Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Mother And Son Steal $5,000 Of Gopher feet

A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty.

Thirty-seven-year-old Tina Marie Garrison and Junior Lee Dillon, both of Preston, were charged last month with receiving stolen property and theft. They allegedly gave the feet to local townships that offer rewards as they try to limit the gopher population.

Garrison has pleaded not guilty. Her son has a hearing next month.
The complaint says a gopher trapper reported to authorities that bags of feet were stolen from his freezer. According to the complaint, the owner found Dillon had turned in $1,014 in feet in November. In December, Garrison turned in $3,780 in feet.


The Post-Bulletin (http://bit.ly/1299xC8) reports Dillon denied turning in any feet for the bounty.

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6 comments:

  1. FreakanzoyJune 19, 2013 at 2:43 PM

    The things people come up with, honestly.
    I'm only half surprised.

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  2. DavidJune 19, 2013 at 6:37 PM

    I've reported on a lot of strange heists and I'm still thinking of numbering them like I do my Walmart Madness posts. :)

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  3. Joanne CaseyJune 20, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    pray tell, what doth one do with gopher feet?

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  4. DavidJune 20, 2013 at 6:40 PM

    One can make a really tasty gopher foot stew with them. :)

    Or one can turn them in for a bounty, gophers are pretty destructive when they spread unchecked in a city or suburb.

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  5. Joanne CaseyJune 21, 2013 at 5:22 AM

    People are pretty destructive they spread unchecked too!

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  6. DavidJune 21, 2013 at 12:59 PM

    I agree Joanne. I wish a bounty on their feet would be implemented.

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