In the archives of bizarre legal moments, few top the case of Sarah Harris v. Common Sense. This oddball episode from January 2024 made headlines after the then-34-year-old Indiana woman called 911—not for help, but to file a quality-control complaint… about her meth.
That’s right. Harris, of Bedford, Indiana, rang up police twice to report that her drug dealer had sold her a “bad batch” of methamphetamine.
According to the arrest affidavit, she even handed over the suspect substance to officers, asking them to test it. Her complaint? The meth “was not what it was supposed to be” and gave her symptoms she likened to a heart attack.
In a move that left officers stunned, Harris reportedly explained that the product didn’t match the “bowl of normal meth” she’d previously smoked with a friend. She also admitted to snorting a line of the batch in question—then immediately felt “something different when it touched her skin and nostrils.”
“I wanted to turn the person in,” she allegedly told officers, candidly implicating both herself and her supplier in the process.
The result? Harris was promptly arrested and charged with felony methamphetamine possession—an offense that carries a maximum 30-month prison sentence in Indiana.
For trivia buffs, here’s the kicker: this wasn’t Harris’ first tangle with the law. Her rap sheet includes convictions for theft, drug possession, disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement, and driving while intoxicated. The 911 meth call, though, might just be her most memorable legal misadventure to date.
