Wash. man acquitted of "weasel assault"; it's not what you think
(CBS/AP) MONTESANO, Wash. - Remember that guy in Washington State who allegedly broke into a home back in June and threw a dead weasel at a resident?
Supposedly the occupant had asked the intruder why he had a dead weasel in the first place - to which the irate intruder purportedly responded... hey, that's no weasel, that's a marten.
No, we're not making any of this up.
Anyway, it appears the alleged burglar bearing a marten has managed to weasel out of it.
A jury has acquitted 33-year-old Jobie Watkins of Hoquiam of burglary in the case, according to his lawyer.
Police had said Watkins was carrying the dead animal when he went to the other man's apartment looking for his ex-girlfriend on June 6.
The lawyer for the accused said witnesses provided inconsistent accounts and the "prosecution failed to prove a link to the mink."
That's what Watkins' lawyer said.
Watkins himself never did explain why he had the weasel - er, marten - carcass, according to the newspaper The Daily World of Aberdeen.
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