[quote][b]ppensyl[/b] - Hate to see any small business close. Good luck in the future,
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I do too, But it catered to the fickle taste of the students. The service was typical Athens "I'm doing you a favor to serve your food, and I will do it when I get around to it."

Their menu was nothing that wasn't duplicated by at least a half dozen restaurants around Athens, including the Mayflower a block and a half away.

The food was "okay" but certainly nothing to rave over.

[quote][b]Long Sufferer[/b] - Bet these guys are really looking forward to their time inside. I hear they treat exe police officers real well.
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They get special prisons.

Monday was the 17th --- so nobody noticed the truck was gone for 8 days?

I know where I will "rent" my next truck.

[quote]Webster appeared extremely nervous when the officer stopped him[/quote]

O.K. I'm pretty well versed in matters such as this. What is the significance of being nervous during a traffic stop. Most people I know, including yours truly. are nervous during a traffic stop.

[quote][b]dahreese[/b] - Should the "Law" be able to collect DNA for just any breaking of the law?
Suppose the DNA collected frees a person from a possibly accused crime. Should the DNA then be destroyed, or kept on file?
And what of the 5th amendment against self-incrimination? Does that amendment only apply to verbal self-incrimination?
Let's hear the wisdom from all of you jail-house lawyers.
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Actually you can refer to the collective wisdom of the Supreme Court of the United States, which answered your questions:

Yes

Kept on file

What about it?

Maryland v. King
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-207_d18e.pdf

Good times.

[quote][b]Joe Johnson[/b] - The longer the ride, the more chances someone has to escape I guess.[/quote]

Clarke County is l responsible for the transport expense. There is a security concern, but the expense is the primary one -- deputies' time and vehicle expense.

Those of us old enough to remember Paul John Knowles recall that chance to escape may not be such a bad thing, especially if that chance is while you are handcuffed in an automobile doing 60 MPH on the interstate.

@nowheregirl:

It's correct that he is in the Oconee County jail.

Don't think that is where he requested. Not many homies out in Oconee.

Joe:

Off Topic, but why was commenting disabled on the DNA story -- comments seemed pretty tame by normal standards.

BTW, I'm not sure that most people who live in the S. Lumpkin/Gran Ellen area consider themselves to be in "South Athens." Real estate agents claim that is Five Points.

[quote]The Supreme Court of Georgia has reserved a lower court’s decision and reinstated a death sentence[/quote]

I see the crack team of ABH proofreaders are on the job. (sigh)

Spellchecker is not your friend.

[quote][b]Mountainlion[/b] -

Just recently the results of a comprehensive DNA study of the NC Cherokee Reservation has confirmed what the indigenous tribes of the Southeast always said, but the white anthropologists, in particular Charles Hudson, refused to listen to.[/quote]

So how a reference to this comprehensive study?

[quote][b]matt1141a[/b] - In 99% of all cash seizures, no one claims the money and the govt keeps it by default because no one shows up to court to claim it. [/quote]

The reason so many people don't show up is because they have to hire an attorney to appear in what is usually a distant court. Once the police have seized all or a large portion of a person's liquid assets, that person may lack the ability to follow through.

Even if the victim contests the seizure, the burden to prove where the money comes from essentially shifts to them, and many citizens have cash that comes from sources other than drugs for which they can't account for the source.

What this story doesn't address is the number of seizures that are "pleaded down."

Works like this -- police make a seizure, let's say $10,000. The victim knows enough to hire an attorney. The police know the seizure is bogus, so all of a sudden they or the DA are real willing to bargain. You (the victim) sign a release saying you won't sue everybody in sight, the police will give you half your money back. So mathematically you "come out ahead" over pursuing your rights in court, and there's no court record documenting the illegal seizure. It's win-win for the police.

[quote][b]carrie[/b] - She had to call the wrong number and she never called back when he didn't show up at her side door.[/quote]

Or at least that's what he told you.

[quote][b]Tripollo[/b] - It could have very well been scrap that people have left at the landfill. I know personally that I have left grills, empty propane tanks, and other general metal scraps at the landfill and I had always believed that the landfill staff was going to sell it as scrap.[/quote]

Let me jump in here.

I've taken scrap metal to the landfill on the assumption that it was going to the 4-H. I've made a point to pick up scrap metal and take it to the dump for that purpose. I'll have to admit that I didn't notice that the the signs designating scrap metal for the 4-H had come down. I certainly didn't know that whatever metal I took out there was going to buy beer for county employees, and pay off their parking tickets.

I could have as easily taken the scrap metal to whatever the current incarnation of Loef Co. is, and pocketed the proceeds with a clear conscience.

[quote][b]Athens_Rottweiler[/b] - @The Oracle of the Athens Banner Herald: I think it was Shabazz Wingfield or something like that. He has been in and out of prison. He was one of the armed robbers of a gas station on Baxter where an accomplice blew his own foot off with a shotgun.
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I think you are correct.

Wasn't Wingfield another beneficiary of the ACC magistrate court open door policy?

@Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass: Yep, a whole new market segment for Ryan's.

Didn't Shabazz make the police blotter recently, or was that a different Shabazz.

No penalty for not having their shots current, and current tags?

[quote][b]Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass[/b] -
Did nobody read where it says the road will be completed in order to handle any increase in traffic?
If nothing else, traffic will decrease on Barnett Shoals road.
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If the Hibachi Grill is torn down, overall traffic will decrease as Madison and Oglethorpe County residents disperse to other fine dining establishments on Friday and Saturdays.

Be interesting to see how long that "21 and over" theater lasts.

[quote][b]barryhollander[/b] - I still visit the Pig sometimes, mainly because they're the only store in town that carries the best brand of canned red beans.[/quote]

I don't know if they are the only store, but they do carry the Martha Holmes brand of vegetables, which are the best.

Well, I guess the little thugess was right.

My significant other has a daughter in law who lives Chicago who is from a Polish neighborhood where probably half the people don't speak any English, and all of them are long term residents, or the offspring of same.

[quote][b]Long Sufferer[/b] - My first question would be, what in the world was the bond company thinking about? As I understand it the felon only puts up 10% and if he doesn't show up for trial the bondsman is out the rest. My boy Jamar doesn't sound like a good risk to me. But then what do I know?
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The way that it typically works is that the bonding company has someone else guarantee the full amount of the bond (usually momma and the deed to her house) before the bonding company signs the bond at the jail. In most cases, very little real risk to the bonding company.

[quote][b]97jeep[/b] - @nowheregirl: Those trucks dont get taken home.
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So is there any explanation as to why a county truck was parked there for 3 days with an unsecured chain saw in it? Wasn't Monday a work day?

May as well put a "STEAL ME" sign on it.