Washington man Jobie J. Watkins has been acquitted of charges stemming from an alleged dead weasel assault last June.
Watkins was charged with burglary after busting into another man’s apartment, looking for his ex-girlfriend. Oh, and he was holding a dead weasel.
Authorities are still perplexed as to why he was holding a dead weasel. The defense and jury might have been too. Defense attorney Chris Crew said that the “prosecution failed to prove a link to the mink.”
How exactly could they have proven a link to the mink? The whole incident was rather bizarre.
Watkins’ response: “It’s not a weasel, it’s a marten.” Martens are small weasel-like mammals.
So, maybe the acquittal was appropriate.
Jobie J. Watkins may be acquitted of his dead weasel assault, but lingering questions about the case still remain. Such as: where did he find the weasel? Was the weasel really a marten? And why did he bring it with him?
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