Men sentenced for stealing garbage are freed!

[GardeningGal]

Just saw this on a local website:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9800708/detail.html

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- Authorities on Wednesday released two Rainbow Family members who were sentenced to six months in jail for plucking discarded fruit and vegetables from the trash after prosecutors said their vigorous prosecution was based on faulty information.

Giles Charle, 24, and David Siller, 27, were released from the Routt County Jail at about 5:45 p.m., said Sgt. Dave Shulz, a guard at the jail. The two had served 10 days.

"Weve had a lot of mood swings in the last 24 hours," Siller told the Steamboat Pilot & Today shortly after being released.



More at link.

[EFerrari]

1. That's great! And I'm still MAD at those bastards.

Can I be relieved and MAD at the same time?

:hi:

[GardeningGal]

2. Absolutely.....

I'm guessing they (Routt County DA) got so much flack over the publicity that they called it quits.

[fed-up]

3. "items were worthless"

"In a letter sent to the men's attorney Wednesday and posted on the newspaper's Web site, prosecutor Kerry St. James said one of the Sweet Pea Produce owners originally estimated the items taken by the two were worth $15 retail. He said another co-owner has since come forward to say the items were worthless.
"As such, we will agree to a stipulated reduction of sentence in these two cases to the time that the defendants have served," St. James said in the letter to Wayne Westphale.
Charle and Siller were arrested June 26. Authorities said they took five cucumbers, four or five apricots, two bundles of asparagus spears and a handful of cherries from a garbage can.
Charle, of Somersworth, N.H., and Siller, of Wayne, Pa., admitted they went over the fence to get to the garbage. They were charged with felony second-degree burglary and misdemeanor theft. Last week they accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing, agreeing to a 6-month jail sentence to avoid a felony conviction."

[Renew Deal]

4. I once saw a guy steal garbage in NYC.

I was sitting in the old Popeye's in Times Square having lunch with a coworker. I notice comotion from behind the counter. Then I see a guy open up the garbage container, pull out the can and take out the bag. He went right out the door. The guy was most likely looking for food. It's a peculiar crime. I figured it was good for Popeyes. One less bag to dump.

[jumpoffdaplanet]

5. They must have realized it screws up cop searchs

because if garbage has a legal status, so that taking it is illegal, than...

cops can't take garbage without a warrant.


hahahaha