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Top 5 Police Blunders of the Week: The Mistaken Pot Bust Edition

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 10:05 am
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The Mardela Three get dangerous when they're bored
​What's good for the safety and security of the country is not always good for Police Blunders of the Week. Last week, we told you about doped-up cops driving their SUVs into Starbucks, hiring inept hitmen to kill ex-wives, and moonlighting as bank robbers to earn a little walk around money.

Sadly, our boys in blue were little more restrained this week. So we had to cheat and add some firemen and a fake cop...

No. 5 Mardela Springs Firemen: Three Maryland volunteer firemen seem to really like watching stuff burn. So Kyle James Bradley, Joshua Bryant Maddox, and Marcus Edward Whitelock decided to use road flares to set fire to a vacant home. Maddox was also charged with arson for burning another vacant home. The reason? "They admitted to ... setting the fires because they were bored," said a fire marshal.

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Sasidhar Vanapalli: Fake cop with a criminal fashion sense
​No. 4 Mike Vruno: At least when firemen go rogue in Maryland, they set their sights high. Not so in Minnesota, where Eagan volunteer fireman Mike Vruno is accused of the kind of arson usually practiced by 11-year-old boys -- the ubiquitous porta-potty fire. Cops arrived at a park where the fire was set and caught Vruno speeding away in his truck. He's now been charged with arson and a felonious lack of maturity.

No. 3 Sasidhar Vanapalli: This fake cop is not only a creep; he's criminally cheap. Police in Bellevue, Washington say the Microsoft worker solicited hookers through Craigslist to his apartment. But when they arrived, he flashed a fake badge saying he was a cop. They could either have sex with him, or they'd be arrested. When police searched his apartment, they found a fake badge, a fake gun and a pair of handcuffs. They also found a cheetah print thong the hookers described him as wearing during the scams. Is it any wonder why this guy couldn't get legitimate dates?

No. 2 George Langan: Fellow Monongahela, Pennsylvania officers say he's not only a 18-year veteran of the force, but one of the city's biggest coke dealers. Langan been charged with selling cocaine as well as tipping off other dealers when raids and searches were coming. So while he may not have been a good cop, he was likely a lot of fun at parties.

No. 1 Dutch Police: For this week's top spot, we turn to our friends in Europe, who are a little red-faced over a bust gone bad. Dutch police thought they had a major score when they discovered a marijuana field with a street value of $7.6 million. But in the middle of mowing down the 47,000 plants, they were informed they'd raided a university research project instead. The plants were actually hemp, which scientists were testing in hopes of developing a sustainable fiber. Ooops, our bad!

Tags: Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Police Blunders of the Week, Washington

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