POT SHOT OFF TARGET

Man busted after attempt to shoot baggie of pot tied to arrow into a jail missed the target

He obviously did not practice his archery with a baggie of pot tied to his arrows. The marijuana probably changed the arrow’s trajectory somewhat.

MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING POT ARROW INTO JAIL
By Joel Connelly

Seattle Post Intelligencer
August 28, 2013

A man took a bow out of his pickup truck at the Whatcom County Courthouse in Bellingham early Tuesday, attached a baggie of marijuana to an arrow and fired the arrow at the second-floor recreation area of the county jail, according to news reports.

A 36-year-old man was later arrested, and he claimed he had been aiming at a squirrel, the Bellingham Herald reported late on Wednesday.

“He had no explanation as to why squirrel hunting requires attaching marijuana to an arrow,” Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo told the newspaper.

The second-floor fresh air exercise area is covered by a mesh screen. The man was not accurate in his aim, however, and the arrow landed on the roof.

A civilian employee of the Sheriff’s Office observed this unusual demonstration of archery. As the man sped off, the employee recorded his license plate number. He was apprehended at his home later in the day, with the bow still sitting in the pickup truck.

Police had to force their way into Jordan’s home after he refused them entry.

The archer is no stranger to the Whatcom County Jail. He recently served a 20-day sentence for assault and resisting arrest. He is back on the premises — in a first-floor cell.

When released, he can always walk across the street to the Bellingham Public Library, which has several excellent instructional books on archery in its collections.