OOPS : Tape Traps Drug Dealing Teen
A father hoping to surprise his children with a tape recorder for Christmas got a surprise of his own--the device contained a tape of conversations involving drug dealing.
An Indianapolis man purchased the recorder at a Wal-Mart store on Dec. 23, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Stephen G. Golden said.
The man noticed the tape inside the player, listened to it and turned it over to authorities.
The tape was made secretly by parents of a teen-ager who suspected their daughter was dealing drugs, Golden said. The parents used a phone answering tape device.
Investigators believe the girl learned of the recording and took the tape to the store to play, leaving it in a display model, Golden said.
When the recorder was the only one left, employees boxed it and sold it to the Indianapolis man.
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