The Meth Pipe Bandit - Chewy the Raccoon

True Crimecast

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In one of the wildest stories we’ve ever covered, True Crimecast takes you to Springfield Township, Ohio, where a routine traffic stop turned into a headline-grabbing mystery involving meth, drug paraphernalia… and a raccoon named Chewy. Hosts Jamie and John unpack the bizarre arrest of 55-year-old Victoria Vidal, who was found with narcotics, multiple meth pipes, and a live raccoon holding one of them. Yes, really.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:13.0	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.5	I'm going to need you to include every negative stereotype for my lovely home of Appalach.
0:22.4	I'm talking meth, raccoons, all of it.
0:25.2	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:32.1	Welcome to True Crime to Go.
0:34.2	I am John here with Jamie.
0:37.0	Raccoons.
0:38.1	I mean,
0:38.3	I know you had a pet raccoon,
0:39.6	but are they usually involved in crimes?
0:42.0	Not that I mean,
0:42.8	they are bandits.
0:43.8	They do have that like,
0:45.1	looks like their eyes are covered up,
0:46.8	like they're robbers.
0:48.2	Yeah,
0:48.4	I used to have a pet raccoon
0:49.4	if you're interested in those stories
0:51.0	that was its name.
0:52.9	Bandit.
0:53.6	It was Bandit.
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