In the photo, Phelps can be seen grinning while Officer Ben Hektoen offers an enthusiastic smile and a thumbs up in the background.
'High' junkie takes selfie with police officer after being arrested
A 20-year-old man named Gilbert Phelps took a selfie with the police officer who arrested him for allegedly driving while stoned.
Strike a pose
According to Metro, Phelps was originally pulled over in Iowa, US and ‘admitted to smoking marijuana prior to driving’, according to a police report.
Astonishingly, Officer Hektoen revealed the whole thing in a police department report obtained by the Smoking Gun, which detailed Phelps’ arrest.
During the testing process, the defendant requested to take a Snapchat selfie with me to which I happily obliged’, he wrote in the report.
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‘He said he captioned the photo using emoji icons showing a police car, next to a passenger car, next to a tow truck.’
Phelps is set to appear in court on August 17 to face the charge, and yeah let see if he can pull off a selfie with the Judge.
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