Remember That One Wedding That Was Actually a Huge Drug Sting?
In Depth
If there’s ever a reason to not show up to a wedding, it’s the risk of being arrested. So if you’re planning a wedding and want to invite some of your favorite drug dealers, you should probably just send the save-the-date to someone else. After the Shiawasse County fake wedding in 1990, it’s unlikely they’re going to show up.
This week, The Atlantic ran a story on the fake wedding, which was actually a police sting to round up all the drug dealers in town and arrest them as quickly and efficiently as possible. The bride was wearing a gun and, according to reports, the band even mocked the guests with a song about losing to the law before the police identified themselves and began taking people away. It’s exactly like The Red Wedding, except no one died and also the food was probably better.