A “Special” Rule 37: The Cullen Mutrie
- April 13th, 2012
- Posted in Boston . Drink . New Hampshire
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Rule 37. Try one new drink each week.
The Rule 37 series of posts chronicle my attempts to accomplish this feat every week.
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Ok. By now most people in New England (prob EVERYBODY in New Hampsha) has heard the story: Thursday night, five police officers went to serve a warrant at 517 Post Road in Greenland, NH. Exact details are sketchy, but in a nutshell, all five were shot, and Police Chief Michael Maloney (eight days from retirement) was killed. This led to just about every police officer in the state to swoop down on the house in an eight hour standoff with the armed suspect. Finally, around 2am, the SWAT (well, in NH it’s the SERT) team sent in a camera robot and determined that the suspect, Cullen Mutrie, and an unidentified female companion were dead.
This happened about 1.5 miles from my parents house. I went to nursery school and high school with Cullen. We never hung out in high school because he developed some… interesting… hobbies. Namely steroid use. Last year he was arrested and charged with NINE FELONIES due to steroid possession. Before that he was charged with domestic assault, and police officers went to his house to confiscate his many firearms (in his bedroom, living room, vehicle and carried with him). That’s when they found the steroids. Before THAT, in 2007, he was brought up on assault charges stemming from a bar fight at the Portsmouth Gas Light (I’m assuming this was in their “club” upstairs, rather than the restaurant portion of the building). So yeah, clearly an outstanding citizen. I remember whispers of his ‘roid use back in high school. He was always a big guy (over 6′) but began to suddenly put on LOTS of muscle. When arrested in January, he was described as 6’3″, 275 pounds. Initial reports from Thursday describe him as “as being a very large ‘juiced’ guy, very muscular.”
Now, this whole thing would be quite amusing, except police officers were shot and killed. I love watching the spectacle of someone’s life imploding, but when you take innocent people out in your Titanic-like existence, that’s not ok. Especially police officers. A good friend of mine is ( /was /is going to be again someday?) a police officer, and I certainly wouldn’t be thrilled if he got shot. One of the officers that DID get shot last night also attended our high school. It all hits very close to home, and I don’t even live there anymore. Because of this, I really don’t have much sympathy for Cullen. He made his choices, and it’s just a shame that he had to ruin other lives along the way. So in one final sendoff, here’s a “Very Special” Rule 37.
The Cullen Mutrie
- One bottle of Muscle Milk. Spike with creatine and other anabolics if you’ve got them.
- Five shot glasses of the liquor of your choosing
Chug the Muscle Milk to build mass until the cops show up. Take five shots. Hole up in the house until the SWAT team arrives.
Can’t say I’ll miss you, Cullen. Glad you’re gone, but it’s sad that you took a police officer with you.
It’s sad and crazy that in a small town (like the one I grew up in), everybody KNOWS which dickhead is eventually going to shoot a cop, but all we can do (or at least all we DO do) is just kinda sit and wait for it to happen.
Completely agree. This was a long time coming… it’s just tragic that other people had to lose their life along with him.
“i love watching the spectacle of someone’s life imploding” thought you were better than that.
Nope. I’m just honest about it. Human misfortune is very entertaining. There’s a reason why “reality” tv shows won’t go away. I’m endlessly entertained by people making choices and being forced to live with the consequences. It just really upsets me when they ruin other lives around them.
I agree w Katie. Who even says something like that?? No matter what the situation is its never a fun experience to watch somebody you know go down like that. I dated Cullen for a few years and yes he had a few screws loose at times I never imagined this being the outcome. Very very tragic to see somebody go out like that and even more sad innocent people were shot and or killed. But for real it’s not a funny thing to see somebody you know involved in a situation making worldwide news in a negative way and have the outcome be 3 people all dead. Very very sad.
Yeah, I can’t really have much sympathy for someone abusing steroids for years and selling oxy. You instantly lose all credibility when you gun down police officers. With the exception of the deaths and injuries to police officers, I think this worked out quite well. It saves a long arduous process of trials, appeals, and incarceration fees for someone who clearly was not going to be rehabilitated.
Did his steroid use affect you personally?? Or his selling drugs?? Did he pck on you in high school or something?? Guess I’m confused as to why you believe your opinion on him really matters at all?? If you didn’t know him would you still have wasted your time writing about him?? And on such a personal heartless level?
I’m confused as to why you think your opinion matters more than mine.
That’s just it. OPINIONS. Nothing more than opinions.
“Guess I’m confused as to why you believe your opinion on him really matters at all??”
Well, if my opinion doesn’t matter, than why should yours?
Not that what he did was the right thing to do AT ALL. Because it couldn’t have been more wrong of him. But you must have something personal against him to mention you’re “thinking that this worked out quite well”. Do you always wish the worst for people? Just because of their “habits” that concern themselves and nobody else?
His “habits” that concerned “nobody else” resulted in three deaths. Not to mention his criminal record of assault and domestic abuse. If he had merely taken his own life, I really would not have cared, but he ruined several other lives around him, creating an unforgettable stain on a quiet community. But the fact that you so vociferously defend a steroid-using, narcotic-dealing, gun-toting, cop killer really leaves me puzzled. Perhaps you should go sell your “Cullen was a great guy” argument to Chief Maloney’s family and the Greenland Police Department. I’m sure they’d love to discuss it with you.
Apparently you’re just as stupid as your writing makes you out to be. Not once did I say Cullen “was a great guy” All I was asking is did his steroid use or selling affect you personally and how you could be so inconsiderate in saying that he “will not be missed” either. In case you’re forgetting… 3 human lives were lost. 3. In the end his mother lost her child as well. Not once did I defend him whatsoever and I believe I wrote that what he did could not have been more awful or wrong. But picking on someone that cannot speak for themselves anymore isn’t right either. Had you not known him on a personal level, his name most likely wouldn’t have made in onto your “drinking” blog of BS. Had he still been alive, I’m sure your balls wouldn’t have been big enough to say anything negative to his face at all. Gues we can all be “tough guys” behind a computer screen huh??
Well, you appeared to be defending him. It seemed like your opinion of him was high enough to warrant that. If he wasn’t such a good person, than why do you want to argue about it?
His drug use didn’t affect me personally… until he started shooting, and then it became the personal problem of the entire community.
At least I sleep peacefully at night knowing I didn’t date a murderer. Apparently you can’t say the same.
I sleep perfectly fine thank you. We dated years ago. but that was a very harsh thing to say to me considering you probably know who I am since I also was at the same high school as both you and Cullen. A pretty harsh thing to say to someone that you know nothing about other than I am trying very hard to see both sides of the fence here. Nobody will ever understand why all of this happened or why Cullen did what he did but one things for sure… It never should’ve happened an nobody will ever know exactly what happened.
You said some unkind things yourself. I was merely replying in kind. I actually have no idea who you are, and don’t escalate to personal attacks until the other person does.
I haven’t blocked any of these comments because I really do like discussing differences of opinion.
However, I completely agree with you on one point: it certainly never should have happened. The path he started down could have had many different outcomes, but it ended in probably the worse way possible.
Agreed.