The Internet Has Its Limits

Albany police said 26-year-old Schelra Smoot didn't seem to care much whether or not he got caught when he posted an ad selling marijuana -- his ad specifically saying he wasn't afraid of the police.

Detective James Miller of the Albany Police Department said, "Craig's List is used by a lot of younger people so maybe he thought that was the clientele he would be selling to and that nobody would turn him in or alert someone."

Someone did.

Detectives got a tip and set up a sting operation. They bought marijuana from Smoot at his Quail Street home several times in September. They also found his supplier, 36-year-old Perry Hamilton. Police raided Smoot and Hamilton's homes and found four pounds of pot.

"It was very blatant, it wasn't like he was trying to hide anything. He made his cell phone number easily accessible," said Miller.

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