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Post by Venter on Jan 3, 2014 11:13:43 GMT -5
In the Gettysburg Times Court Report today: Holy SHIT!
Can you imagine this?
Isn't there a Statute of Limitations on Underage Drinking?
Talking about a TRUE "Cold Case"... Hope it was Molson's 
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Post by lifesaver on Jan 3, 2014 12:17:23 GMT -5
Yes, I saw that! My guess is that he was already found guilty and never paid the fine. The fine has stayed on the books all those years, maybe even a warrant or two issued for his arrest during that time.A minor infraction and most likely no one felt it worth to spend the time on because there were bigger fish to fry. Most likely he did something to cause another fine (even as minor as a traffic citation) or he is looking to borrow money and this came to light and the fine would have to be satisfied before the loan application could be processed. The fact that he has stayed essentially squeaky clean all these years tells me he learned his lesson at age 18.
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Post by moose on Jan 3, 2014 15:12:21 GMT -5
Unrelated, but when my kids were both in school, my daughter got caught passing cigarettes to her younger brother. Both were fined $100 for possession of tobacco on school property. Being the rabble-rouser that I am, I researched the law and found the maximum penalty for such an infraction was $50. When I told the Judge, he had to pull out his statutes to look it up and found I was correct, and he thereby reduced the fines. I wonder how long the school district was fining the kids $100 before that?
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Post by Venter on Jan 4, 2014 12:37:59 GMT -5
Unrelated, but when my kids were both in school, my daughter got caught passing cigarettes to her younger brother. Both were fined $100 for possession of tobacco on school property. Being the rabble-rouser that I am, I researched the law and found the maximum penalty for such an infraction was $50. When I told the Judge, he had to pull out his statutes to look it up and found I was correct, and he thereby reduced the fines. I wonder how long the school district was fining the kids $100 before that? Can you actually "fine" a minor? |
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Post by moose on Jan 4, 2014 14:49:49 GMT -5
Can you actually "fine" a minor? I guess so, as the docket sheets were in their names. My son if I recall correctly, was still in Middle school. I ended up paying the fines and the kids ended up dealing with a very upset father. |
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Post by lifesaver on Jan 8, 2014 18:31:04 GMT -5
Can you actually "fine" a minor? I guess so, as the docket sheets were in their names. My son if I recall correctly, was still in Middle school. I ended up paying the fines and the kids ended up dealing with a very upset father. When it is a truancy issue I think the parents are fined if you are under 16. If you are under 18 the child is the one fined and responsible for payment of the fine. As long as the fine is paid it doesn't matter where the money comes to pay the fine. When my son had his little run in with underage drinking he was 18 and working, and the approx $1000 it cost him to settle the charge, all told, was a big lesson learned. Had he been younger I would have probably done what moose did. And considering that he was always warned that if he got in trouble in school or anywhere else that the punishment from home would be much worse it would also have been a lesson learned. |
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