Man arrested after reporting to police his weed was stolen
May 10, 2017
Updated 9 hrs ago
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Casper
police arrested two Colorado men Tuesday afternoon after one of the men
reported that someone stole his marijuana, which is a controlled
substance in Wyoming and illegal to possess.Police
arrived at the Motel 6 on Wilkins Circle just after 2 p.m., after hotel
management reported that a customer came to the desk to report that his
marijuana was missing from his room. Officers responded to the motel
and encountered the man who reported the theft, later identified as Eric
Jarrin.“I made the report,” Jarrin told an officer, according to an arrest affidavit. “It was my weed that was stolen.”
Jarrin then handed the officer his Colorado driver’s license and a medical marijuana card.Jarrin
told the officer that he was in town working at Albertsons. He said he
came home from work and “wanted to smoke a bowl” but couldn’t find his
marijuana, according to the affidavit. He then went to the front desk to
report the missing drugs and waited outside for the police to arrive so
that he could directly report the theft to officers.Officers
asked Jarrin whether he had any other marijuana in his room, to which
Jarrin replied: “No, I have dabs in my room. Someone stole plant form
weed from me.”
He then told officers that dabs,
which are a concentrated cannabis extract, were a different form of
marijuana than the leafy version. Jarrin led officers to the room and
showed them the dabs, a glass pipe and a torch lighter, the affidavit
states.The officers then arrested Jarrin for possession of marijuana..
Another man, smelling
strongly of marijuana, walked up the stairs as officers investigated the
stolen marijuana, according to a separate affidavit. At the request of
officers, the man identified himself as Christopher Rathe.Rathe
told police that he had just come back from smoking marijuana because
he was not allowed to smoke in his motel room. Officers asked how much
marijuana Rathe had, to which he responded: “Not a lot I can get it for
you.”Officers followed Rathe
into his room and showed them his weed, which totaled about 2.86 grams.
The officers then arrested Rathe as well.Both men were booked into the Natrona County Detention Center on suspicion of possession of marijuana. 4951