Not Very Bright......
 

Man posted pot ad on Web, police say

By Zach Lowe
Staff Writer

Published February 1 2008


STAMFORD - Police arrested a Bridgeport man who posted an ad on Craigslist.org boasting about the "A plus" marijuana he had for sale, authorities said yesterday.

Officers spotted the ad and e-mailed the alleged dealer, claiming to be a Stamford painting crew interested in buying drugs during a work break, said Lt. Jon Fontneau, commander of the narcotics and organized crime squad.

The link leading to the full advertisement read, "Mary Jane in Fairfield County," Fontneau said.

The ad offered a half-ounce of "A plus" marijuana for $220 and the same amount of "B plus" marijuana for $160, Fontneau said.

The suspect, Steven Zahorsky, 24, of 820 Thorme St., agreed to sell three-quarters of an ounce of marijuana at the McDonald's at the Interstate 95 rest area off Exit 13, Fontneau said.

The police arrived just before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and called Zahorsky's cell phone. He answered and agreed to meet at the McDonald's in 15 minutes.

An undercover officer waited in an unmarked car as Zahorsky arrived in a Lexus.

Zahorsky allegedly walked to the undercover officer's car window and exchanged the drugs for $320 in cash.

Stamford police, assisted by Darien officers, and arrested Zahorsky, Fontneau said.

Zahorsky said he was there to eat and had no idea why police were arresting him, Fontneau said.

Police found $320 on Zahorsky, Fontneau said. They seized his cell phone and saw the last incoming call came from the undercover officer's phone.

Zahorsky agreed to let police search his apartment in Bridgeport, where officers found three bags of marijuana and one bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms, Fontneau said. They also seized a shotgun, 118 rounds of ammunition and a digital scale.

Police charged Zahorsky with possession of more than 4 ounces of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of an hallucinogenic, operation of a drug factory and sale of marijuana.

They released Zahorsky when he posted $10,000 bond.

He is scheduled to appear Feb. 13 at state Superior Court in Stamford.

Nobody answered the phone at Zahorsky's listed number yesterday.

Craigslist.org posts classified ads and forums online for 450 cities worldwide, according to its Web site.

Ads are for jobs, housing, romance, advice and "just about anything," the Web site reads.

The San Francisco company, incorporated in 1999, gets more than 9 billion page views each month, the Web site states.

"Misuse of Craigslist for illegal purposes is absolutely unacceptable, and we continually work together with our users and law enforcement to minimize it on the site," Craigslist spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best said by e-mail. "Craigslist is a user-moderated site. Our 30 million monthly users monitor the site by very quickly flagging off ads that are against our terms of use."

The Web site posts a notice of a 2006 decision by the U.S. District Court in Chicago that online service providers such as Craigslist should not be liable as publishers of content submitted by users.

The court ruled against a group of lawyers in Chicago who sued Craigslist over 100 housing ads that appeared to be discriminatory.

Craigslist did not want to impose controls on users, according to the Web site.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news...,3357484.story

I'm either never surprised or constantly surprised at the stupidity of some people, I can't figure out which.

I notice a lady recently arrested for attempting to hire a hit man via CL.

Maybe not surprised dominates. The "net" started out as a method for researcher to quickly and easily share information. And how long did it take for it to become a great place to get free porn?

I sincerely do not want to start any sort of discussion on nationality, but the very first thing I noticed was the guys last name. Having been married to a person with the same heritage as this guy, it struck me as possibly playing a part in his reasoning. My ex husband did similar things such as this, on a regular basis. Well, not selling drugs, but similar in the fact of everyone else shaking their head as to "what were you thinking?"

Darwin Awards!
BTW anyone know where I could score some heroin??? LOL
What an ass-face.

dumb ass.....but that's what it does to some,makes'em dumb....xoxoxoo

I know where you can get some. She'll even bring it to you at no additional cost. Granted she's not going to do that for a dime bag but request an 8-ball and she'll be happy to hook you up. Just call 202-305-8500 and ask for Michele.

You can tell her Tully sent you, she'll know.

202 305 8500? Where in DC is that?

Umm, that would be the number to the DEA head offices. Ask for Special Agent Michele M. Leonhart, she's the current acting director.

damn it man.

its just pot >.<

oh well, its still illegal and hes still a dumb ass

Oh, the joys of local news. Good things the cops have something so laughable to give them a break from dealing with the gang problem, padding the budget with speed traps, and arresting the mayor's son with half a kilo of coke and a few pounds of weed.

Thanks to previous big-time drug busts, the narcotics squad has a BMW 330, a Mercedes SL, and a Ferrari 360.