Classic Blottered (Retouched): Busts of the Week

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Beijing police have raided an underground factory making fake Viagra pills, the anti-impotence drug, state media reported Wednesday. Pfizer takes a hard stance. [USA Today]

The driver of the vehicle, Danny Ralph Jr. of Nevada, reportedly was found to be in possession of suspected crack cocaine and several stolen credit cards from the Marion area. Three people staying at the motel were also arrested. Jennifer Smith of Prospect, Harlina Bell of Nevada and William Dailey of Marion were arrested after police accused them of paying for their hotel stay with one of the stolen credit cards. William blames the bad luck on Harlina for leaving a hat on the bed. [Bucyrus Telegraph]

Firefighters called to a Miami home because of a smoking electrical meter broke through the garage to find a hydroponic marijuana growing operation. The illegal pot farmers had rigged the garage to take their power directly from a nearby pole but because it takes so much electricity to keep the operation going, the meter box got stressed and began to smoke, police told Tuesday's Miami Herald. That is one paranoid meter box. [Earth Times]

A 13-year-old Long Island boy yesterday surrendered to cops to face charges that he sodomized a male classmate with a drumstick. Evidence points toward a "dirty trombone" as well. [NY Post]

At about the same time, CODE detectives stopped the other vehicle associated with the suspected drug buy, and arrested the occupants -– Ivan Rodriguez Ocompo, 26, and Arthur Alfredo Lauriana, 19 -– both Bend residents living at 19952 Ashwood Drive. Ocompo was allegedly in possession of $1,605, said the lieutenant, some actually in his hand at the time of the stop. His elusive bush had twice as much. [Bend Weekly]