Legal Juice

Driving an ice cream truck must get really boring, really fast. One man found a way to make it a little less boring, though clearly a LOT more dangerous. As reported by fox59.com:

An Indianapolis man was arrested last Saturday in Mooresville for allegedly driving an ice cream truck while under the influence.

Clarel Padgett, 58, was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, as well as operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .15 or more, both Class A misdemeanors.

Over .15? Wo.

According to court documents, a woman called police, reporting she could smell alcoholic beverages on the ice cream truck driver.

The chase was on! Okay, it wasn't much of a chase.

An officer with the Mooresville Police Department responded to the area where the truck was reported to be and issued a traffic stop.

... the officer could smell the odor of alcohol coming from the truck. The officer also noted Padgett had “bloodshot and glassy eyes and slurred his words when he spoke.”

The officer conducted several sobriety tests, before Padgett requested to take a breath test. Padgett blew a .19 BAC, more than twice the legal limit.

Snap! .19 is some serious drinking.

Padgett was transported to the police department for a certified breath test. There, Padgett’s BAC read .24.

Say what?! .24?! Yikes.

A female passenger in the truck was also arrested and charged with public intoxication. Padgett and the passenger were transported to the Morgan County Jail.

Here's the source, including Mr. Padgett's mug shot.

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.

Putting aside that The Juice is a personal injury lawyer, nevertheless, he's convinced he could mount a strong defense for anyone charged under this law based on a single word - "offensive." Drunk? Hell yeah. But not offensively so. Case dismissed. Here's a link to the law.

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.

We've all heard a story about someone mistakenly thinking somebody is pregnant. The Juice will wager you haven't heard of anything remotely similar to this. As reported by TCPalm.com:

A woman told police a dispute began after Jessie Mae Dorsey told her she was pregnant but she said she was "just getting fat."

Awkward. But okay? Nope, not okay. Here's how it went down:

"I've had five kids, I know how you walk when you're pregnant," Dorsey is quoted as saying.

The victim said she was "just getting fat," and told police Dorsey walked toward her.

"Who the (expletive) are you catching an attitude with," Dorsey is quoted as saying.

"You," the victim said.

Dorsey is then accused of lobbing a cinder block chunk at the victim, hitting her head. Dorsey jumped on her, pulled her hair and bit her face.

The man walking with the victim pulled Dorsey off, and Dorsey beat feet.

Um, dude, think you could have jumped in a little sooner? And Ms. Dorsey, you bit her face! After you insulted her!

The victim had teeth marks on her face and bumps on her head.

Dorsey, 46, was arrested [for aggravated battery] March 16 on a warrant stemming from the ... fracas ... in Fort Pierce.

Go figure. Here's the source, including a photo of Ms. Dorsey.

People wanted to park, and these gents charged them. What's the problem? Well, it helps if you own the parking lot! As reported by The Tampa Bay Times:

Two men collected about $100 charging for parking over the weekend at Chasco Fiesta. Only they didn't own the land. The city does.

Doh! And guess whose headquarters [that's a hint] are right down the street?

Michael John Roberts II told an officer he wasn't actually taking money from people so they could park on the public lot at Central Avenue and Adams Street, just down the street from the New Port Richey Police Department headquarters. He said "he was only charging people to 'watch their vehicle,'" said Roberts, 24, according to a police report.

Brilliant!

Roberts and his friend, Michael Wayne Manis, 28, collected money Saturday and Sunday before they were caught, the report states. They charged $2 for three hours of parking and $5 for all day, plus $1 for water.

Both men were arrested and charged with scheme to defraud. Manis, of New Port Richey, was released Sunday from the Pasco jail on $150 bail. Roberts, of Hudson, remained Monday in the jail in lieu of $150 bail.

You'll find the source here.

How does someone just up and lay claim to a street? When it's abandoned by the city, and reclaimed, but the documents are never filed in the land records, that's how. Unfortunately for Mullinville, Kansas, Mr. M.T. Liggett learned of this and took action. As reported by kwch.com:

Head north on Elm Street in Mullinville and you'll hit a road block--a series of them actually.  It's not the city that has closed that stretch of road--it's M.T. Liggett. He says he owns it.

Liggett says the street is vacated property and therefore belongs to adjacent landowners including himself. Traffic can still pass through on the east side of the street--the side Liggett says his neighbor owns. The situation is not causing a traffic jam, but Mayor Andy Kimble says it's far from an ideal situation.

