Wednesday Weirdness-Texas Man Claiming to Be Michelle Obama’s Adopted Son Arrested at Bank

Welcome to Wednesday Weirdness, a recurring theme where we post something truly weird and wacky in adoption or child welfare.

“A College Station man who told police he was adopted by First Lady Michelle Obama after she contacted him on Facebook was taken into custody following a bizarre incident at a Bryan bank.

Authorities responded to Chase Bank on Boonville Road after an employee alerted police to a suspicious customer Saturday morning. The employee told an officer the man asked to access Obama’s account and wouldn’t leave after being told there wasn’t such an account, according to the arrest report.

The 29-year-old man told officers that Obama let him know about the adoption Friday, so Saturday he was trying to access her bank account, the report states. He stopped talking to police after an officer said he was lying, the documents state.

Authorities ran a background check on Johnnie Gooden and found he was wanted in Brazos County on charges of resisting arrest and assault of a public servant. After police arrested Gooden, they found a bag filled with marijuana in a pocket of his cargo shorts, according to the report.

Gooden remained in the Brazos County Jail late Sunday on $52,000 bail. The possession of marijuana charge is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. Resisting arrest is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year behind bars. Assaulting a public servant is a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.”

Man claiming to be Michelle Obama’s adopted son arrested at bank

[The Eagle 8/12/13]