Mailbox Smashers BEWARE!!!
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Topic: Mailbox Smashers BEWARE!!!
Posted By: Lawless
Subject: Mailbox Smashers BEWARE!!!
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:11am
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Hey! Just a lil story I thought many of you would find amusing. Last night I took my girlfriend out with me to go to my buddy's house who's just a few towns up and after sitting around his house for a while, he starts bugging me to go drive around with him and go mailboxing. I said no at first because I had been up to nearly 48 hours and was tired and was ready to go home but it wasn't long before his persistance broke through and then before I new it I was cruisin' the backroads with my buddy and my girlfriend loungin' in the back(my car's a 2 seater coupe). The way it worked was we'd find a good candidate...a house w/lights off and a lil ways off the road...one of us would get out, beat the crap out of the thing...then we'd book it out of there 'til we found another victim. Well as our night was nearing about 1am, my girlfriend noticed headlights behind us that seemed to be closin' in fairly fast so I hit the accelerator a little harder hittin' about 75...when the lights kept comin'...I knew it was time to fly. I floored it...hittin' around 90 on these bumpyass narrow backroads before I turned off onto a main road and headed south...I kept it floored and hit 121...passed a van stopped at a 4-way hoping that the guy who wasn't far behind wouldn't run the stop sign like I did so I'd distance myself even more but he ran it...passed the van and kept on me. So I turned off onto some more backroads until I hit another main road and headed for the expressway. I got off after about 10mins(for those from MI...I got off of I69 at Flint and I live in the middle of Shiawasse County) Well the guy followed me all through Flint and back onto the expressway heading back the way we came...but on the way back he turned his hazzards on which scared me because that made me wonder if he was trying to point us out to waiting police officers. So I got off where I got on at, ditched the bat and headed south again towards the town where I live. I got about a mile down the road where I had to turn onto a differnt road and as I was rollin' up to the stop sign...I saw blue and red lights flash up in front of me, so I stop, and then my car was surrounded by a total of 4 state police cruisers, a genessee county sheriff, and a state boy on a bike.(<the biker's the one that flashed first and stopped me) So all together...I had 6 police vehicles stop me. And from what I heard on the radio...they had more at other locations waitin' for me. But anyways...after being stopped, the officer on the bike told me to get out the car and put my hands on my trunk...he then frisked and searched me while another officer pulled my buddy and girlfriend from the car and then proceeded to rip apart(search) my car. They then frisked and searched my buddy and started asking him where the bat was, he played stupid until the officers started talking about beating him with the bat when it was found and then he started apologizing and we both then admitted to what we had done. Blah blah blah...skipping a few unimportant deatails...we were told that in a few days a warrant would be issued for both our arrests at which point an officer would come to our houses to apprehend us...take us in to be booked...put us in holding cells until our bonds were set and paid...and then we'd appear in front of a judge for Malicious Destruction of Property which is a misdemeanor offense. And my buddy's 18 and I'll be too in 9 days but even being 17...I'm still considered to be an adult in the legal system. So bein' let off for being junvenilles is out of the question. So now I wait... ------------- Name: Paul R. Warman II Location: The Boonies, MI Phone Number: (989)666-XXXX |
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:13am
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Damn. That sucks dude.
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:15am
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GG
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:22am
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Crazies
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Posted By: proteus316
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:22am
| The irony of your screenname |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:25am
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ur friend sucks at lying.... I thought I heard it was a federal offense to smash a mailbox. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Fat Stalin
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:26am
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Your fault. Again. Weren't you had the abortion problem thing too? Geeze, you need to clean up your act. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:28am
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Hahahaha that sucks.
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Posted By: Lawless
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:30am
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If I were to clean up my act...there'd be no excitment in my life. ------------- Name: Paul R. Warman II Location: The Boonies, MI Phone Number: (989)666-XXXX |
Fat Stalin wrote:Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:30am
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Posted By: Fat Stalin
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:32am
This is excitement? I prefer to get excitement in different ways..
