Dude, you can like, totally have me for three fingers of good scotch.
Posted on 12/22/2009 1:55:37 PM PST by Sax
MOREHEAD -- Two men were arrested and jailed after they stole a lizard and tried to pawn it for alcohol, according to police.
David Martt, 44, of Hillsboro and his son, 18-year-old Harley D. Martt of Morehead, were charged with theft by unlawful taking under $500 on Dec. 16 after allegedly taking a bearded dragon from a Morehead veterinary clinic and then trying to pawn and trade the reptile for liquor.
According to reports, the men entered Eagles Landing Pet Hospital in Morehead Wednesday afternoon. While one man attempted to make an appointment for a puppy, the other wandered around the lobby. Shortly after, a volunteer discovered the 18-inch lizard, worth approximately $350, was missing from its aquarium. The incident was recorded by video surveillance cameras.
Officers with the Morehead Police Department began searching for the lizard around 2 p.m. the same day after receiving a tip a pair of men tried to pawn a reptile at JB's Gun and Pawn, also in Morehead. When the pawn attempt failed, the men proceeded to Freight Station and First Street Liquors where they tried to trade the lizard for liquor, police said. All four businesses are located within a few blocks of one another on in Morehead.
Police apprehended the pair at 3:40 p.m. when they were seen entering apartments on Bridge Street.
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How much booze does a bearded lizard go for these days? This is useful information we could all profit from.
It must have been a fancy-colored dragon, or a breeding female. Ours aren't worth that much, and they're bigger.
Dude, you can like, totally have me for three fingers of good scotch.
Dude, you can like, totally have me for three fingers of good scotch.
That little, huh? How much in Bourbon?
. . . hope Christmas is proceeding apace? We are crazy here, I just finished baking 11 loaves of bread for the various priests, deacons and assorted hangers-on at church . . . and then delivered them along with a 3-foot crucifix from my late great-aunt in law's attic . . . . arggghghhh!
Double that, or the same with a handful of meal worms.
Yeah, me and dragons ...
We’re doing fine. It’s Pat’s birthday (8), DP is bringing home pizza. Spanish Choir Blitz going on, but I *think* we’re off the 27th, unless the alternates cancel again.
I wrote a Sequence for Christmas Mass, and my Mexican lady verified that I hadn’t said anything rude or idiotic. There’s a ton of food here!
Hey! Hey lady, do you mind? We're trying to chew the fat about lizards and booze and stuff, and it's all Christmas this, baking that with you. For pete's sake this isn't the Food Network here!
Merry Christmas! :)
Lizard for liquor, lizard for liquor, lizard for liquor say that three times fast.
Thank you! Help yourself to some Superworms and mustard greens, and we’ll see you when you come out of your burrow in March.
Just don't unplug my vita-light or heat rock to plug in the Christmas tree or some other silly stuff like that.
I would bet a month’s pension that Harley D.’s middle name is Davidson.
Whoa-boy! I think you’ve got a winner of a theory there - that just might be too much to hope for!
My daughter asked a Japanese-speaking friend what her (my daughter's) anime T-shirt said. The answer: "No Boys Allowed! This is the girls' bathroom! So get out!"
It could have been much, much worse of course. As you can see from a glance at engrish.com.
We sang for the Greek Orthodox cathedral when the Patriarch of Constantinople stopped by on his Apostolic Visitation, and they liked us so much they asked us back. This time we were the only guest choir (last time there were 3), so our choir director went absolutely wild with medieval and Renaissance motets of great rarity (and difficulty!) including the DuFay "Conditor Alme Siderum" with a garnish of handbells (courtesy of yours truly and husband who are handbell choir members also). They LOVED it! Now they're coming to our parish in April. Just doing our bit for reunion of East and West . . . . .
And P.S. Happy Birthday to Pat!
I just know one of these days your boys will make the news, pandy. WEFG
The perps.
Liquor for Lizards.
OK it's a lizard rescue.
Bearded dragons are dryland reptiles and should be kept in a terrarium.
Bad veterinary clinic!
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