"It's a fifty to one hundred-year technicality that could have been taken care of quietly, but now we've got what we've got," Kimble says.

Quietly? Good luck with that. Here's Mr. Liggett:

"I'll tell you what--if they want it back, they know where the court house is," Liggett says. "It's ten miles to the east!"

Here's the backstory:

The mayor says that stretch of Elm is among three blocks of street the city abandoned back in 1908. A 1949 ordinance reopened the road, but Kimble says the change was never registered at the courthouse.

"It's been plowed when it snows, it's been grated when it's muddy, it's been mowed--all at city expense," Kimble says.

The mayor says that stretch of Elm has been treated like every other city street up until Liggett got wind of the descrepancy and put up the barricades.

The mayor says the city council will discuss solutions to this situation at its next meeting.  He says he hopes to arrive at the friendliest solution possible.

Hahahaha. Here's the source.

What's in a name? Plenty, if you're talking about beer names and the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. You're in trouble when the standard you're using, as here, is whether the product is "deemed ... to be detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the general public.” A little vague, perhaps?

As reported by www.mlive.com:

Flying Dog Brewery is suing the state Liquor Control Commission, alleging the agency is censoring its free speech by rejecting labels for the bottler's “Raging Bitch” 20th Anniversary India Pale Ale.

So Michigan has a problem with "Raging Bitch" beer. What Flying Dog beers has it okayed, you might be wondering?

[Flying Dog] markets approved labels, including “Doggie Style” Classic Pale Ale [and] “In Heat Wheat” Hefeweizen Ale ... at many chain and specialty stores in West Michigan.

And don't forget about this one ...

... the state has allowed sales of alcoholic beverages with a vulgar term on the label. Among those are a Grand Rapids brew “Dirty Bastard,” crafted by Founders.

If you're wondering why "Doggie Style," "In Heat Wheat," and "Dirty Bastard" are okay but "Raging Bitch" isn't, The Juice also wonders. To read a lot more, including Flying Dog's connection to Hunter S. Thompson, click here.

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.

Here's the source.

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.

Police took the dog to Alpine Animal Clinic, where veterinarian Dr. Michelle Richardson drew blood and sent it to St. Peter’s Hospital, which found a blood-alcohol level of 0.348 percent. The legal limit for driving is 0.08 percent.

Richardson said alcohol affects dogs similar to the way it affects humans. An alcohol level of 0.4 percent can be fatal in humans.

What about Mr. Schrier?

Police caught up with Schrier at the VFW in East Helena and say they found a bag of hydrocodone pills on the ground outside where he had been standing smoking, leading to the [felony] drug charge. He is also on probation for a pair of previous drug charges.

Schrier is in the city-county jail with bail at $30,000. He is scheduled for an initial appearance in District Court today.

Looks like Arly II will have the last laugh. Here's the source.

How crazy is this guy? Or, wow, I didn't know copper prices were that high! As reported by The Salisbury Post (North Carolina):

A thief pulled a fast one on the Department of Corrections Sunday night after police said someone broke into a minimum-security prison, stole copper and escaped.

Ouch. That's embarrassing.

Authorities believe someone climbed a fence at 3750 South Main Street at the Piedmont Correctional Institution and “dismantled an A/C unit and stole the copper out of it,” the incident report said.

This raises the question: "Is there a category below 'minimum-security' for prisons?"

Salisbury Police are investigating the incident, Capt. Shelia Lingle said, but no one has been arrested.

Here's the source.

Let's just say this lady does not take criticism well, especially when she's behind the wheel. What did she do when her husband took exception to her driving? As reported by The Argus Leader (South Dakota):

A Sioux Falls woman tried to run down her husband with a Chrysler New Yorker Thursday night for questioning her driving skills, police say.

Shazam! You might be wondering about the logistics of running someone down for "backseat" driving. The Juice will explain.

The officer had responded to a report of a dispute in the street near the intersection of West 29th Street and South Lake Avenue, where neighbors reported that a man had been hit with a vehicle after arguing with the driver.

Iron Heart sped away quickly when the officer tried to pull her over near 33rd Street and West Avenue, Clemens said, and the pursuit ended due to high speeds near 33rd and Willow Avenue.

