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02-16-2006, 07:38 AM
College student tries to buy pot at cop shop
By Mike Nowatzki, The Forum
West Fargo Police Officer Ken Zeeb figured it was just a silly college prank when a student phoned the police station looking to score some marijuana.
But the joke was on the student when she actually showed up to buy the pot.
Zeeb arrested 20-year-old Grace Sium of Fargo for criminal attempt and possession of drug paraphernalia at 3:58 a.m. Saturday.
According to Zeeb:
Sium, a junior at North Dakota State University, called the cop shop about 3:15 a.m., wanting to know where she could buy some marijuana.
The dispatcher told her several times that selling and possessing marijuana was illegal.
But Sium insisted, so the dispatcher told her there was marijuana in the evidence locker, and that if she came to the police station he would “hook her up.”
Zeeb had arrived for his 4 a.m. shift about 15 minutes early and was in the station’s locker room when Sium arrived.
“The dispatcher got on the intercom and said, ‘You know what? She’s here. She just handed me $3 for marijuana,’ ” Zeeb said.
Zeeb said Sium didn’t appear to be surprised when he arrested her.
“She didn’t seem like she was really under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” he said. “She understood what was going on and articulated herself well.”
Sium, who is originally from Oakdale, Minn., did not return a phone message left for her Saturday at the Cass County Jail.
Zeeb, a police officer for the past 15 years, said he worked narcotics for 7½ years and has arrested people for trying to buy drugs at a house as it was being searched by police.
But Saturday’s incident was “about the craziest thing I’ve ever come across,” he said.
“This is something that you couldn’t even make up,” he said.
Fargo... there really isn't anything to do there, is there?
By Mike Nowatzki, The Forum
West Fargo Police Officer Ken Zeeb figured it was just a silly college prank when a student phoned the police station looking to score some marijuana.
But the joke was on the student when she actually showed up to buy the pot.
Zeeb arrested 20-year-old Grace Sium of Fargo for criminal attempt and possession of drug paraphernalia at 3:58 a.m. Saturday.
According to Zeeb:
Sium, a junior at North Dakota State University, called the cop shop about 3:15 a.m., wanting to know where she could buy some marijuana.
The dispatcher told her several times that selling and possessing marijuana was illegal.
But Sium insisted, so the dispatcher told her there was marijuana in the evidence locker, and that if she came to the police station he would “hook her up.”
Zeeb had arrived for his 4 a.m. shift about 15 minutes early and was in the station’s locker room when Sium arrived.
“The dispatcher got on the intercom and said, ‘You know what? She’s here. She just handed me $3 for marijuana,’ ” Zeeb said.
Zeeb said Sium didn’t appear to be surprised when he arrested her.
“She didn’t seem like she was really under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” he said. “She understood what was going on and articulated herself well.”
Sium, who is originally from Oakdale, Minn., did not return a phone message left for her Saturday at the Cass County Jail.
Zeeb, a police officer for the past 15 years, said he worked narcotics for 7½ years and has arrested people for trying to buy drugs at a house as it was being searched by police.
But Saturday’s incident was “about the craziest thing I’ve ever come across,” he said.
“This is something that you couldn’t even make up,” he said.
Fargo... there really isn't anything to do there, is there?