On the night of October 2, 46-year old Gary Clark Stanley “had a bad reaction to cocaine” at the Marriott Courtyard in Bettendorf, Iowa, disrobed and set off the hotel fire alarm. Everyone was evacuated from the hotel. He grabbed two fire extinguishers and sprayed them throughout the second floor while running around naked.
He cut up his hands. His blood was found on walls, doors, and windows. And damaged was estimated at $25,000.
Police arrived, and he resisted arrest by pulling his arms under his torso. An officer injured their shoulder trying to take him into custody and was hospitalized. After being placed in the squad car, Stanley kicked at the back windows. Officers put him in a full body restraint.
During his intake search at the local lockup, staff found a plastic bag with 1.69 grams of a white powder in his sock that tested positive for cocaine. Bond was set at $15,000 cash (only) and charges are:
- first degree criminal mischief (felony)
- furnishing/possessing contraband in jail (felony)
- fisorderly conduct (misdemeanor)
- interference with official acts causing injury (misdemeanor).
Lesson: don’t do coke, set off the fire alarm, run around naked and vandalize your hotel – as understandably frustrated as you may be as a Marriott Bonvoy member.
Oof. Fantastic last line Gary, I’m sure @Gene will approve.
Is there a ‘good’ reaction to cocaine and what would that look like?
Yeesh! “Lesson: don’t do coke” — That’s a top 10 Gary comment for ya. Should’a led with it.
The expression “We make all our own problems” seems entirely appropriate in this instance.
Yup. Just “don’t do coke” would suffice.
Another drug addict. Let’s all hope he hasn’t yet fathered offspring.
As a Marriott Bonvoy® top-tier Ambassador Elite, he should get a free pass on the $25,000 damages. Furthermore, once he is released from jail, he should take advantage of his Marriott Bonvoy late checkout benefit.
Looks like next chapter of “Cocaine Cowboys” has already been written…in Iowa. Marriott should rename that Courtyard to “The Mutiny (North). Though I doubt that they will sell more bottles of Dom than anywhere else in the world.
Think of all the bonus points he can earn if he uses a Bonvoy credit card to pay for the damages.
Bonvoy!
A Saturday night in a “hotel” ? Likely 1/2 the floor was using “for good reasons”, can’t figure out what the beds are for?
Also love how a police station in Iowa thinks it has a working scale accurate to a hundredth’s decimal place of a GRAM (1/28th of an ounce). Jewelers don’t have this kind of precision. His lawyer needs to go down this route to get the case thrown out…
Appears that he started out with an eight ball. That’s too many rails in too short of a time.
– signed,
Survived The 80’s
Good reaction to coke? Go in a studio and produce a classic album (see 1970’s)
I call BS on the “furnishing/possessing contraband in jail” charge.