Ryan Lee Caroll, a 28-year-old from San Carlos Park, Fla. who won the contest last September to watch the "Breaking Bad" series finale with the show's cast, was recently arrested for running a synthetic marijuana drug operation, according to Wired.com.
Perhaps life does imitate art.
NaplesNews.com reports that Caroll was booked into the Lee County Jail at 1:29 a.m. on Wednesday on felony charges of "a synthetic narcotic with intent to sell and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription," and also faces a misdemeanor charge for keeping a shop or vehicle for the sale of drugs.
While it is unclear exactly which drugs Caroll was selling, as authorities have maintained silent on the details, more than $1 million worth of synhetic marijuana were rumored to have been seized during the haul, which Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tiffany Wood described to the The News-Press as an "ongoing investigation of significance." The iconic yellow hazmat suit signed by the cast members was also seized.
Caroll also allegedly used a cement mixer to mix and store the illegal substances.
"They either had a very successful business, or they were up to something they shouldn't be," Randy Hughes, who lived next door to Carroll, told NaplesNews.com. "Every day, FedEx deliveries."
Ironically, AMC's "Breaking Bad" followed the story of high school chemistry teacher-turned meth kingpin and cook, Walter White, and it seems that one of the show's biggest fans found the program more educational than entertaining. Of course, fans of the show know how things turned out for the various characters after plunging head-first into the dangerous drug world.
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