Barely Retired Science Teacher in New Mexico Busted for Making Meth

[tricia]

In a strange case of real life imitating TV, a former chemistry teacher in New Mexico—of all places—recently pleaded guilty to manufacturing meth after apparently giving the Breaking Bad lifestyle a try, the Las Cruces Sun-Newsreports.
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John W. Gose, 56, taught science in public schools across the area before he embarked on his brief crime stint. He had just retired teaching eighth grade when local cops pulled him over one fateful night in October 2016, noticing a suspicious-looking styrofoam cooler in his car. Inside they found glassware, rubber tubing, and some freaky chemicals, which—as anyone who's seenBreaking Bad can attest—is basically the meth-cooking starter pack.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a-teacher-mimicked-breaking-bad-and-got-arrested-for-cooking-meth

Gose pleaded guilty in April and is facing up to 20 years in prison.

Walter White would be so ashamed. LOL

 

[kaen]

Sad to have wasted his career and his retirement years for extra meth cash.

 

[mrsobrien]

*face palm*

 

[Brighty]

*face palm*

Now he says he wasn't smart enough to make meth, though he tried...:thinking:

http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/new...lter-white-breaking-bad-new-mexico/101266936/

 

[Moshimo]

Ahhh, the old incompetence plea.