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November 02, 2007
Gimme some candy
Damn, dude. A giant bag of candy is available for $2 at Walgreens. Enjoy explaining this one to the lawyer:
Bullies have been poaching Halloween candy from smaller kids since trick-or-treating began, but police say a Cincinnati man went too far this year in helping a younger cousin fill his goody bag.
Derrick Finn, 21, has been charged with complicity to aggravated robbery.
“He served as the lookout while his cousin stole someone's Halloween candy,” said Betsy Sundermann, an assistant Hamilton County prosecutor.
Finn took some cousins out for beggar's night on Wednesday and was arrested later that evening after the alleged victim pointed him out to police. He remained in jail Friday pending a court date next week. Bond was set at $5,000.
A 15-year-old has been charged with misdemeanor robbery, and a 14-year-old has been charged with misdemeanor complicity to robbery, prosecutors said.
Finn's lawyer said suggested the candy hardly was enough to cause the level of crime to rise to a felony.
“Depends on what kind of candy it is,” Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Lisa Allen responded.
As for the judge, it depends on what type of candy it is? Is there some million-dollar candy out there I don't know about? Was somebody giving out Ghiradelli? Or maybe the judge simply knows what all kids know about trick or treat: some candy is good, other candy sucks. Briefly, I think we all enjoyed getting Starburst, or Three Musketeers, or the holy trinity of candy: Snickers, Hersheys or Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Damn, that shit was good. On the other hand, some candy is universally acknowledged as sucking: candy corn, red vines, or God forbid... Circus peanuts. So I guess what her honor is saying is, if the evidence showed he robbed the kids of circus peanuts and candy corn, it's a misdemeanor. But if there was even one Hershey Kiss in that bag... Lock his ass up.
entry no. 997
Posted by oz115 at November 2, 2007 03:35 PM