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:33am
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Thats what you get for admitting to your crimes. When you are forced into something like this you deny deny deny deny and get a lawyer, then the next day or 2 days afterwords, go get what you ditched. But get a lawyer. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:33am
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man what did you do to make god hate you? ------------- 
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Posted By: Fan of Flip
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:34am
| HAHAHA sounds like fun all the way untill you said and then i saw the ligth flashing then i was like poor guy i feel for you though we all do stupid things every once in a while hope u get off kinda easy how many mail boxs was it? |
Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:35am
good point All I can say is... "Don't Drop the soap!"  ------------- 
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:37am
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heres my mailbox story: first week: our mailbox was smashes for the first time, we were amd but we just put our spare one on 2nd week: yep they smashed it again, my dad was pissed so we went out and bought of those mailboxes that are indestrucdable(sp) and put it on 3rd week: looks like they tried to smash it but it didnt work, so then they tried to be pryos and blow it up.....with a fountain firework, nothing happen, so we won -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:39am
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K how old are you? Do you have any priors? You were driving so that deffinatly makes you an accesery to vandalism if you werent doing it yourself. Make sure you go back and get that darn bat back and hide it someplace else. When you get arested dont say anything dont talk to the police even if they say they want to help you. They will lie to you no matter what, all they want to do is get you in jail. Tell them your name and thats it, thats all you have to tell them. Dont tell them what happened, dont talk to them, they will try and trip you up. Tell them your name and that you want a lawyer.
Also, if they havent arested you, and they are trying to talk to you. What they are doing is trying to get a confession without having read your maranda rights. See, you arent under arrest, so you dont have to have a lawyer, so you could end up spilling your whole thing, then they just say, OK you are under arrest. If that happens, just get up and leave, they are trying to trip you up. Here and now, the Police are your enemy and they want you in jail no matter what they tell you. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:44am
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I backed over my mailbox two weeks ago, after a late night... ------------- 
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Posted By: Impulse.
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:44am
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The only smart thing you did was hide the bat. ------------- [IMG]http://www.word-detective.com/berry.gif"> |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:50am
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Haha, tell us what the charges are when you get them. Also, what kind of car do you have? |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:08am
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You do realise that cops read this forum.... -------------
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Posted By: Radix
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:08am
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HolyCrap thats like the funniest response i heard in a long time omg lol |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:10am
Nothin they can do, jurisdiction and all that i think. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:26am
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Good lord, Lawless. What.. were.. you.. thinking?? ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die.
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Posted By: jeep 98 custom
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:37am
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Meh, you shoulda stopped as soon as you realized that guy was chasing you. You had a bat.
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Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:51am
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you're smart. I like you. ------------- 
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Posted By: newport
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 3:54am
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Mailboxing sucks... Good luck with the buttsecks ------------- 
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:00am
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I'll take your car if you want some one who will be good to it. "Whatcha in for" "I was the driver in a murder ............... A mailbox murder." ------------- |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:34am
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congratulations..... your a flipping moron.. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 8:20am
Uhhh... actually, all it takes is for one law enforcement officer (or anyone) to forward a link to the department that DOES have jurisdiction. Genessee Sheriff did you say? How do you spell that again? G-E-N-E... 
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Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 8:33am
Aw, but you wouldn't do that to a fellow forumer. Unless you had the time... ------------- 
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Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 8:37am
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Nah, he's lucky.
I don't have the time... and I'm lazy. :) Although it amazes me what people admit to on the forums that have the potential to nail them to a wall. Between smashing mailboxes and the guy bragging about the components he may or may not have for full-auto firearms without a Class III license... plus the fact that some of us have access to their IP addresses... But while I wouldn't waste my time or effort on turning anyone in... I am accessing the forum from a Federal Government computer... so if what I browse is further reviewed by DoD or the FBI... I might be essentially turning them in without trying.
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Posted By: blandpart2
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 8:52am
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Posted By: FlimFlam
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 9:00am
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Honestly, I don't understand you "senseless destruction or property" types... I hope they throw the book at you. And then, someday when you're all grown up and have a trailer of your own, I hope some punk comes by and smashes YOUR mailbox. My God, grow up already. People have to PAY TO HAVE THAT CRAP FIXED! ------------- 
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Posted By: ^Pirate^
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 9:27am
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I usually do things like this on foot...
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It aint about black or white becuz we human I hope we see the light before it's ruined My ghetto gospel |
Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 10:05am
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 10:12am
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You committed a Federal offense. Say Hi to Bubba in the showers. Soap on a rope, learn it, use it, love it. |
Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 10:18am
| god hates you, but we dont |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 11:16am
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Why would he be scared to post it here? They already have his name and info and all...you guys don't seem to read too well.
