Sadly, Michiganders, you are now on notice of this law, though you were previously bound by it nonetheless. Here’s the law:
436.201 Drunkenness on train prohibited.
No person shall while in an offensive state of intoxication enter or be on or remain upon any railway train or interurban car as a passenger.
Of course vehicles get stolen all the time. You report it to your insurance. They send you a check… This gent probably did that, but he didn’t stop there. He’s pissed! As reported by www.kens5.com (San Antonio, Texas):
On March 10, Daryl McClain’s truck was stolen from his home in the 5700 block of Clearwood. So what did he do?
He tagged his own house, and neighbors say he did not keep the message clean.
“I speak my mind,” McClain boasted outside his tagged garage door. “Most people keep it in.”
What does it say?
“To the mother f—– that stole my truck. You are a dead man. 2K NQA.”
That last part means that Mr. McClain is offering a $2,000 reward, no questions asked (NQA). Some neighbors are not happy, especially with the “word” f—–.
“What is wrong with the guy across the street?” asked Roy Patty. “It’s like a parade route. Everybody comes by. I take pride in my house.”
“I’d never come home and do something like that because I was mad,” said Patty. “Children shouldn’t be able to read something like that.”
But McClain sees it differently. “That’s why I didn’t spell it out,” he said. “Code Compliance says I’m not doing a thing wrong.” Then he said, “It’s freedom of speech.”
Is Mr. McClain correct? Yup.
According to the San Antonio Police Department, McClain is not breaking the law.
SAPD spokesman Matt Porter said McClain did not use profanity, because he did not spell out the expletive. Also, he says according to homicide detectives, McClain did not threaten anyone specifically. Finally, the city is not allowed to regulate what people paint on their homes.
Here’s the source, including a photo of the tagged garage doors, and a video news story.
Here’s how short this woman’s tenure at her new job was: Welcome Casi! You’re under arrest. Doh! As reported by The Beacon-News:
An Aurora woman has been accused of stealing a designer handbag from a resale shop in Naperville — on the day before she was to start a new job there. Casi L. Biggiam, 27, is charged with retail theft.
Biggiam was arrested March 14, the day she was to report for work at Plato’s Closet, Naperville police said. The store is in the Naper West Plaza, across from the Westfield Fox Valley mall in Aurora.
What was her shoplifting technique? It’s probably one resale shops have seen before.
Police said Biggiam went to the shop about 5:30 p.m. March 13 to sell articles of used clothing and accessories. A red Coach purse was one of the items Biggiam allegedly presented to a clerk. After being given the total of what the store would pay for her goods, Biggiam said she would keep the handbag and accept payment for the other items, police said.
As crimes go, not too stupid, accept for the part about returning to the scene of the crime.
Employees contacted police after determining the purse had been part of their inventory. Police said Biggiam had stolen the bag, which had been on display in the shop.
As for how that first day went …
A police officer and store management confronted Biggiam the next day, when she reported to work for the first time, police said.
Unlike some folks out there, The Juice is not about denigrating women. The “dog” in question is actually a dog.
As reported by The Helena Independent Record: At about 11:30 p.m. [on March 1], East Helena police responded to a report of an intoxicated dog being cared for at Smith’s Bar and found Arly II, a Pomeranian or Pomeranian cross, who could not walk a straight line and kept falling over when placed on the floor, according to an affidavit filed by police in District Court.
An intoxicated person who claimed part ownership of the 20-pound dog told police that ]Todd Harold] Schrier [age 49] had given the dog about a “to-go cup of vodka,” police wrote.
What the hell was this guy thinking? He had just been released from jail. From the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s office:
A Crestview man released from the Okaloosa County Jail on a domestic violence battery charge Wednesday didn’t even make it out of the parking lot before committing crimes which put him right back in a cell.
38-year old Gabriel Allen Kirkpatrick of Grady Lane in Crestview is charged with four counts of burglary.
Kirkpatrick had just been released March 14th when Okaloosa Sheriff’s deputies say he went into the jail parking lot and started trying to break into cars. In one case, he unscrewed the radio antenna from the exterior and was trying to use it to gain entry.
Kirkpatrick was placed into custody and taken back inside for processing.
Dude! Dude? Here’s the source.
So the police will investigate you if your husband merely claims you are using black magic? Apparently so, at least if you live in Kuwait. As reported by the Arab Times:
A Kuwaiti man has filed a complaint with the Adan Police Station accusing his ex-wife of doing black magic. He claims the magic harmed him and his two daughters, reports Al-Rai daily. According to the man the woman planted some magic charms in his home to promote hatred between him and his daughters. He also said because of the magic he and his daughters are suffering from dermal disease. The suspect will be summoned for interrogation.
Hmm. Perhaps your daughters don’t like you because you’re a yutz? And maybe your daughters have “dermal disease” because they are teenagers? Just sayin’ …
If these allegations are true … what a great example this Florida school superintendent is setting for her students. As reported by TCPalm.com:
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is reviewing allegations that Martin County Schools Superintendent Nancy Kline cheated on a certification exam in 2009.
