Seattle Times-- Man Arrested for Ripping Off Drug Customer
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A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of robbery early Monday morning despite his protests that he was actually the victim, police said.
Just after midnight Monday morning, Seattle PD Gang Unit detectives saw a disturbance in the 100 block of Pine Street in which two different groups of people claimed they had been robbed by the other party. After interviewing everyone involved, detectives learned that an intoxicated man had encountered the victim on the street and offered to sell him an ecstasy tablet, police said. The victim gave the man $20 for the ecstasy and waited as the suspect went to retrieve the tablet from a car.
The suspect's friends drove up and the suspect jumped into the car. The victim, intent on getting his ecstasy, also jumped into the car. The suspect then pulled out a knife and told the victim to get out of the car. The victim wisely complied, minus his $20 and ecstasy.
That was the point when detectives saw the disturbance and intervened.
Despite the suspect's claims that he was actually the victim, he was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of robbery.
By John de Leon
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