He's caught, and now he's just sharing the cool story with the rest of us. I enjoyed it. But of course, the only replies he gets are from internet know-it-alls who have done nothing wrong in their lives, except for not doing anything at all. Seriously, lighten up on the guy. I respect him more for airing his dirty laundry than all you people that are judging him. Even though I don't agree with vandalizing innocent people's property, the dude would have been shot at if he did that at my house, but the fact is he wasn't actually hurting anybody, so I think it was a reasonable attempt at some childish fun. He got caught, he's taking his lumps like a man, and I respect him more than the people that are kicking him while he's down. |
Posted By: Fat Stalin
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 11:45am
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Posted By: ^Pirate^
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 11:48am
Agreed. -------------
It aint about black or white becuz we human I hope we see the light before it's ruined My ghetto gospel |
Posted By: Frozen Balls
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 11:54am
Obviously not too much. As the title of the thread rather bluntly states, he is posting this as a warning to others. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 11:55am
The cops have his info, are planning to issue a warrant for his arrest, take him down to the station, release him when he gives them money for bail, then he still is gonna have to go to court and be at the judges mercy....what would you call him, happy? Have you ever been arrested or been to court? Was it a happy and joyful day? Most people I know get kinda nervous and uncomfortable with things like that, and I can't blame them. It's a bad situation anyway you look at it. I didn't see him as bragging, I saw it as a cautionary tale. Don't hate just because you don't live life in the fast-lane. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 11:57am
I would think just the opposite! He was so upset by this event, that he felt compelled to warn others of the dangers of mailbox bashing. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:02pm
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So you did something stupid and illegal, and then you endangered lives by trying to escape. You were caught, and now you will be punished. Good. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Frozen Balls
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:03pm
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I wasn't mentioning his emotional state. Unless you are saying some amazing zesty logic that I'm not picking up on yet. -------------
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Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:05pm
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I don't think a quarter stick would blow up my mailbox. It's a tank.
Once I saw a mailbox mounted on a car suspension spring. If you ask me, that's a damn good idea. Of course, this is an area where it's more common to get your mailbox hit with a car than to have it smashed by someone with a bat. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:08pm
Oh god, another critic! |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:09pm
When I am talking to Stalin, I think we are referring to "down" as in "feeling bad"..."depressed." I think he must be feeling down, because of all the crap he is caught up in. Stalin thinks he is happy, for what reason I don't know. |
Posted By: Frozen Balls
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:12pm
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I follow, and agree.
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:15pm
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Absolutely. He did something wrong. Vandalism is not funny. Driving 90 mph on back roads in the dark is not funny. He deserves whatever he gets. I see no reason to allow him to "escape" to the internet in search of sympathy, empathy, catharsis, whatever. He needs to go to his room and think about what he's done. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Pate
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:22pm
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<NickWitAQ> when will lawless learn NOT to suck at life
I would have to agree... ------------- 
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Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:26pm
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Heh, thanks pate.
<3 Lawless... Good luck in court. ------------- ///AMG What? |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:29pm
I've heard this about a zillion times... |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:33pm
Maybe it took until the cops talked about getting the warrant and putting him in jail...either way, I am pretty much positive that Lawless knows the results of his actions...he just went through it! Who says he's escaping anywhere? I don't know where you got that from. All he's doing is sharing a stiry, about how one dumb-ass thought/comment from your friend can lead into some pretty big trouble. Jus the fact of telling the whole story would imply that he knows the reprocussions of his actions....no need for him to sulk in his room about it even more. I don't know about you, but when I am down on my luck, it helps to talk to someone about it, get things out in the open. He did something wrong, is willing to pay his debts to society, and he even made a post here in the hopes of warning other forumers....what else do you want him to do? Not post for a month? Until the trials over? |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:38pm
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This is what I am talking about. He isn't "down on his luck" - he is a criminal. And I see no need to help him talk about or get things out in the open. Because I see plenty of regret that he was caught - maybe even a decision not to smash more mailboxes. What I DON'T see is any actual remorse or acknowlement that his actions were wrong. Not just illegal - WRONG. He vandalized private property, and he endangered lives, both police and civilian, including his girlfriend. I see no hint that he regrets his crime - I see only regret that he was caught. So, no - at this point I see no reason to let him off the hook. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:39pm
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This is the way I see it: everyone has done something that tey knew was wrong at one time or another.
