Half-Baked Cookie Caper Targeted Cops

FORT WORTH, Texas -- July 9, 2008— -- A teenager is suspected of deliveringbaskets of drug-laced treats to about a dozen police departments inthe Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to police who charged himTuesday with LSD possession. At least three officers have gottensick.

The 18-year-old man was arrested after taking cookies to theLake Worth police station, said Brett McGuire, the suburb's policechief. Officers there had been tipped off that someone was falselyclaiming to deliver treats on behalf of Mothers Against DrunkDriving.

"Our officers took a good whiff and thought they smelled likemarijuana," McGuire said, adding that preliminary tests insteaddetected traces of LSD.

Christian Phillips was taken into custody and later charged withpossession of the powerful hallucinogen, although the charge may bechanged, McGuire said.

The suspect denied trying to contaminate the goodies or harmanyone and said one of his friends might have been smoking potwhile Phillips was baking, McGuire said. The suspect is notaffiliated with MADD, the chief said.

Phillips remained jailed in Lake Worth pending an arraignmentWednesday. Bail had not been set, and he did not have an attorneyyet, McGuire said.

In Fort Worth, at least three officers got sick after eatingsome cookies and candy from a basket delivered to that policestation Monday night, authorities said.

Police there are conducting tests and plan to file charges ifLSD or another drug or chemical is found in the food, said Lt. PaulHenderson.

Lake Worth investigators found that Phillips had a list of abouttwo dozen police departments in north Texas, with 13 checked off,McGuire said. It's unclear whether anyone else got sick becausesome deliveries were made in the past week.

Police in Blue Mound found traces of marijuana in the treats, hesaid. Blue Mound police tipped off Lake Worth after receiving acall from MADD that no one was delivering cookies on its behalf.