The officer returned to the scene of the dispute and spoke with Iron Heart’s husband, who told him he’d upset her when he complained about her erratic driving and demanded to get out of the car. She apparently followed him with the car when he got out, and he later told the officer he’d “bounced” off the hood at one point during the ensuing argument.

Lady, are you high? Well ...

Police caught 37-year-old Crystal Lee Iron Heart at the Arena Motel at around 8 p.m. ... Iron Hawk was charged with DUI, aggravated assault and aggravated eluding. She also was charged with one count of hit-and-run for allegedly tagging a parked car at 33rd and West.

[HT to a lawyer-source who prefers to remain anonymous. Can you blame him?] Here's the link to The Argus Leader.

Certainly domestic life often presents challenging situations. But this? As reported by
BeeNews.com (New York):

Police responded to a North Seine Drive residence where a 
male and female
 were having an argument about how the pizza had been 
sliced.

Really?

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.

You're thinking "of course." Like most things in life, though, it's not that simple. Or ... is it? Dude got married in Pennsylvania, and years later married his girlfriend in Nevada. Pennsylvania charged him with bigamy, and got a conviction.

Not so fast, said Mr. Seiders. I got married in Nevada, not in Pennsylvania. So, even if I did commit bigamy, it was in Nevada, not here. Case dismissed!

What does the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania think of this argument? Not so much. Being married, it says, is conduct that occurred in Pennsylvania. Case closed!

So who won? Mr. Seiders. Said the Court:

The crime of bigamy, under section 4301, is committed at the time when and in the place where the second marriage is contracted or purported to be contracted.

Sentence reversed! Appellant (Mr. Seiders) discharged! The case is Commonwealth v. Seiders (2010 PA Super 194), which you can read here.

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).

If you're separated, but still living in the same house, don't you expect awkward situations? Well, a Pennsylvania man claims, in his defense, that he was just trying to avoid those awkward moments (awkward for him, any way). As reported by the Beaver County Times:

Suzanne Cripe, no age given, of 111 Grays Lane, contacted police Feb. 20 and said she had found a "transmitter device" under her bed, according to a township police report. She told police she thought the device had been placed there by her husband, Wayne Comet Cripe, 66, also of 111 Grays Lane.

The Cripes "have been separated for some time," and were still sharing a house, but they had separate bedrooms, the police report said.

The interrogation of Mr. Cripe was extremely intense, but he finally cracked.

When police made contact with Wayne Cripe he said, "I guess she found the transmitter," before police even asked him any questions, the report said.

Why'd he do it?

Wayne Cripe told the police he put the transmitter under his wife's bed because he wanted to know whether she and her boyfriend were having sex. He told police he was tired of hearing them and wanted to know "if the coast was clear" before entering his home, the report said.

Uh huh. The charges?

... a misdemeanor charge of invasion of privacy and a felony charge of intercept communications, which means he intentionally intercepted communication from someone else without that individual's knowledge.

Like The Juice said, awkward. Here's the source.

Has The Juice lost it, you may be asking yourself? No, he's just referring to a very strange law that is on the books in the City of Everett, Washington. Here it is:

9.24.010 Hypnotism unlawful.

It is unlawful for any hypnotist or mesmerist, or other person, to exhibit or display, or permit to be exhibited or displayed, any subject of any hypnotist or mesmerist, or any person while under the influence of or alleged influence of hypnotism or mesmerism, in any window or public place outside of the hall or theater where such hypnotist or mesmerist is giving his entertainment or exhibition.

You are feeling very sleepy ... If you're really interested, you'll find the code section here. Just look for Chapter 9.24 (under Title 9).

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.

Hey, The Juice is a big fan of Thin Mints. But this lady in Florida? Check out what happened to the housemate she believed took her box of Thin Mints. As reported by WZVN:

[Hersha] Howard's roommate, Jasmin Wanke, told deputies she was asleep when Howard burst into her bedroom and accused her of eating the cookies.

Wanke said she gave them to Howard's kids because they were awake and hungry at 1 a.m., according to a Collier County Sheriff's Office report.

"Oh, cool. Thanks for looking out for my kids ..." Um, no. That's what should have happened. Here's what did happen.

The women began to argue, then Howard reportedly jumped on top of Wanke and struck her in the face.

The two continued to fight until Wanke's husband separated them.

