law enforcement... it also makes it difficult for me to understand why
they don't understand why I lack respect for them, or think that my
lack of respect must stem from some kind of criminal intent on my
part.
> PORT OF SWEET GRASS, Mont. - Jesse Huffman insists he
> didn't do it on purpose, but the toilet he left plugged
> after "nature called" at this border crossing in
> north-central Montana has him facing criminal charges.
> Toole County authorities charged the 19-year-old college
> student from Great Falls with criminal mischief after a
> border agent accused him of intentionally clogging the
> toilet.
> Huffman said the clogged piping was completely
> unintentional, the result of an urgent, but natural bodily
> function.
> "I've never been arrested before or anything like that,
> and I get arrested for taking a dump," said Huffman, a
> student at Montana State University in Bozeman.
> Huffman was returning to Montana from a trip to
> Lethbridge, Alberta with four friends Saturday. Port
> authorities stopped their car for what was apparently a
> random search. The car's 19-year-old driver was cited for
> illegally possessing alcohol.
> Huffman said he asked to use the bathroom while waiting
> for the driver.
> A short time later, a port inspector discovered the toilet
> was clogged and threatened charges, Huffman said.
> Cory Grayson, one of Huffman's friends, said he couldn't
> believe it when border agents first threatened charges.
> "I didn't think they were serious at first, I was just
> laughing so hard," he said.
> Port Director Larry Overcast said he could not comment on
> the case.
> Huffman said he has hired an attorney and intends to fight
> the charge
>
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