Breaking Bad in Real Life? High School Math Teacher Accused of Being Drug Dealer/Fencing Stolen Goods

Have you seen the TV show "Breaking Bad" with Bryan Cranston, the father from "Malcom in the Middle?" It's the story of a high school chemistry teacher who's "suffering from the world's worst case of mid-life crisis and becomes a criminal" selling meth and doing other really bad things. Well, this guy may not be quite that bad, but cops are beginning to suspect he wasn't just smoking a little weed on the side. Here's more from MSNBC:

Police now say a local math teacher arrested for drug trafficking did not act alone. It turns out 29-year-old Jeremy Smart's roommates were in on his alleged drug dealings and it was no small operation. The Durango High School teacher was arrested for possession of marijuana and methamphetamine; but that was just scratching the surface. A lengthy arrest report shows Jeremy Smart's home was headquarters for his alleged drug dealings and police believe he wasn't acting alone. They arrested Smart and four others when they searched his home, located near 215 and Tropicana.
Among the items seized were drugs and equipment to distribute them. Police also found $50,000-worth of stolen electronics. Carl Lane's daughter lives across the street and a few doors door from Smart's house. He was amazed when he learned what was going on. "They had a lot of stolen stuff. I just can't believe it."
But other neighbors say they saw people coming and going from the house at all hours of the night. One neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, told us a lot of those people would show up with television sets, stereos, and computers and leave without them. Police believe those items were routinely traded for drugs.

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Man Found Passed Out in Car at Fast Food Drive-Through: Toddler With Him

Suddenly, we have a front runner in the "2009 Father of the Year" competition!

Cops in Bismarck, N.D, say they received a phone call about a car stopped at the drive-through window of a local fast food restaurant. When they arrived on the scene they found Chance Standing Crow, 27, passed out behind the wheel . . . with his 4-year-old daughter in the car next to him.

For some reason, Standing Crow was NOT arrested on any kind of DUI or drunk driving charge, but instead was hit with the charge of "failure to be in control of the vehicle" (I guess being passed out would qualify you as NOT being in control) and driving under suspension. When he wakes up he'll find out that he's due in court April 6 to face these charges.

No word on whether the toddler ever got her Happy Meal or not, but we hope so. (KXMC)

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Cops Sleeps Through Own Booking Photo?

How tired would you have to be to not even wake up while being booked at the police station for assaulting your girlfriend? I call shenanigans on this mug shot of Robert "Wake Me in the Morning" Szoyka, which shows another officer from the North Palm Beach Department of Public Safety Department holding up his head in the picture. Either someone can wake you up long enough to get you to open your eyes (a little cold water, perhaps?) or there is something medically wrong with you that would require a trip to the emergency room. Holding up his head like a sleepy puppy? Please! It's likely part of a defense ploy, in our humble opinion.

Police claim the found Szoyka asleep in his car when they went to arrest him after his girlfriend accused him of hitting her. Not surprisingly, following his arrest Szoyka was suspended from the police force . . . which should give him time to catch up on his sleep. (MSNBC)

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