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Jay Mewes on the Moment He Almost Got Arrested at 12

27 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief first‑person recollection, Jay Mewes describes a pivotal incident from when he was twelve years old. His mother handed him a manila envelope and asked him to deliver it to a man she claimed was an associate of a relative who owed her money. After handing over the envelope, the recipient gave Jay cash. Two months later, Jay’s brother revealed that the person he had met at the beach was not a debtor at all but an undercover police officer, meaning Jay had unintentionally sold drugs to law enforcement. The episode foreshadowed further family trouble, as his mother later served a lengthy jail sentence, implying the incident was part of a broader pattern of criminal involvement within his household.

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At 12, I almost got arrested. That's sort of when my mom went to jail for a long time, is she gave me this. She said, hey, will you bring this down to so-and-so? He's with his uncle and he owes me money. I bring this envelope, as it was like a manila envelope, gave it to him. He gave me money. And then like 2 months later, my brother picks me up. He goes, hey man, I gotta tell you something. He's like, do you remember meeting so-and-so at the, at the beach? I go, yeah. He goes, you gave him drugs and that he gave you money, and it wasn't his uncle, it an undercover cop with them. And so I sold drugs to an undercover cop.