A few hits to the face - that's it? Not by a long shot.

When Wanke walked out of the bedroom, Howard grabbed a pair of scissors and began chasing and threatening Wanke, the report said.

As women ran down the stairs, Howard reportedly dropped the scissors, picked up a board and struck Wanke.

Damn! Sounds like pro wrestling.

Wanke then ran to the kitchen, where Howard confronted and attacked her again, according to the Sheriff's Office.

During the fight, Howard bit Wanke in the breast and continued to hit her until the two were separated again, the report said.

The women ran out of the house, then Howard reportedly picked up a sign and struck Wanke with it several times.

A board, then a sign? What about a chair? Where's the husband during all this?

Wanke's husband tackled Howard before deputies arrived and arrested her (and charged her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Finally!

She was taken to the Naples Jail Center for booking.

Here's the source, including Ms. Howard's mug shot.

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.

Like you didn't know it was the infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona. His enlightened "pink underwear" policy is at the heart of a federal lawsuit. As reported by myfoxphoenix.com:

A federal court has reinstated a lawsuit against Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- over pink underwear. The Sheriff is well known for making inmates wear them.

A woman claims her brother's death stemmed from a traumatic incident at the jail, when he was allegedly held down, stripped and forced into the pink underwear.

She says it upset him so much that when authorities tried to arrest him weeks later, he ran four or five miles to get away from them -- and died of a heart attack.

A federal district court ruled against allowing the family's lawsuit, but for now, an appeals court says the case can be heard.

Here's the source.

If you don't follow Legal Juice on Twitter (@LegalJuice), the bird gets it. And rumor has it that Mr. Wile E. Coyote is ending his longstanding relationship with Acme for "a more reliable supplier." When asked if maybe he's the problem, not the equipment, Mr. Coyote maintained his characteristic silence.

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Lots of folks have lots of reasons for remaining silent when questioned by the police. But this is a new one, at least for The Juice. First, the charges, as reported by Hunterdon County Democrat (New Jersey):

... eluding police and resisting arrest, which are criminal charges. He also faces a dozen motor vehicle charges: careless driving, reckless driving, disregard of a traffic signal, making unsafe lane changes, going the wrong way on a one-way street, obstructing the passage of another vehicle, failure to comply with police orders, failure to use proper procedure when passing a stopped emergency vehicle, failure to signal a turn, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, speeding across a sidewalk, and crossing a highway divider.

Yikes. So what happened?

Patrolman Robert Godown was cruising North Main Street near the Flemington Arms apartments on Feb. 28 at about 11 p.m., when Mohsen Shehata, 31, of Flemington allegedly sped by going south.

"Light 'em up," he said to his partner. [Not really, but he should have, right?]

With lights flashing and siren wailing, Godown followed Shehata’s black Pontiac down Main Street, but when Shehata reached the Main Street roundabout, he turned left, against the flow of the circle, and continued a short way east in the wrong lane of Route 12 before hitting the curb and shrubs at Prestige Wealth Management and coming to a stop.

About the "why" ...

When police asked him why he was driving so fast and was so unwilling to yield to authority, he replied that he was “angry” for personal reasons that he could not enumerate for religious reasons, police said.

Religious reasons? He'll have to better than that for the judge. And it looks like he'll have some time to think it over.

He was lodged in the county jail with bail set at $5,000 full.

Click here for the source.

Fellas, did you not see your old mom sitting there when you started to mix it up? The Juice is guessing this is not the first fight between these two brothers. As reported by the Beaver County Times (Pennsylvania):

Police said Terry Wayne Welling, 47, was upset that a dog owned by ]his brother] Samuel Wayne Welling, 55, was "going to the bathroom" on the living room floor at 916 Duss Ave., listed as both men's address.

Sam Welling was sitting next to Mary Welling, 87, on a sofa when Terry Welling confronted him and began punching him in the face, according to the report. Sam Welling punched Terry Welling multiple times, and the two brothers ended up atop their mother.

Um, boys. You're hurting your me. Boys ...

Police say Mary Welling was unable to free herself from beneath her sons and an errant punch from Terry Welling struck her in the shin. The report said Mary Welling suffered a 4-inch laceration and bone was exposed. She was taken to Heritage Valley Sewickley hospital.

Holy mackerel! The charges?

