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Man with nowhere to go, goes back to jail

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Now that’s weird, usually inmates spend all of their time thinking how they are either going to get out of jail legitimately or by escape, but not this guy!  He wants to stay there so he can stay off drugs, HUH?
PORTLAND (AP) — A man who had nowhere to go after his release from the Multnomah County jail begged guards to let him stay.

They wouldn’t let him, but he managed to find a way back — just over an hour later.

Donnell Watts, a 34-year-old with a long rap sheet, was arrested Thursday for failing to show up in court on a cocaine charge. County justice workers decided he wasn’t likely to commit a violent crime and ordered him released pending his arraignment.

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Wal-Mart worker bitten by accused shoplifter

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

I always said that working at Wal-Mart was dangerous and now look at this.   A biting shoplifter proves me right.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Police said a Wal-Mart employee was bitten while confronting a customer about shoplifting. Officers said a 44-year-old woman bit the employee on the arm while trying to leave the store’s garden center Tuesday afternoon without paying for items in her purse.

The woman was arrested on charges of theft and assault.

According to the Kingsport Times-News, items recovered from her purse were valued at about $32.

Information from: Kingsport Times-News, http://www.timesnews.net

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Mich. man jailed for assault during Monopoly game

Friday, July 31st, 2009

And who ever thought that Monopoly was a contact sport.   Unfortunately as the article says it’s off to jail for this poor loser!

monopoly_charm_468[1]FRASER, Mich. (AP) — A game of Monopoly has landed a Michigan man in jail. WDIV-TV reported a 54-year-old man was playing the board game Saturday night with a female friend when he tried to buy Park Place and Boardwalk from her.

When she refused, Fraser police Lt. Dan Kolke told WWJ-AM he hit her in the head, breaking her glasses.

The man was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery.

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Missouri jail to host ‘bed and breakfast’ event to pay for new mattresses

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

I think if I were to go to jail this would be the way I want to go.  I am not sure I would be willing to pay for it, but hey if it works, more power to ya!

HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — Want to spend a night in jail? And how about paying for the privilege? The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in eastern Missouri has come up with a novel way to pay for mattresses at a new jail addition.

Officials are offering the public a chance to stay overnight on July 31 at the recently finished addition. For $50 a person or $90 a couple, people can tour the new facility, learn more about jail, and stay overnight. They’ll receive Jefferson County “bed and breakfast” T-shirts, snacks – and souvenir mug shots.

Also included is a “get out of jail free” card. Those who want to leave early have to give another $10. Proceeds benefit the county’s jail maintenance fund.

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