad's ashes. And when you shake the urn, you can hear little bits of BONE rattling around that didn't burn up during cremation.

[callous taoboy]

3. And then they went home and watched, "Ow....My Balls."

[Historic NY]

4. its the stupid.

[Shandris]

5. Reminds me of the South Park where Cartman drinks...

...Kenny's ashes and starts having visions of him and his memories.