When Joseph Bejarano and Julie Ann Rodriguez were pulled over on a routine traffic stop, their attempt to hide eight grams of methamphetamine on their baby was a dumb move in a series of moves so dumb, it makes my brain hurt.
The baby was sitting on Julie's lap when the police pulled them over. They had no license or registration in the vehicle. They attempted to hide the drugs in full view of the officer . Julie told the officer it was a tampon (!?!?). Joseph had just been released from prison a few days ago. And then after a physical struggle with the officers, Joseph copped to an intent to sell the drugs.
Where do you even start with this story? I had to read it three times before I could even get past the fact that the baby was sitting on Julie's lap, when there was a car seat in the back. Like, maybe you can't control that you have a drug dealing, just-got-sprung-from-the-pokey boyfriend who makes you lie to a cop about his drugs, but at least you can control whether or not your baby is in the proper child restraint as dictated by your state's laws.
The baby, whose age, gender, and name were not divulged, went home (in the car seat) with Grandma. Let's hope Grandma's got enough sense to come up with something better than "It's a tampon".