Sam Welling was charged with one count of simple assault, while Terry Welling was charged with two counts of simple assault and one count of reckless endangerment, according to court documents.

Don't hold your breath waiting for mom to visit. Here's the source.

Well, at least in Nebraska, that's what the law says. Here it is:

42-102. Minimum age; affliction with venereal disease, disqualification.

At the time of the marriage the male must be of the age of seventeen years or upward, and the female of the age of seventeen years or upward. No person who is afflicted with a venereal disease shall marry in this state.

Okay, but is it enforced? Not according to the annotations (cases citing the statute).

Marriage of one afflicted with venereal disease is not void but voidable [the unknowing party can walk] Christensen v. Christensen, 144 Neb. 763, 14 N.W.2d 613 (1944).

But ...

Where party afflicted with venereal disease enters into marriage with full knowledge thereof, such party is barred from seeking annulment. Christensen v. Christensen, 144 Neb. 763, 14 N.W.2d 613 (1944).

And ...

If parties are of the age of consent, the marriage is valid, even though license was wrongfully obtained. Baker v. Baker, 112 Neb. 738, 200 N.W. 1003 (1924).

Here's the source.

Based on this gent's reaction, it's a good thing the police sent a robot into the house. As reported by wftv.com:

The Brevard County Sheriff's Office said the robot was sent into the West Melbourne home last week because the homeowner had called his family and said he was going to take his own life and the life of anyone who tried to stop him.

Deputies decided that the safest way to enter was with a robot mounted with cameras. The $65,000 robot had four cameras that recorded the whole encounter. When the robot entered the house, the man came out, naked, and first tried to break the robot, then shot it at least four times with an AK-47, according to deputies.

Give that robot a raise ...

Despite the man’s violent actions, no one was injured and the standoff ended peacefully. Deputies said the man walked out, fully clothed and with his hands up, ready to be taken into custody.

Here's the source.

Assault by ... breast milk, right from the source. Loyal Juice readers will recall a similar incident from across the pond a few years ago. Here's the skinny, from wkyt.com:

A very unusual assault on an officer has more than doubled the trouble for a woman in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Thirty-one-year-old Toni Tramel was arrested Thursday for public intoxication, a misdemeanor. But it's what she did later that has people talking.

As Tramel changed into an inmate uniform, she squirted a stream of breast milk into the face of the female deputy watching over her.

After the deputy decontaminated herself from the bio-hazard, Tramel was charged with third degree assault on a police officer. Her bond was set at ten-thousand dollars due to the felony charge.

Bam!

This just proves that, the older you get, the more interesting you find history to be. Heck, some people find it down right exciting. Take this Nebraska couple ...

Authorities arrested two people suspected of re-enacting the amorous behavior that led to the baby boom in the World War II movie theater at the State of Nebraska Historical Museum on Thursday.

A security officer watching the museum's cameras told police he spotted a couple having sex at 2:55 p.m., Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood said.

"He walked to the room to verify, heard sounds consistent with sexual intercourse, retreated and called LPD."

Oh, yes. Of course. He had to verify what he had just seen on camera.

Police arrested a Lincoln man, 36, and woman, 39, on suspicion of indecent exposure.

The man remained in custody Friday morning awaiting an initial court appearance. The woman has been released.

So she walks, and he's in the clink? What's up with that? Here's the source (The Journal Star, Lincoln, Nebraska).

Remember the movie "Footloose," about the town that outlawed dancing? Although South Carolina doesn't ban dancing all the time, there is this restriction:

Title 52 - Amusements and Athletic Contests CHAPTER 13. DANCE HALLS

SECTION 52-13-10. Operation on Sunday forbidden.

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep open or admit persons to any public dancing hall owned or operated by him or to allow any person to continue thereat between the hours of twelve o'clock, midnight, Saturday and twelve o'clock, midnight, Sunday, and all such places shall be and remain closed to the public between such hours. The violation of the provisions of this section shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense and for the second offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days.

Yup, it's on the books. You'll find the law here.

Isn't everyone worried about being microchipped? If not by the government, then by someone else? No? Here's a law that's on the books in Wisconsin:

146.25  Required implanting of microchip prohibited.

(1) No person may require an individual to undergo the implanting of a microchip.

(2) Any person who violates sub. (1) may be required to forfeit not more than $10,000. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense.

You'll find the source here.