Can you get high ...

from baby formula ?

When you are as inventive as this guy ... in a word, yes.

A Sharbot Lake area man who tampered with three canisters of baby formula in February, replacing their contents with flour so he could get a refund of about $60 from Kingston's Wal-Mart store to buy drugs, has been sentenced to about seven-and-a-half- months in jail.

When Badour initially entered his pleas, Masse was told that Badour purchased three cans of Nestle baby formula at the Midland Avenue Wal-Mart on Feb. 15. When he got them home, he peeled off the labels, cut a small flap in each of the canisters and poured the contents out into plastic storage containers. He then refilled the canisters with flour, stuck the labels back on, and three days later, returned what appeared to be pristine cans of baby formula to the store for a full refund.

Ahhh ... he feels bad.

Smith also told Masse that his client is himself the father of a six-month-old child and that his client empathizes with the parents who innocently bought his bogus baby food. He's not without insight, Smith assured the judge. "He very much wishes that he could turn the clock back. He can't."

Maybe he had never heard of gluten allergies ?? This could have ended tragically.

Mitigating factors ? Ya one, maybe ... but pretty weak.

Immediately after he secured the cash, Smith said Badour told him he called the store and tried to anonymously alert them to the tampering. "Unfortunately, that information did not get through to the right people," the defence lawyer said.

I say weak ... because according to this story .. the crook lied to the cops after turning himself in.

Badour turned himself in on March 20 after learning that police wanted to talk to him, and Griffith said he gave them a statement. Masse was told that Badour assured investigators this was the only time he'd ever tampered with baby food and, according to Griffith, he said he'd done it because "he needed the money to feed his baby." Griffith noted, however, that at the same time Badour purchased the formula, he also bought an $8 BB gun.


Come sentencing though ... the real truth comes out.

Speaking on Badour's behalf, Smith told the court his client has "admitted quite candidly," that when he tampered with the baby formula, "he needed money for his own selfish purposes, to support a drug habit."

Sooo ... just what kind of sentence do you get for endangering the lives of babies ... and these unrelated offences??

"...unrelated charges from 2006 of stealing $2,500 worth of chainsaws, possession of stolen ginseng from a break-in at a Sharbot Lake home."

Masse gave Badour double credit for those 70 days before sentencing him to a further 225 days in provincial jail.

225 more days ... minus 2/3 of the sentence if he is a good boy. What's that work out to ??

75 more days in the can ... so around 145 total.... in rehab.

"Badour told Masse he was sorry and asked the judge to recommend he serve his time where he can get drug treatment. Masse agreed to make that recommendation "


It took quite a bit of digging to get to the real story here ... one or two articles just didn't answer all my questions.. in fact, I still have some.

1. Cocaine or heroin ... which one is he hooked on ?

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY:

2. Does Wal-Mart still accept returns on baby formula ?

Oh ya, one more thing ...

The fate of the third can remains a mystery.