…it’s highly unlikely she understands what “benefactor” means….and “my benefactor and I” is actually grammatically incorrect, in this context, so I’m told by my resident English expert.
It is a well-established fact that criminals are dumb. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be criminals (necessarily, anyway; we do know quite a few neanderthals that don’t have a criminal record…yet).
But sometimes, they’re disproportionately dumb. And Facebook and other social networking sites add another level of the disproportionate part.
Why do people take no shame in their criminal actions anymore? There seems to be no social stigma attached to crime; it’s like a badge of honor. There apparently isn’t enough deterrent to keep stupid crims from publicizing their idiocy…and a social acceptance these days the likes of a Cyril Kornbluth short story. Those of us who think differently, who obey and respect the law (and understand the expense of criminal behavior to the taxpayers) are now no longer normal. We’re the outsiders; we’re the odd ones. The criminal stupid are the ones who are celebrated…and celebrate their reduced mental process with very public postings online.
Here now is your mid-day Read the Lead: Stolen water investigation leads to methamphetamine charges.
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Amanda West…looking not quite as cheery as she was on Facebook.
SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg woman who became the subject of a traffic stop following reports of water being illegally turned on and used at her residence, ended up becoming the subject of a drug arrest.
After reports from the Harrisburg Water Department of water thefts on July 30 and 31 at the residence of Amanda G. West, 33, located at 900 Dorris Heights Rd., Harrisburg, city officer Nathan Moore initiated a traffic stop on a red Jeep Cherokee at 3:11 p.m. on the 31st.
West, the driver of the Jeep, denied having stayed at the residence and said she knew nothing about water being illegally turned on.
When officer Moore asked for identification, he noticed the card he was handed did not have West’s picture on it and the name on the ID was Price.
West was taken into custody and charged with Theft under $500.
Subsequent to her arrest and with her Jeep requiring towing from the arrest scene, Moore inventoried the woman’s purse and found a stolen Banterra bank debit card belonging to Alexander Fillingim.
He also found a social security card for Amanda Price, a check drawn on the account of Ashley McGill, a small glass vial that tested positive for meth, a red straw with residue, a set of digital scales and one hypodermic….
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