Ever seen a more bizarre criminal case? Ex NFL QB arrested twice in one weekend?

In My Humble Opinion
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Ryan Leaf, a former NFL quarterback drafted in the first round, was arrested twice in one weekend for the exact same crime. Breaking into houses to steal prescription pain medicine.

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I know there is an active thread in the Game Room on this case, but I’d like to approach it from a different angle. This isn’t about a failed NFL athlete being arrested, but rather the insanely stupid nature of this crime.

I often read the “Offbeat” section of the newspaper online and they will occasionally have a story about someone getting 2 DUIs in one day, usually arrested in the early morning and then again later that same day. I’ve seen stories about someone getting 3 speeding tickets in the same day.

But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a story about a person getting arrested for breaking into someone’s home to steal prescription medicine, going to jail, posting $76,000 bail and then going out to get arrested for the exact same crime 2 days later! Especially since that accused criminal was already on probation for a similar crime.

I’m sure Mr. Leaf must have had some reason to know that there would be prescription pain medicine inside the houses he broke into. If a random thief broke into my apartment, the only prescription medicine he’d find is an asthma inhaler

A couple of points for discussion: Is this one of the strangest criminal cases you’ve seen? Is this someone who has such a strong addiction to pain medicine that he’d do anything to obtain more, even as far as two identical crimes?

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I don’t think it’s strange at all. I think the dude has a problem.

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He went to my high school. The whole state of Montana thinks he is a dick. This sounds like something he would do.

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Also the entire county of San Diego, and most of eastern Washington State.

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I don’t either. It’s pretty typical for drug addicts to repeat the same behavior over and over.

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If he could afford that kind of bail, shouldn’t he be able to afford to buy them on the street? I mean who breaks into random houses and hopes they’ll find some benzos in the medicine cabinet?

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A dumb ass, that’s who.

EDIT: I guess that should be a dumb ass with an apparent drug addiction.

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Speaking for all of Europe and parts of North Africa, we hate the guy too.

I mean, we’ve never heard of him before this, but now we hate him. Just absolutely hate his guts.

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This is why he’s a dumbass. He wouldn’t even have to get them on the street. He could probably find a doctor who, for the right amount of money, would look the other way.

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And Australia as well

I don’t find his behavior that weird, a drug addict who probably suffered many concussions playing NFL is a recipe for desperate behavior.