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If you are on the top of the “most wanted” list in Florida, you are safe from being captured by the police…unless you shoplift video games. Not only is this guy our stupid criminal of the day, the article also provides the quote of the day:

"If you got arrested tomorrow, you could say 'Wilma Flintstone,' and we'd book you under that name," Velez said.
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Always thought DS games were locked up...? If they weren't nice job Wal-Mart...and if they were locked up...you deserve extra credit Wal-Mart. Seriously, how lame.

Why was this guy spillin the beans? Sheesh...:eek:
 
He attempted to steal $120 worth of games, couldn't they cut the sensationalism down a bit and just say he tried to take 3 games?

Although I guess if they were unlocked they might be in the bargain bin *shrug*
 
Stupid? Not really. He must have done the same thing many times before and never been caught. He is a junkie, he doesn't care if he gets caught anyway. He probably steals because he can't afford his next high.

We really just need to legalize drugs so that the drug problem will go away. Yeah like I believe that.
 
Wow that's quite the rap sheet he has - and yet he was out on the streets.

Yay criminal justice.
 
sfsuphysics said:
He attempted to steal $120 worth of games, couldn't they cut the sensationalism down a bit and just say he tried to take 3 games?

Although I guess if they were unlocked they might be in the bargain bin *shrug*
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LOL! I, too, was like "a whole $120 worth of DS games?!"
 
not that the guy doesn't deserve to be in deep shit with the law, but wtf is this charge? "resisting a property recovery retail merchant." If retail stored have a right to recover lost goods by force, why don't private citizens being robbed in their house get this right?
 
Syndicated_Death said:
not that the guy doesn't deserve to be in deep shit with the law, but wtf is this charge? "resisting a property recovery retail merchant." If retail stored have a right to recover lost goods by force, why don't private citizens being robbed in their house get this right?
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Official store security are licensed enforcers of the premises.

I'm sure there's a way to become a licensed security guard for your own home ;-)
 
Is anyone else reminded of Idiocracy?

"Uh, excuse me sir, I'm actually supposed to be getting *out* of jail today..."
*smack!*
"You're in the wrong line, dumbass! Hey guys, let this dumbass through!"
 
Syndicated_Death said:
not that the guy doesn't deserve to be in deep shit with the law, but wtf is this charge? "resisting a property recovery retail merchant." If retail stored have a right to recover lost goods by force, why don't private citizens being robbed in their house get this right?
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Move to a state that doesn't suck. In mine you can KILL someone if they are trying to get in to your house, car, or boat!
 
Somehow I'm not surprised this is happening in the same state that basically makes having a girlfriend a second-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to $500 in fines and 60 days in jail.
 
JUSTJOEL73 said:
Stupid? Not really. He must have done the same thing many times before and never been caught. He is a junkie, he doesn't care if he gets caught anyway. He probably steals because he can't afford his next high.

We really just need to legalize drugs so that the drug problem will go away. Yeah like I believe that.
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The drug problem won't go away, but most of the crime associated with it will. That guy had committed armed robbery, a dangerous and violent crime, to get money. If drugs were legal they would be dirt cheap. That would eliminate the need to get large sums of money to pay for drugs. Also no more turf wars, or drug deals gone bad. No more people going bankrupt because of the price of drugs. Drug prohibition certainly didn't make the problem go away, at least with legalization you get rid of most of the violent crime associated with it.

Then there is the tax burden; drug treatment is a lot cheaper than prison, and more effective.
 
BladeVenom said:
The drug problem won't go away, but most of the crime associated with it will. That guy had committed armed robbery, a dangerous and violent crime, to get money. If drugs were legal they would be dirt cheap. That would eliminate the need to get large sums of money to pay for drugs. Also no more turf wars, or drug deals gone bad. No more people going bankrupt because of the price of drugs. Drug prohibition certainly didn't make the problem go away, at least with legalization you get rid of most of the violent crime associated with it.

Then there is the tax burden; drug treatment is a lot cheaper than prison, and more effective.
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Umm, do you know any junkies/heroin addicts? If you knew some, you would understand that heroin addicts are non functional people, they cannot hold jobs and all they care about is the next high. All legalizing heroin would do is make it cheaper so they have to lie and steal less, but there would be a lot more addicts out there.

Crack and meth isn't any better. I don't have a problem with weed but comeon, use some sense.
 
Common sense should tell you that drug prohibition has failed as badly as alcohol prohibition. Read a history book.
 
BladeVenom said:
Common sense should tell you that drug prohibition has failed as badly as alcohol prohibition. Read a history book.
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Within reason. As Joel said, some drugs are not good for you no matter how you paint it. Marijuana's ok - though I personally don't like it - but other drugs not so much.

You can't honestly say that legalizing crack will make things better. It'll be bad legally or illegally. At least if it's illegal, something can be done about getting them off the streets.
 
Kenworth said:
Wouldn't this be stupid criminal SYSTEM of the day?
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No. If you read closely you'll see that this system is an exact parallel of the "innocent until proven guilty" principle, as it should be.

AVT said:
Somehow I'm not surprised this is happening in the same state that basically makes having a girlfriend a second-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to $500 in fines and 60 days in jail.
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Lol. That's nothing: they have a constitutional amendment prohibiting the caging of pregnant pigs:

http://www.dumblaws.com/law/1349

<j/k, of course; all states have dumb laws> :p
 
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