Meth For Bail Scheme

(Lincoln, Illinois) This story indicates that some people just don't understand the old saying that "once you find yourself in a hole, quit digging."

From Pantagraph.com:

A 24-year-old Lincoln woman was charged with trying to make methamphetamine to raise bail for her mother, a former police officer facing her own drug charges.

Authorities said Brianna Strohl's mother, Diana Short, 46, asked her collect materials to make meth because Short needed to post another $7,500 to get out of jail. Short, who had been a Lincoln police officer until her arrest, previously was accused of growing marijuana plants in her basement.

Strohl and Short both were charged Tuesday with several felony counts related to making meth. Short now needs $25,000 to get out of jail, and Strohl needs $10,000.

Short instructed her daughter to make the meth via the jail house telephone despite warnings that calls were monitored. Before that, she asked the other, less than tight-lipped, inmates how to make the meth.

I'm convinced that drugs make people stupid.