Cop Tricked Teen With Autism Into Buying Pot, Lawsuit Claims

Article here. This recent article is making national headlines, however the incident happened December of 2012. Soon afterwards, the parents wrote a blog post that shed more light on how things went down the day their son was arrested. Excerpt:

'According to the Snodgrasses, a police officer pretended to be their son's friend, which pleased them because he has trouble making friends. When the couple suggested inviting this new friend home, the friend "would always have an excuse, saying he couldn't or he was grounded," Catherine Snodgrass said. The parents said they later learned the "friend" was Deputy Daniel Zipperstein of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, who was posing as a student named Daniel Briggs for several months at their son's school.

Zipperstein hounded their son to sell him marijuana or his prescription medication, the parents said they later learned.

The teen couldn't access his prescription medication because his parents keep it locked. After more than three weeks of pestering, the teen bought a half-joint from a homeless man and gave it to the officer, who had given him $20 weeks earlier, according to the Snodgrasses. The teen did this once more before refusing to continue, prompting the deputy to end the supposed friendship, the parents said.

The couple said their son was arrested soon after that. He was taken to the police station and was not allowed to see his parents until his court date two days later, the parents said.'