text: If you were to get high and make a list of people who, hypothetically, you would not want to text with a request for weed, "probation officer" would probably be near the top. Right up there with Simon from Alvin and the Chipmunks and former president George H.W. Bush. 
   
   But knowing you shouldn't hit up your P.O. when you're trying to buy drugs is only half the battle. You also have to not accidentally type "You have some weed?" in a message to that person, and then hit "send." 
   
   This was too much for Albany, Ga., man Alvin Cross, Jr, whose unfortunate misdirected text resulted in a raid on his house, where he was rearrested and charged with possession of a bag of cocaine. He pleaded guilty Monday and will serve one year in prison. 
   
   Should have blamed it on ducking autocorrect. 
   
   [Photo: WALB, h/t: The Root] ||||| Dopey: Alvin Cross texted the wrong person and ended up in jail 
   
   We’ve all had that heart-stopping moment after realising we sent a text to the wrong person but few of us would expect to end up in jail for it. 
   
   Hapless Alvin Cross Jr was not so lucky after the dopey criminal sent a text message to probation officer asking if they had any drugs. 
   
   Dopey Cross was on probation for an unknown offence when he accidentally sent his appointed officer a text message asking: “you have some weed?” 
   
   According to US news channel WALB, upon getting the message, the probation officer contacted police who then raided the criminal’s home and discovered a bag of cocaine. 
   
   Cross reportedly pleaded guilty on Monday to cocaine possession and was given one year in jail and another year for violating his probation. ||||| Share this article with Google Plus 
   
   Alvin Cross Junior probably regretted sending this text (Picture: Dougherty County Police Dept) 
   
   Sometimes people become so desperate that they don’t know where to turn. 
   
   When prospects look dire and family and friends neglect them, some folks resort to dialing the dealer. 
   
   However, one man decided to avoid this route, opting to contact a far more unusual confidant instead. 
   
   According to WALB, Alvin Cross Jr, of Albany, Georgia, texted ‘you have some weed?’ to his probation officer. 
   
   That’s right, Alvin asked the man supervising his probationary period following a stint in prison if he had any drugs to sell. 
   
   After the text was received, drug agents raided Cross’ home and found a bag of cocaine. 
   
   Unsurprisingly, he will now be returning to prison. ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| You don't have to be stupid to go to prison, but it helps. 
   
   A few news articles I read today prove that maxim. 
   
   In Albany, Georgia, a man who texted "You have some weed?" to his probation officer will soon be a lot closer to drug dealers. 
   
   Alvin Cross, Jr., will spend another year in prison for violating terms of his probation and another year for having a "bag" of cocaine in his house when the probation officer he texted came knocking with drug agents and a search warrant, writes WALB.com. 
   
   The WALB article doesn't tell us why Cross was on probation, how much cocaine he had, or why a man with cocaine can't trade it for marijuana without a text message to his probation officer. 
   
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   The second case of stupid comes out of Alabama. 
   
   Inmate Anthony Warren claimed to have been beaten by police when they arrested him after he rolled his vehicle during a high-speed chase. 
   
   The city of Birmingham has agreed to settle the civil lawsuit for $460,000, but Warren will only get $1,000. His attorneys will be paid $359,000 in fees and $100,000 in expenses, says AL.com. 
   
   Warren, who endangered many lives when he fled from a narcotics officer in 2008, hit a school bus, police car and police officer during the 20-minute high-speed chase. While placing him under arrest, police hit Warren for 10 seconds, according to video . 
   
   Warren won't have much opportunity to spend his $1,000. He's serving a 20-year attempted murder sentence for hitting the police officer with his car. 
   
   Meanwhile, on the "good guy" side of the law, a prison guard who gave drugs to female inmates before sexually assaulting them was sentenced to probation. 
   
   More news you may find worthy: ||||| This could happen to any of us. 
   
   Well, if any of us was serving probation. 
   
   This was the case with Alvin Cross Jr. of Albany, Ga. Cross Jr. seems to have gotten his wires crossed — or, more accurately, his fingers — when he reportedly texted who he thought was his drug dealer. 
   
   The accitext? “You have some weed?” The recipient? His parole officer. 
   
   As WALB-TV reports, Cross’s parole officer may or may not have been cross, but the authorities were informed. His home was raided. Cocaine was found. 
   
   Cross reportedly pleaded guilty on Monday to cocaine possession. He was given one year in jail and another year for violating his probation. (It’s not clear what he was on probation for.) 
   
   You may or may not have sympathy with Cross Jr. or with America’s drug laws. But the immediacy offered by cellphones, and the automatic way in which we use them, has surely caused many relationships and even careers to falter. 
   
   It’s always worth taking those extra two seconds before you press Send. Those two seconds could save you two years. 
   
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target: – A guy in Albany, Ga., texted his probation officer by mistake asking, "You have any weed?" The probation officer then showed up at the errant texter's house with drug agents who found a bag of cocaine, reports WALB. And that's why Alvin Cross is not only going back to prison for violating his parole, he's serving an extra year. The story seems to have hit a sweet spot of dumb criminal/tech gaffe, because Cross is the butt of a lot of jokes out there: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "You don’t have to be stupid to go to prison, but it helps." Gawker: "If you were to get high and make a list of people who, hypothetically, you would not want to text with a request for weed, 'probation officer' would probably be near the top." Death and Taxes: "Here’s a little pro-tip: If you find yourself on probation from jail, under no circumstances should you text your probation officer the message, 'You have some weed?'" CNET: "This could happen to any of us. Well, if any of us was serving probation." Metro: This UK (!) outlet takes a more narrative approach: "When prospects look dire and family and friends neglect them, some folks resort to dialing the dealer. However, one man decided to avoid this route, opting to contact a far more unusual confidant instead." And on and on. (The guy who butt-dialed 911 during a drug deal seemed to get better treatment.)