Grandpa The Dealer

An 80-year old man from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is in all kinds of trouble. It seems he got caught dealing crack. Then he got caught doing it again. You see, he was feeding his addiction.

To sex.

PITTSBURGH - An 80-year-old man who pleaded guilty to drug charges sold crack cocaine from his house and gave some of the drugs to prostitutes in exchange for sex, his lawyer said.

Felix Cocco, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Police said Cocco had been dealing drugs for nearly a year when he was arrested in November. Officers seized crack cocaine, a digital scale and packaging materials, police said. Authorities said they caught Cocco dealing again in February.

"I was trying to stay alive, your honor — pay my bills," Cocco told the Allegheny County judge.

Cocco's lawyer, Martha Bailor, told the court that Cocco wanted to remain sexually active after his wife died three years ago and turned to prostitutes.

"He decided it's cheaper to pay for sex with crack than cash," she said.

Which brings a whole new perspective to both dating and economics, doesn't it? We respectfully point out that it might have been easier and much more legal for Mr. Cocco to have just moved.