MetaFilter posts tagged with theft and law

Television thief still in jail after 33 years

omidius — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 13:04:43 -0800

Television thief (64) still in jail after 33 years , parole denied 25 times while same board releases murderer after 10 years. Justice?

tnadeau — Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:13:00 -0800

The crimes they are a'changing. This comes from the daily police log of The Union newspaper Grass Valley/Nevada City, CA. Surveillance cameras (and apparently not very effective ones) were stolen while mystery powders kept the cops hopping.

baylink — Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:03:19 -0800

Oh shit, oh piss, oh dear. Judge rules domain names are not property. We had enough problems with this in the last decade with 800-numbers. <sigh>

williamtry — Fri, 07 Apr 2000 05:57:54 -0800

Steal a Snickers bar ---> Get 16 years in jail This Texan appears to be extremely unfortunate, even when you read his past criminal record. How can stealing a Snickers equate to 16 years in prison? However, the audacious comment from the assistant attorney is worth noting:
"If it was a Milky Way, we probably wouldn't have even tried him on it".