Timethy Delarrance Morrison, Florida Man, Shoots Dealer For Hamburger-Marijuana Bait-And-Switch

Some meat aficionados would probably say that a great hamburger is better than drugs. And many drug-friendly carnivores would probably say that smoking marijuana makes any hamburger into a great hamburger. But it's not likely that either cohort would be happy if they ordered hamburgers and got marijuana -- or vice versa.

Indeed, a recent altercation in southern Florida shows just how badly such a mix-up can go.

According to TCPalm.com, 22-year-old Port St. Lucie native Timethy Delarrance Morrison thought he'd bought $100 worth of marijuana when his dealer handed him a white bag. He opened the bag and found hamburger meat in place of the drugs. Morrison was furious; he took out a gun and tried to rob the dealer. The dealer sped away, so Morrison started shooting at his Volvo.

His bullets hit the car, but missed the dealer. Police were called to the scene. They searched Morrison's car and found 4.7 grams of weed. (About $25 dollars worth, if priceofweed.com's South Florida data are to be believed.) Morrison was arrested on charges of "attempted murder, burglary, escape, possession of marijuana and providing a false name to a law enforcement officer," and sits in jail without bail. If only he knew the value of smoking cheeseburgers, he might not be in this predicament.

Comments

[Annette Hammond]

08:10 PM on 09/13/2011

Chit! I would been irate too!

[bob40wil]

04:47 PM on 09/13/2011

You don't be messin with a mans drugs.

[dbrett480]

07:29 PM on 08/06/2011

So much for non-violent drug offenders.

[icarus85]

04:00 PM on 08/18/2011

i think the important thing is that no-one was going to shoot at anyone if they just got to get stoned.. but yea, one idiot who smokes pot and shoots a gun doesn't mean pot causes gun violence at least not more than anything else. I have a sneaking suspicion that this fellow was going to find someone worthy of shooting his gun at regardless.

[Eats On Lexington]

01:11 PM on 08/04/2011

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[loki]

06:09 AM on 08/02/2011

probably wound have been so bad if it wasnt that amonia soaked hamburger we are getting these days. http://www.nehealthadvisory.com/2010/03/would-you-soak-your-beef-in-ammonia

[fishnetdiver]

03:42 AM on 08/02/2011

The 'Hamsterdam' project continues. Mayor McCheese could not be reached for comment.

[BuckyJamesDio]

12:18 AM on 08/02/2011

Dammed meatheads.

And wait... the dealer drove a Volvo? Really? Well, I guess there is something to be said for safety and all...

[GeorgiaVeteran]

05:43 PM on 08/01/2011

He shouldn't have shopped at a burger joint!

[Edward Wilkes]

04:55 PM on 08/01/2011

If weed were legalized, regulated and taxed like booze, then this switcheroo would not of occurred, because like a liquor store where one must buy booze, a weed store, one would have to go in order to buy weed, thus no more ha ha's ! But I must say that was a very profitable burger sale!

[92102]

04:57 AM on 08/02/2011

The weed stores in California are very convenient. There are even coupons in the weekly alternative newspapers.

[loki]

06:10 AM on 08/02/2011

you dont think there are som booze sellers who put rottgut in expensive bottles?

[rich3324]

02:45 PM on 08/01/2011

Watch out for the Hamburgler.

[patg00]

02:14 PM on 08/01/2011

He must have ratted on the dealer. Can't charge attempted murder w/o a victim.

[frfredt]

01:59 PM on 08/01/2011

WOW!

[Max Shaw]

01:24 PM on 08/01/2011

And the dealer got away? What a country.

[ZeroCoke]

04:21 PM on 08/01/2011

seriously.

[Durango]

04:25 PM on 08/01/2011

I think dealer should be in quotation marks.

[Max Shaw]

04:28 PM on 08/01/2011

Ha! Touche...Touche! :P

[rikster]

12:24 PM on 08/01/2011

shouldn't this be under "comedy"

[kjbarfarms]

01:21 PM on 08/01/2011

Dumb criminals would be a better site.

[Max Shaw]

01:24 PM on 08/01/2011

Yep! I agree.

[Nick Lyons]

12:09 PM on 08/01/2011

I bet he's wishing he would of just smoked the rest of his stash before trying to get more...he had almost 5 grams in his car.

If weed was legal, this wouldn't of happened...You won't ever have a medical marijuana dispensary try to sell you a bag of meat as marijuana.

[Taymullah]

12:58 PM on 08/01/2011

now wait a minute... I have been on a strong push to start offering Dispensaries meat products made with canna oils and blends.

I have Canna-Burgers that I make, they are amazing. I take a quarter of trim and shake buds (small popcorn buds from the bottom of a plant typically) grind it all up til it is nice and ground but not powder and then mix it with my other spices, meat and a lil veg oil. Let them sit an hour or two just to firm up and get everythig absorbed then i slow cook on the grill but not in contact with the flame area and at 325 degrees.

Two burgers and an hour later its like you have been medicating for hours.

[Nick Lyons]

01:33 PM on 08/01/2011

That sounds awesome, it's amazing what you can do with cannabis. You could literally make a fully medicated full course meal.

[Havana Thinks]

04:39 AM on 08/02/2011

Bong appetit!