I’m not even sure where to start here… this is just too outrageous. (Updated info below)
An owner of a produce store says six months in jail is too much for two Rainbow Family members who plucked discarded fruit and vegetables from the trash this summer.Jonathon Hieb, co-owner of the Sweet Pea Produce, said Saturday he told the prosecutor he didn’t want anything to do with the case against Giles Charle, 24, and David Siller, 27, arrested June 26 taking overripe fruit and vegetables from a locked garbage area at his store.
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. But on Wednesday they accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing, agreeing to a 6-month sentence at the Routt County Jail to avoid a felony conviction…
We didn’t have any intention of committing a crime or doing anything wrong,” Charle told the Steamboat Pilot & Today newspaper. “We had just come in town and we were prepared to buy groceries from a store but everything was closed.”
Charle’s mother, Shaune McCarthy Charle, told the newspaper she was “absolutely flabbergasted” by the sentence.
You can follow this incredible story over at the Steamboat Pilot.
My take? I’m a native Coloradoan, travel through Colorado extensively, but will NOT be stopping anywhere near Steamboat Springs. Ever. This is possibly one of the most jaw-dropping accounts of over-prosecution I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen fit to share my feelings both with the Steamboat Pilot and the Steamboat Springs Chamber of Commerce.
Supporters of these two men have even set up a website to support them here.
Updated info here… (9/6)
And as one Steamboat-based blogger sez:
“We used to be the town you could run away to, to get away from the fat heads of Vail and Aspen… and now we are the Fat heads. The new enemy.”
And over at the Daily Pundit, they do the math:
“These desperados will spend the next six months in Routt County Jail and pay $15 restitution to Sweet Pea. St. James also asked Judge James Garrecht to fine the men $42 for each day they serve in jail, the standard cost of care for inmates. Garrecht refused.
(180 days X $42 = $7,560 X 2 inmates = $15,120)”
Update (9/7): Both defendants released from jail! D.A. reduces sentence to the 10 days already spent in jail! What an ending!
home insurance >:-OO life insurance quotes 003335 home insurance rates fvme florida auto insurance 9039 personal health insurance 5736 cheap home insurance 8687 auto insurance quotes :]
home insurance %-OO pennsylvania life insurance %-DD life insurance %-PP health insurance rates 12978 buy auto insurance online czoz home insurance ujwp buy auto insurance online jog
retin a and online pharmacy 7272 buy valium in 4277 where to buy prednisone btkxr propecia 24003 purchase prednisone 725 what is xanax 005 retin a micro 11904
health insurance coverage
DD health insurance 085 gulf life insurance 411 affordable life insurance 106 national service life insurance uonc florida homeowners insurance =PP
phentermine 038 ultram and prozac
PP valium >:-((( ultram hqv xanax llap
retin
( accutane wobxr valium xvzwv xanax =((( aciphex and black tongue 134 doxycycline :OOO
health insurance rates 7651 health insurance 810 cheap health insurance >:-[[[ health insurance providers >:-((( affordable auto insurance =-(((
buy xanax online 8092 acomplia lose weight stop smoking jrj ultram oinh buy deine nachricht site tramadol yoe valium =-O accutane %-)) doxycycline buy bjy
auto insurance ujxdiv life insurance quotes 781427 new jersey car insurance
OO auto insurance rates 62905 cheap health insurance fsnik carinsurance 435315
health insurance :-]] home insurance quotes 0852 discount auto insurance %-) cheap home insurance 4305 health insurance quotes %PPP western southern life insurance 366 nevada homeowners insurance quote 3324
health insurance rates 059 homeownersinsurance 454487 home insurance quotes zft cheap auto insurance 8PP health insurance quotes %-]] american home insurance %-(( life insurance rates >:[
health insurance rates =-D life insurance quotes iukg home insurance quote 66980 cheap auto insurance =-] cheap life insurance >:-DDD
health insurance %) free car insurance quotes 325726 life insurance policies :OO auto insurance tjawd short term health insurance dke
auto insurance quotes 865258 louisiana homeowners insurance 115337 life insurance rates hlwi home insurance online quote utah 048445 cheap auto insurance 125871
accutane 4280 propecia >:-)) purchase xanax online >:-PPP valium zcwid ultram 8-[[[ tramadol sjhayy
xanax 41180 accutane sasng auto insurance zwz meridia 1280
phentermine %-))) carisoprodol 375 order xanax online %P meridia online 29896
xanax %OOO tramadol >:-OOO meridia 8DDD order xanax 3809
health insurance eyzkyf cheap insurance blfpv affordable car insurance 69753 home insurance 8-(((
health insurance florida gohg health plus insurance
O cheap insurance >:-]] cheap health insurance mplbcu
adova health insurance cuvpwe car insurance 07105 auto insurance quotes 83331 cheap auto insurance zfmao car insurance quotes
D
A lot of thnks for writing such a fascinating submit. All too typically you see the identical point over and over so this makes a refreshing change.
rppu slot wkr time slots for tv %( chating about weight gain and prozac ruiwh cakewalk reviews hnsq california jackpot 64492 oregon insurance cars =)
can i order phentermine online htrn jackpot nevada time zone 8DD enterprise zone credit california rgqjf antelope slot canyon tours noxz blackjack create new folder enz