Drug Suspect Tries to Gnaw Off Fingerprints

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Authorities say a man who escaped from the back of a police car in New Jersey tried to gnaw off his fingerprints.

Police captured Keith Simmonds Jr. in Middletown on Monday. Authorities say the 21-year-old's fingertips were bloodied.

Atlantic Highlands police arrested Simmonds and a passenger in his vehicle on drug charges after officers stopped them and said they found marijuana on Sunday night.

Police say Simmonds managed to move his handcuffed arms to the front of his body, kick out the side window of the patrol car and escape while officers used a drug-detection dog to search his car.

Simmonds is held in the Monmouth County jail on $135,000 bail. It's not known if he has a lawyer.

[AtLasOn1Kl733]

After he's done gnawing off his finger tips how about the dna he left behind? Moron at it's best.

[DaVicar8]

Yeah, pot doesn't make you act crazy.

Sure.

[krzeaz]

A new criminal low

[rainbowbrew]

WHAT - the ONDCP keeps telling us that people are not arested fro pot possession. Yes anotehr lie from our federal government.

So all this effort over a drug that is not harmful to most at least much less that alcohol.

What a waste of resources and ruination of life.

[dragon8me]

I guess he had the munchies. Don't you think it's time to end this stupid prohibition before someone chokes on a finger?

[RoboBlogger]

When you're hungry you're hungry. What'd you expect from a drug/plant which one of the side effects is that it gives you the munchies?