The Higher You Get, the Closer You Are to the Lord
If you think calling marijuana "God's Herb" is strange, wait until you read what this guy did.
A man is facing two charges of cruelty towards a child after he allegedly repeatedly blew pot smoke into the mouth of an 11-year-old boy in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The boy told police that the man picked him and a 9-year-old girl up after school one Friday in March. At dinner the next evening, the children were allegedly given a piece of bread and a small cup of wine. The man told them that it was OK for them to drink the wine because it was the blood of Jesus Christ. After dinner, he allegedly began smoking marijuana and offering it to the children, who said they declined the offer. The boy claims that the man then told him to cup his hands around his mouth, and the man blew smoke into his face. He says the man made him inhale about 10 or 11 times.
The suspect allegedly took both children over to a friend's house later that evening for a "church service". Once there, he rolled marijuana cigarettes and started smoking with his friend in front of the kids. The boy says he was again made to cup his hands around his mouth and inhale the smoke that the blew at him. He was allegedly ordered to inhale another 5 to 7 times.
The girl said that she pinched her nose when the man blew smoke in her face. She reported that after the boy got "high" at the friend's house, and the man made him "stand with his arms extended out to the side in the same fashion as Jesus on the cross." She also said that the man made them both "bless" the house by touching the house while he splashed a mixture of water, tears, sweat and beer on it. They were all then made to drink from the bottle containing the mixture.
The boy said he still felt ill at school the next Monday morning after inhaling so much marijuana smoke and staying up until 4am on Sunday.
The man was arrested on April 23 and identified as Richard Nazareth, 38. Nazareth told investigators that while he does occasionally smoke pot, he didn't do so in front of the children. He also told them that he did serve the children some watered down wine to toast the church he had recently bought.
Nazareth, who was released on his own recognizance, agreed to write a statement for investigators, but then became very dizzy and felt as though he might pass out. "He then told me he needed to chew on a Xanax to feel better, and he suffered from vertigo" states the report. The officer decided to come back later for the statement.
Yeah, the guy says he's innocent, but we think he's blowing smoke.
Source: Port St. Lucie News
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Posted by eileen in san jose, ca on May 4, 2010:
1. At the risk of sounding obvious..."religious nut" might be one of the few jobs available to someone with the name "Nazareth."
2. "Religious" behavior is often so close to "psychotic" behavior as to be indistinguishable.
Posted by bob, so.cal. on May 17, 2010:
He just "picked them up"? At dinner the NEXT evening? Do these kids have parents? Who smokes pot at dinner? I wonder what "the house" really means. Maybe the Xanax has something to do with the vertigo?
Posted by Mike from Dallas on June 1, 2010:
Church of the Holy Moley What the Hell Is This Guy Smoking?
Oh wait, that's already been established.