Some people are down-to-earth, and willing to admit that, and even discuss their dumb acts. Then there's those dellusional people, on their high-horse, who of course have done the same stupid stuff, but act like they are better then the next guy, just because they don't ever admit/discuss it! Personally, I have more respect for the dude that puts it all out on the table, and isn't scared to be judged for what he's done. He broke some mailboxes, and drove fast to get away....it's a misdemeanor! He'll be forced to pay restitution or some sort of fine(his debt to society), the broken mailboxes will be repaired/replaced, he has learned his lesson, and we get to learn the same lesson without the trouble, all because he was MAN ENOUGH to share his mistake with us. In the end, all will be fine, and everyone will get a new mailbox out of it. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:41pm
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Let him off the hook? What hook are you taking about? The dreaded hook of the internet dork?
If 6 state trooper's lighting you up isn't gonna teach you a lesson, then I doubt your stern criticism is! |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 12:46pm
He was speeding on the backroads, IOW, a place that is not residential. Yes, he endangered his friend and girlfriend, but didn't they admit to go along with it? Hell, his friend was the one begging to go! So, he endangered his girlfriend who was an accomplice,a nd his friend who was the mastermind...hardly anyone I would worry about! LOL He did endanger whoever was chasing him, but then again, the guy didn't have to chase them! Just call he cops and let them do their job. The guy chasing them was endangering lives just the same. Everytime you speed on the way to work, you endanger 100's of people's lives. But I'm sure you've NEVER sped. |
Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:40pm
nice job
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:48pm
That's what got him the baby problem
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Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 1:56pm
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Well... "not that bad" is your interpretation, and that's fine. I'm sure the property owners have a different interpretation.
And you can defend him and his actions to the extent of those beliefs that it wasn't that bad... and continue to chastise those who berate him and call him a fool. But while you think it's "harsh" for those to do so, I don't see how it is. You even said so yourself "Personally, I have more respect for the dude that puts it all out on the table, and isn't scared to be judged for what he's done." Well... some people here will most certainly "judge" his actions, as you stated. I'm sure lawless doesn't need any reminders that what he did was wrong. I'm sure he doesn't need any reminders that he has some punishment coming to him... but I'm also sure that by posting here... he's gonna get some! When posting about a crime, no matter how minimal it may seem... you're opening yourself up for criticism more than you are for sympathy. Unless you happen to be posting in a forum dedicated to thugs. :) And I do question why someone would post admission of guilt, because it further incriminates you! From what I read, while they admitted guilt to the police anyway... posting about it can be used against you should you decide to lawyer up and deny certain aspects of the crime. May not be pertinent in lawless's case... but it certainly is for others. And smashing mailboxes from a vehicle doesn't constitute "life in the fast lane" to me. It's mere stupidity. And I'll say that not from a high horse, but as someone who's done stupid stuff as a kid myself. Never from a vehicle, and never involving a mailbox. Those just add to the stupid-list. I never got caught doing stupid stuff in my youth, but if I had... and if there had been an internet around for me to post about it... I'd expect to get the same response. It's not about anyone here being on a high horse or stating they've never done something wrong. I didn't come to a complete stop at a stop sign on my way to work today. Even though I was the only one at the intersection... I broke the law. I'll fess up to that. But, can me not coming to a complete stop compare to me smashing up a mailbox along the way? Not really. You can sympathize for lawless all you like, and try to spread blame to others like the guy who chased him... but don't expect all of us to view it so lightly. Crimes a crime, no matter how slight. And there will some here who will take the opportunity to slam him for it... because they can. So long as his nose has been clean up until now... he'll probably get off relatively lightly. On the Federal Charge alone he's looking at what? Maximum $1,000 fine and/or 3 years in jail? Doubt he'd get that. But there's a chance... in addition to whatever local charges are brought up against him, and whatever compensation he is forced to pay to the homeowners. He'll have those that wish him luck, and those who hope he falls. Again, as you stated... he brought it out in the open. That being the case... he'll get responses from both sides. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:01pm
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:07pm
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ide like to see somebody smash my mail box.
no really i would fall over laughing, it falls off all the time. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dom
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:13pm
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Lawless, where in Shiawassee county are you?!!? I live in Owosso and I take 69 every day. |
Posted By: chettacheez
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:24pm
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pfft....loser...
