A man from Florida has been jailed after an investigation police say began when he mistakenly sent a text message to a narcotics agent seeking help to find drugs.
William Lamberson, aged 29, reportedly sent a message to Captain Brian Bergen, head of the Martin Country Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit, and then asked him where to get some marijuana.
Sensing an opportunity, and fearing what could have happened had Lamberson inadvertently texted a child, Bergen played along for weeks until he eventually nabbed Lamberson on cocaine charges.
‘His first texts were basically address me, ‘hey bro, this is Will’, what you normally would do,’ Captain Bergen told WPEC.
Lamberson asked Bergen where to find some ‘green’ and explained that the two had met at a 7-11 after the cop expressed his confusion at first.
Nothing came of the exchange until after Bergen later asked, ‘You got any hooks for sum blow?’
Lamberson replied that he did: ‘I actually do man. Lol.’
Then, on September 1, police went in for the kill and would soon boast on Facebook about the arrest that all but fell in their laps.
‘Although a friendly face to face didn’t happen overnight, Lamberson continued his electronic dialogue, and eventually, a controlled cocaine transaction was underway,’ a post on the Martin County Sheriff’s Office reads.
Lamberson remained held in the Martin County Jail on a $40,000 bond as of Friday.