Yikes.
In a memo to School Board Attorney Doug Griffin dated Jan. 22, Kim Sabol, the district’s labor/employment representative, wrote that Terrie Kenney, a former consultant and volunteer with the district, claimed Kline phoned Kenney “for help in answering test questions while taking what Ms. Kenney later learned was a certification examination for the Florida Superintendent Special Certification Program.”
What are the specific allegations?
According to the memo, Kenney reported Kline called from a hotel room, said some of the questions were “really hard” and admitted she didn’t attend all the class sessions leading up to the test.
So like, if you don’t go to class, that makes the test harder? Who knew?
When Kenney suggested Kline call Frank Raffone, the district’s assistant superintendent, for help on some questions, “the superintendent did not say anything in response.”
Kline’s unwillingness to get help from a school official “solidified” for Kenney that the superintendent “knew what she was doing was wrong,” Sabol wrote.
Kline’s defense?
Kenney reportedly suggested to Sabol that Kline’s calls could have been allowed because it was an “open book exam.”
Sabol wrote that she replied, “Terrie, open book, if that is even true, does not mean cheating!”
“These allegations have no credibility – this is nothing more than a smear campaign,” Kline said Monday night.
Speaking of campaigns …
Kline is up for re-election this year, facing a challenge by School Board member Laurie Gaylord.
You can read more (a fair amount) and see a video here.
It would be misleading, though not totally false, to say this guy walked into a Florida Papa John’s and stole pizza. Here’s what happened, per wptv.com:
Polk County deputies say a man walked into Papa John’s Pizza restaurant, put on a pizza costume, and then walked out of the Lakeland restaurant Sunday evening.
You stole a pizza costume? The Juice is guessing you didn’t know they have video cameras in the store.
Detectives say a white man, perhaps 18 years old, entered the restaurant with six others, wearing a white button-up shirt, dark pants and a dark tie. He put the costume on and left the store wearing it.
The costume is described as approximately six feet tall, and looks like a giant slice of pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers and black olives.
Video surveillance shows the images of the suspect and four persons of interest. They are described as three older white males with dark hair. One had a full beard. The fourth person of interest is described as a white female with dark hair.
Here’s the source, including a photo and a video (skip to around 2:35).
So the dude gets busted for going 105 MPH, and drives slower after that. What’s the bad news? He didn’t slow down quite enough. As reported by The Oregonian:
It all began Wednesday morning when a trooper stopped a westbound car hitting 92 mph on Interstate 84, just west of The Dalles.
During a routine check, the trooper discovered the driver – identified as Jose Romero-Valenzuela, 34, of Las Vegas — had already been stopped twice in the past 60 minutes.
The trooper learned that the same car had been pulled over 30 miles to the east for hitting 98 mph. And, before that a Gilliam County Sheriff’s Deputy pulled the driver for hitting 105 mph.
Just to review – 105, then 98, then 92. So over the course of an hour, he was clearly changing his ways. And in case you need further proof:
After letting the driver go, another trooper [number 4] west of Hood River was waiting with a radar gun, Hastings said. The car, he said, was driving within the 65 mph speed limit.
Reformed! Where was Mr. Romero-Valenzuela going in such a hurry?
[he] … told the trooper he was on his way to Oregon City. He had to appear in the Clackamas County Circuit Court for a preliminary hearing on a drug-related charge.
“Your Honor, I would have been on time, but …” Here’s the source.
Of course you won’t be thrown in the clink for playing golf … unless … you’re on disability. Doh! The Juice despises fraud, and hence is not at all fond of this chap. As reported by thisisnottingham.co.uk:
Judge Andrew Hamilton told Robert Cave he was an utter liar and cheat as he sentenced him at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday.
Not just a “liar and cheat,” but an utter liar and cheat. Nothing but love for the UK. About the “cheat” part:
Cave, 50, from Cotswold Grove, Mansfield, pocketed £12,604.65 [about $20,000 US] in Disability Allowance over more than three years.
The disability?
He claimed on forms for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that walking was extremely painful after both his knee caps were removed.
He also said he needed help using the toilet day and night and found it hard to lift pans from the cooker to the sink.
So you’re saying a guy without knee caps, who can barely lift a pan up off the stove, can play golf? Um, yeah.
By the time investigators acted on a tip-off to their fraud-busting hotline, Cave had developed a handicap of 15 and played regularly in competitions.
He was seen loading a golf trolley into the boot of a car in 2009.
Time to get some lighter pans for your kitchen, pal. Of course there were plenty of excuses and explanations.
The court heard his claim was legitimate when it was submitted in 1996, but he should have told the DWP if his condition improved.
Miss Pittman said her client’s condition had since deteriorated.
Blah blah blah. Here’s the source.
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