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Twist Tie Meth a Killer

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PETERSBURG, Ind. -- A southern Indiana man died soon after swallowing several small bags of methamphetamine as a sheriff's deputy was pulling his car over, authorities said.

An autopsy found that Shane Crume, 22, had seven small plastic bags of meth -- all with twist ties around them -- in his stomach area along with another bag stuck in his esophagus. Crume, of rural Petersburg, was arrested early Wednesday after a Pike County sheriff's deputy stopped his car on Ind. 56 about 40 miles north of Evansville after a tip from state police that he was transporting drugs, Sheriff Todd Meadors said. Crume and his girlfriend, who was a passenger in the car, were arrested after deputies searching the car found a glass pipe with burnt residue inside it and found meth in his front pants pocket, police said. Crume became ill as he was being booked at the Pike County Jail and was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, where he was pronounced dead, Meadors said. Crume's girlfriend told investigators that he had swallowed the bags of meth as their car was being stopped, the sheriff said. Crume's arrest followed a tip given to police officers in the town of Francisco in neighboring Gibson County by a man who was arrested after he spit out a bag that contained meth, Francisco Town Marshal Vance Lloyd said. "The death of Shawn Crume is tragic and is evidence of our serious methamphetamine problem in southwest Indiana," Lloyd said. Police said that Crume's 13-year-old sister and his 3-year-old daughter were passengers in his car when it was stopped. The Division of Family and Children took custody of his daughter and the teen was released to her parents.

Submitted on 03/16/2007

Submitted by: Derran Stanley
Reference: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/LOCAL/703160520

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Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
There are a number of entries over the years of people swallowing drugs to avoid arrest. A few of these include http://darwinawards.com/reject/200702/pending20070226-220223.html and http://darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid2001-14.html. Thanks for the submission, Derran, we do appreciate it.

James said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
"Swallowing the evidence" is stupid to be sure, but is (as Bruce pointed out) WAY too common to merit an award. I also think that such actions are motivated more by desperation than stupidity as we like to see it. We DO appreciate the submission just the same, Derran, and hope you'll continue to submit in the future!

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