If you just happen to be a local pirate looking for a last-minute gift idea, we’ve got a doozy – one of your neighbors is trying to sell a custom-milled, solid one-piece steel, “black powder cannon” that’s only been used twice for just $375!
Some of the features from the Craigslist Ad:
- Black Powder Cannon
- Custom milled solid 1 piece steel.
- Two year old Cannon
- Used Twice
- Fuse Hole
- Shoots Baseball sized objects
Our favorite part of course is this happy ending greeting:
Please email with any questions! Happy Holidays
Stacie
Wait, aren’t these things ILLEGAL?
Who cares…it’s Christmas! So act fast, and email your order in now:
sale-mrhhy-1520671908@craigslist.org
Oh, and whatever you do, don’t read this story about a makeshift cannon that killed a 4-year old boy in Thurston County in July, 2007.
Yes, “Happy Holidays” and have fun with your cannon!
On Friday (Nov. 13th) Toan Le, 51, and Hang Ho, 41, of the Crystal Nails salon in Burien plead guilty in US District Court to charges of attempting to illegally import an unapproved skin treatment device as well as two counts of attempting to bribe a federal official.
Le pleaded guilty to bribing a public official, and could face up to two years in prison. Ho pleaded guilty to importing an unapproved medical device into the country, which could result in one year in the slammer.
According to court documents, Ho attempted to import a laser-type device called a”skin light machine,” which emits radiation and has not been approved by the FDA for use in the US.
Le and Ho also plead guilty to offering bribes of $500, then $800 to a federal FDA official to overlook the unapproved machinery.
Crystal Nails is located at 15728 First Ave South in Burien.
According to the FDA, some consumers have suffered severe burns and infection, and others have actually died after being treated by the unapproved laser devices.
Crystal Nails is located at 15728 First Ave South in Burien, in the strip mall behind McDonald’s and Roundtable Pizza, and across the parking lot from Page2 Books.
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According to both The Seattle Times and The News Tribune, Toan Le, 51, and Hang Ho, 41, of the Crystal Nails salon in Burien, have been indicted on the illegal importing of a skin treatment device as well as two counts of attempting to bribe a federal official.
Reports are that Le and Ho offered bribes of $500, then $800 to a federal Food and Drug Administration official to overlook an unapproved, radiation-emitting laser skin treatment device they had imported.
According to the Times, Ho told the FDA inspector that if she helped them keep the device, “we will give you a present.”
Crystal Nails is located at 15728 First Ave South in Burien.
Cyrstal Nails is located at 15728 First Ave South in Burien, in the strip mall behind McDonald’s and Roundtable Pizza, and across the parking lot from Page2 Books.
As of Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 25th) it appeared to be open for business as usual.
Read the full Seattle Times report here.
The News Tribune story is here.
A 29-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced for 6-1/2 years in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, stemming from a bust on his Burien apartment last July.
Miguel Eden Villarreal is an illegal alien who will likely be deported back to Mexico following his prison term.
On July 31, 2007, Drug Enforcement Administration agents obtained a search warrant and searched the Burien apartment where Villarreal lived with his wife and two young children. Agents and King County sheriff’s officers uncovered methamphetamine, cocaine, packaging materials and $40,000 in cash.
Villarreal was arrested a few blocks away from the apartment. He told investigators that he had been in the United States illegally for about five months and had been dealing drugs for four months.
At Villarreal’s sentencing, U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik said Villarreal was “involved in moving massive amounts of one of the most dangerous drugs on the street.”
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