Dont do the crime if ya cant do the time! |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:35pm
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Shorty BP, simply put, if you have nothing nice to say, and no positive advice to offer, why not keep your negativity to yourself? I'll tell you why, because this is the internet, and the whole reason is for people to share their thoughts and opinions!
My problem is how big a deal you guys make of it, and the fact that you guys are beating a dead horse! Lawless knows what he did was wrong, anybody in their right mind knows what he did was wrong. My issue is, is it really worth dissing this guy? Justice is being served, he doesn't need a bunch of internet geeks to tell him he's a fool...I'm pretty sure he figured that out once he was caught. Basically, I can see Rambino's point: Lawless is not sorry for what he did, and I actually kinda agree. Your point seems to be, he knows it's wrong, we all know it's wrong, but let's just rip on him and beat a dead horse anyways, just to make him feel even worse...where is the logic inthat? Other than being a **edited** to someone who is coming out and saying he made a mistake. Now, I'm not gonna fight a fight for someone that doesn't want to fight for themselves, so I'm not gonna get all into this. I will say, I'm tired of the high and mighty act of everyone on the internet...it's easy to say,"You shouldn't have done that" after it was done, but what help is that? None, other than stroking your own ego for kicking some poor guy while he's down. I stand by my statement, that everybody who is dissing this guy has done something worse, but aren't willing to post it publicly. It takes a lot more balls to publicly out yourself than it does to snipe at someone who is putting themselves out there. Actually, it doesn't take any balls to rip on a vulnerable person, just a negative attitude. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:39pm
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I'll accept that fair criticism. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:40pm
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The thing is, none of you guys were vandalized! I could see you getting your panties in a wad if he broke your mailbox, but you guys are all up in arms about a little vandalism that doesn't involve you at all.
I pay rent, and I own a mailbox...if someone broke it, I would be pissed. But the fact is, this guy hasn't done anything to me, so I have no right to rip on him. Everyone just has that mob mentality. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:42pm
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Well... my original posts, as far as I can tell, don't imply anything towards further degradation of Lawless... other than me poking a little fun.
And I will agree, it most certainly doesn't require any testicular fortitude to rip on someone through a computer screen. At the same time, given it's the same screen... it doesn't take much testicular fortitude to put yourself out there either. The screen "protects" you on both accounts. But again... it's laundry aired... and in doing so, you have just as much chance of the sunshine giving your clothes a fresh clean scent as you do a bird coming by and crapping on them. Not saying it's right or wrong to defend or chastise him. Just stating that both are bound to happen. |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:48pm
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You know whats really a raw deal, if he had said nothing, just kept his mouth shut. Went back and got the bat and hid it somewhere else the next day. He would have got off with not so much as a speeding ticket, unless the cop established a pace. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Fat Stalin
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 2:54pm
Touche.  -------------
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 3:04pm
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My house and property gets vandalized all the time.
I spend about 100 bucks a year in damages that my dogs create because people like to fire off firecrackers, which are illegal in my city on days that are not even holidays. Aslo people like to spray paint words, gang slang, and mark my property to identify it as their own... Before those things happened I have had cars keyed, windows smashed, house Tped and my neighbors have had their mailboxes smashed. [Mine is set in a thick wood frame.] So yeah, I think I do have the right to point out how stupid Lawless' actions are, have been. Also if you look in other thread, Lawless doesnt have the best driving record seeing as how he totaled his car last year. If things had gone a bit differently the other night, he could have already lost his second car... -------------
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Posted By: Rico's Revenge
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 3:08pm
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Boy meets girl, boy knocks up girl, boy whines about it... boy smashes mailbox, boy runs away, boy gets caught, boy whines about it... I see a pattern. Here is a thought, stop being an idiot. |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 3:11pm
Well said. And to Hades, we've had our car egged too. It didn't cause permanent damage but that was because I was able to wash it off. Vandalism is just stupid. Don't do it. I will admit I've done the occasional TP but I don't think tahts nearly as bad as mailbox smashing.. ------------- 
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 3:47pm
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somebody smashed my pm box -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 3:53pm
DRAT ive been found out. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:38pm
Never thought I'd be doing THAT. I don't mean to rip into Lawless here, but I have talked to him before. I think the fact that this thread is titled 'mailbox smashers beware' as opposed to something more along the lines of 'Well, I screwed up again' shows that yes, at least at the time of posting, he didn't think what he did was wrong. Illegal, yes, he certainly knows that, but wrong.. I don't see evidence for it. Not meaning to rag on you, Lawless. I know you've been through some tough stuff that wasn't your fault. But this.. no excuse, man. No excuse at all. I just hope whatever punishment you get is fair, and that you don't do this kind of crap again. Didn't you have enough to deal with? And I suppose I'll keep praying for you, regardless of if you want me to or not . Someone has to, before you kill someone! ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die.
