This Exists: Two Colorado Men In Trouble After Taking Their Dead Friend Out For Night Of Bar Hopping

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by Jon Bershad | 2:16 pm, September 16th, 2011

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There’s nothing more discouraging than growing up and discovering that your favorite movies as a kid could never really come true. Like when you read articles explaining that time travel is impossible no matter how cool your DeLorean is or when you discover that the MLB actually has very specific rules against letting 12-year-olds play. I feel that same way reading this story of a couple of Denver men who have been accused of taking their dead friend on a joy ride.

Apparently, if the wacky adventures of Weekend at Bernie’s were to actually take place, the family of the deceased would find the situation slightly less than hilarious.

The story goes like this. Two men, Robert Young and Mark Rubinson, allegedly came home to find Young’s roommate, Jeffrey Jarrett, had passed away (cause of death still being investigated). Instead of calling 911, the men apparently loaded Jarrett into their car and started hitting up bars. And, while they didn’t pop sunglasses on him and engage in goofy hijinks, they did take $400 out of his account for drink money. Eventually they brought him home before heading back out. Fortunately they were nice enough to wave down a police office on the way and inform him of their deceased pal.

Jarrett’s family? Not thrilled.

From CBS4 in Denver:

“’Taking a deceased person in a car, I mean, it just seems totally wrong,’ said Jarrett’s family member.

Rubinson and Young face charges of abusing a corpse, identity theft and criminal impersonation. A relative said Young was living with Jarrett and came home on Aug. 27 to find him dead, but didn’t call for help.

‘I’m horrified, I’m absolutely, I can’t even put in to words, I can’t imagine anybody thinking that maybe their friend is in trouble and not calling 911,’ said Jarrett’s family member.”

Jeez. It’s days like this that make me worry that starting my own brothel won’t help me get into Princeton.

Watch CBS4′s report below:

(h/t Reddit)

This Exists

Harry Flashman

Hi, boys and girls. Can you say “Disconnect from reality”? Good. I knew you could.
TruDat

I’ll betcha they’re libs; libs love spending others’ money.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKEQSTA4WOBYU5Z7QNSBUR2LXI MASSMURDERMEDIA

this kinda throws a wet blanket on my plan to train 12 hardened criminals for a raid a on a nazi chateau…
http://twitter.com/grimcity Neal Boyd

What the holy hell! Gotta say, the mugs pretty much fit the image I already had of ‘em…
Anonymous

They will be laughing their @$$’s off about this in the yrs to come.
Tony the Fist

Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die.
Lord, I want to go to Heaven, but I don’t want to go tonight.
http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

What’s wrong with one last night out on the town with their recently deceased friend??
Anonymous

Seems more like a conservative because he’s dead inside.
NDanielson

Did they have an 0bama sticker on their car, too?
Anonymous

In real life, this is horrifying, BUT “Weekend at Bernie’s” WAS hysterical!
Anonymous

Take away the tragedy of a guy dying and this is one of the funniest stories ever!
caconservative

And beating dead things like Obimbo’s political future.
WardMD

They MUST be Democrats!

Who else thinks it OKAY to take someone else’s money without their consent, and go out and spend it recklessly?
Michael Holland

This will make a good story when they’re asked “What are you in for?”
Anonymous

And a good time was had by all….