Those who grew up with McGruff the Crime Dog are reexamining the crime-fighting mascot Friday as the actor who once portrayed him is sentenced to 16 years in prison. NBC News reports:
John Russell Morales, 41, an actor who once played the crime-fighting cartoon bloodhound, has been sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to possessing 1,000 marijuana plants and a cache of nearly 30 weapons — including a grenade launcher and thousands of ammunition rounds.
Morales was arrested in 2011 after Galveston, Texas, police and drug-sniffing dogs — real dogs, that is — stopped him for speeding, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Kusin, who later prosecuted the case.
Morales reportedly had a cache of 27 weapons and 9,000 rounds of ammo.
https://twitter.com/SuzyKhimm/status/431828423804477440
Really upset about McGruff gettin' pinched. I met that dog in Chicago in '92, seemed nice.
— Z (@randrew_Z) February 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/gregvaneekhout/status/431934310409437184
Irony RT @conservbtfly: @AsheSchow A drug sniffing dog tipped the cops off on McGruff's stash. Lulz
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) February 7, 2014
McGruff the Crime Dog goes bad, and my childhood is now one big lie: http://t.co/sxMvdUiQRv
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) February 7, 2014
McGruff the crime dog arrested for having 1000 pot plants, grenade launcher. I don’t know what to believe anymore. http://t.co/hlqpGRPqiY
— Ryan Johnson (@RyanJohnsonCO) February 7, 2014
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https://twitter.com/Navy_Bean_Soup/status/431936890250342400
McGruff the Crime Dog has 99 problems, but finding a place to sleep for the next 16 years ain't one of them. http://t.co/uUvkp08Va7
— Doctrine Man (@Doctrine_Man) February 8, 2014
He had the greatest cover though! http://t.co/GjADL40r6E
— Timothy (@talabi) February 8, 2014
I need to rethink some things I learned from cartoons it seems. http://t.co/v8KtUCCSgy
— Daniel (@Dcphillips) February 8, 2014
OR Mcgruff needed the weapons because he was tired of all the crime and decided to become a one man war on crime. Yep, that's what happened.
— Steve C. (@Jjammerzs) February 8, 2014
Editor’s note: The headline of the post has been changed to clarify that the actor was busted for pot possession, not ammo possession.
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