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:44pm
I see your point, and it's pretty bullet-proof. I agree. All I'm saying is, are people's lives really that sour that they feel the need to piling it on someone who is admitting what they did? I'm all for opposing viewpoints, I just saw it as piling it on someone who is already in some deep *ish*. I know I wouldn't like it if it was done to me, but the fact is it wasn't done to me, so I don't feel the need to gripe about it. I just take life easy, and complain and/or spread negativity when I feel it's warranted. Seems to me people on this forum dish out nothing but negativity, and take every chance they can to cut someone down. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:48pm
I give it my best shot. -------------
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Posted By: Fat Stalin
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:48pm
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Well if you think we should praise him or think he is cool for what he
did, then whatever floats your boat. He knew we would be negative about
it.
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:51pm
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Thats not what hes saying. He is feeling enough negativity about it. He knows what he did was wrong, he doesnt need a whole lot of 14 year olds ragging on him non stop. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:52pm
You say all these bad things are being done to your house, why don't you do something about it? I can honestly say if my house was being repeatedly vandalized, instead of complaining to some other vandal on an internet (paintball) forum, you should take action to prevent your house from being vandalized again! "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." How many times does your house have to be vandalized until you realize that YOU are the common denominator? You probably just make a good victim. |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:54pm
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There isnt much you can do to prevent vandalism, and its even tougher to catch vandals. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:55pm
Hmmm.... Sounds real remorseful. This thread reminds me of one years ago that some kid was ticked that his paintball gear was taken away from him because he was shooting it on private property and he wanted to shoot the cop with his paintball marker because of it... It has been so long that I might have gotten a detail or two mixed up. Anyone else remember this thread? -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:55pm
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Posted By: Mag-a-Man
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:55pm
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:56pm
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Never confess. You screwed yourself right there, the police had nothing that couldn't be easily explained. You put the nails in your coffin ------------- 
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:56pm
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:57pm
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Yeah, remember the burden of proof is completely on them, dont help them. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:58pm
I have actually agreed and followed your points up until now, but you can't use the point "It didn't happen to you" as a valid reason. I mean, I could say why worry about 9/11? If it has the potential to happen to you, it can concern you. But great job debating, like I said, most of your points have been though out, and well said. You or Rambino never got hot headed, which could have had this thread locked quickly... ------------- |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 6:59pm
I have done things about it. I have called the cops a great number of times. Also the city has installed a streetlight directly in front of my house. Yet it still continues because the crime isnt a high priority. Going after the daily murders that happen in my city seem to be higher on their list then my vandalism calls. As for taking the law into my own hands, I wouldnt suggest doing that in my neighborhood. If the police ever made an arrest I would show to court. Also reports have been filed but without a criminal behind bars it doesnt stop. -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:00pm
I would agree, but I think this case is different. The dude wasn't following him for nothing, he probably saw them smash a box and gave chase....calling the cops on his cell phone from the start. You were most likely positively ID'd. I probably wouldn't have confessed either, but I'm hard-headed like that. Honestly, it is true....all you should tell the police is your full name, address, and social security number! |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:01pm
I know if I walk my white-ass through Compton or Watts at the wrong time of night, I'm 99% likely to get robbed or mugged...does that make it okay? No, so stop being such a negative 14 year old! LOL |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:03pm
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:07pm
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Dont worry, Zesty, I feel the California Love.
Jesus it is over 100 here, what is the weather in central Cali right now? -------------
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:07pm
See this, I somewhat disagree with, but it has so much style and simplicity, I've got to admire it. |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:08pm
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I would move. 100 degrees is not cool. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:09pm
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Hades, I just called the weather station, and it is 72 degrees, with a windspeed of 6mph...it's 4:08 my time
and just for the record, I live basically in the heart of Central Coast California |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 15 July 2005 at 7:10pm
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The high was 106. If I were to move it would be back to San Diego. -------------
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