Posted on 06/13/2018 11:01:54 AM PDT by Gamecock
Prosecutors expected to find a pretrial letter in the envelope, which was handed to them by a man accused of pistol-whipping and robbing his online date.
Instead, a Pennsylvania deputy district attorney got a smelly surprise when she opened the envelope at a court hearing on April 19 before trial: It contained “only fecal matter” — and no letter to speak of, according to the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office.
The incident may have hurt prosecutors’ noses, but apparently it didn’t help the defendant’s case. Rasheem Drummond, the 34-year-old Harrisburg resident on trial, was found guilty April 24 of robbery and carrying a firearm without a license following the online date incident from last year.
Drummond now faces aggravated harassment by a prisoner charges for his bodily antics in court. It’s illegal “for an inmate to cause or attempt to cause another individual to come into contact with a bodily fluid or feces” in the state of Pennsylvania, the district attorney’s office said.
Drummond waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Monday, prosecutors said. That sends his case to trial in the court of common pleas.
The date-turned-robbery Drummond was originally on trial for occurred on Jan. 15, 2017, prosecutors said. After the pair met online, the date drove to Harrisburg to go out with Drummond. Then Drummond asked the date to drive him home, and instructed the date to park outside while Drummond went inside, prosecutors said.
But when Drummond came back to the vehicle, the encounter got violent: Drummond whipped out a gun and pointed it at the date’s chest. Drummond demanded the victim fork over a cell phone and money, threatening to shoot the date, prosecutors said.
Drummond tried to run away with the date’s belongings, prosecutors said. His date was right behind him, though, and was shouting for police to come help. That’s when Drummond confronted his date again — this time pistol-whipping the date in the head, according to prosecutors.
Police finally arrived and the date showed them the apartment Drummond had escaped to, according to prosecutors. Drummond was found inside, sitting on a bed. The clothes the victim had described Drummond wearing were right next to him.
In Drummond’s living room, police found his gun. In Drummond’s trashcan, they found the victim’s cell phone, prosecutors said.
Drummond was arrested at the scene.
Following Drummond’s conviction in the online date case, a judge set his sentencing for June 13, according to the district attorney’s office.
They seem to be trying hard to not say the date was a man
No pronouns were used for the date. Was it a dude?
Hands tied, acid un the face and thrown off of a three story building ....sharia.
it happens
Yes, monkeys do fling poo ...
I saw that too.
(knock knock): “Poop-o-Gram!”
“Then Drummond asked the date to drive him home, and instructed the date to park outside while Drummond went inside, prosecutors said.”
None of the online stories I see identify the victims gender. The victim chased the guy and that’s when the pistol-whipping occurred. I think it would be pretty rare for a woman to try to chase down her attacker. No matter, I see it reported in the last few minutes he’s now been sentenced to 7.5 to 15 years with the poop charge still pending. I suspect the prosecutor will push that through to the end to send a message to any other geniuses who might think of doing the same thing
Gender is in the title. Twice.
Three times, actually.
My bad. The victims gender isn’t reported. The perp’s gender is all over it.
I’d rather have the poop than what usually comes in court envelopes.
Read carefully, grasshopper, it is the perp’s gender not the date’s gender. Fudgepacker’s identity as queers must be protected according to our degenerated legal system dontchaknow ...
They seem to be trying hard to not say the date was a man
...
Maybe the writer is homophobic.
That’s one way to reject a plea bargain offer.
Certainly an interesting and unique defense strategy. Could set some legal precedents if it works out for him.
They are asking about the date, not the perp.
The 'he', 'him', 'his' refers to Drummond, not his date.
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