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- Latest post made by Tom Hilber at Aug 06 16:05 UTC
Is this really that common?
A family member's car was stolen. The St. Paul Police (good job, folks)
recovered it the next day and arrested the driver. Drugs were found, and a
repeat offence record was discovered. Yet, because the crime was committed
in Ramsey County, outside of St. Paul, Ramsey County was given the choice of
what to do. Their departments, run by elected officials, Gaertner and
Fletcher, had the person released the next day with no charges. Since then,
there has been evidence of repeat visits to the same garage. And with people
at home, as during the first time.
Is this really that common? And can it not not become more common with this
type of effort? And in the face of more serious crimes and issues, is it
possible we should just live with this?
I suspect I'm taking advantage of you, and sorry, but after all the comments
I heard, I just had to ask. That's all. Thanks.
In Minneapolis, the county attorney prosecutes all felony criminal
cases (or not) and it has naught to do with where in Hennepin County
the crime was committed; I think most counties in the state do the
same. Pat's relative's car theft must not have been a slam dunk, I
guess. As a planner, Pat knows about the potential of the cumulative
effects of different stuff to bring about positive or negative
consequences. They just don't have enough rope for this thief, yet, I
suspect; the lack of any imagination or variety in choosing targets
should help.
Some hardened and stupid criminals like me, make it easier for the
SPPD to make their case even if they don't catch'em red handed. When
Officer Michael Lee asked me how fast I thought I was going years
back, I said probably around 35 MPH; I said it without thinking
because the speedometer in my old ford pickup read low and when I it
read nearly 35 MPH, I was traveling closer to 30 MPH -- Lee made his
case and my goose was cooked because I was driving a Chevy taxicab
with an accurate speedometer. Lee went on, however, to lecture me
about many things including that there were no speed limits in St.
Paul higher than 30 MPH, a demonstrably wrong assertion that I did
not argue with; Lee went on and on and on, yipping and barking until
I just wanted to kick him back to his squad. Luckily my passenger was
dropping off her vacuum cleaner at her first stop and was patient on
her return as I'd stopped the meter before any of Officer Lee's
performance began; she even gave me a nice tip, but not enough to
make up for that particular SPPD performance of the day.
I thought that a car theft from Minneapolis might be relevant to this thread; the car was recovered the same day in line to be crushed at a St. Paul Wrecking outfit. Here's a link to a Minneapolis forum thread discussing the car theft: http://tinyurl.com/56aaj8 Was the car an older Subaru, Pat?
Criminals can get over $600.00for scrapping out a stolen car/truck any car and
the unscrupulous scrap dealer is part of the crime...abbra-kra-dabbra evidence
gone....This is a crime where due dilligence can solve i.e. swift action, but
there are some not so swift responders and priority setters that are not being
held accountable on this issue of car theft/crushing. This is easy money
leaving the vic's languishing in the collaborative crime spree.
Horse stealing used to get you 'dead' how about this old tradition
(?)....applyed to cars? Stealing stuff is also an initiation crime, in some
curtures, for young men in constant communinion with the rest of the story
above &below.