News that make you say WTF?

[NDAlum]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

Only a fat chick could lie about that...


Sent from my iPhone 5

[mgoblue]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

The article says the girlfriend was faking it. She likely never went to a doctor in the first place and just told her boyfriend "I went to the doctor today...It's quintuplets!"

That guy is sketch too though....how do you not at least attend ONE of the prenatal doctor's visits? Or maybe she wouldn't let him come? Either way I'd get suspicious when I wasn't allowed to go to the doctors with her. Or feel them kick, or use a heartbeat monitor, etc.

[shugknight]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/clown-staten-island-creepy_n_5023450.html

STATEN ISLAND — A mysterious clown has been roaming the streets of Staten Island and freaking out local residents.

W!T!F!

[kehlis]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

Wow, that's Pennywise to a T.

[TripleCrown9]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

It's like the Northhampton Clown

[NewscasterNews4]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/3/24/church_gun_rafle.html

Craziest story I've ever heard considering I go to church myself.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

That would be par for the course around here.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

Makes school sponsored college club did the same thing.

[Burns11]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news...gun_rafle.html

Craziest story I've ever heard considering I go to church myself.

Only thing that makes me say WTF is the fact they misspelled raffle in the URL.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

http://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/child-hurt-by-razor-blades-taped-to-east-moline-playground/article_bc9b3edc-1751-5dda-97b2-92ce5cc2216f.html

Child Hurt By Razor Blades Glued To Playground



I know vandalism happens, but ****ing razor blades at a park? WTF is wrong with people. I'm assuming its a kid, but damn.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

So let me get this straight. They didn't even bother to investigate until he was already in jail ? SMH

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/innocent-man-accused-of-5-different-robberies--loses-job--spends-thousands-on-bail-and-attorney--yet-prosecutors-say-the-%E2%80%9Csystem-works%E2%80%9D-201215101.html

Innocent man accused of 5 different robberies, loses job, spends thousands on bail and attorney, yet prosecutors say the 'system works'

Gilford Beatty of Houston, Texas has recently endured some tribulations that no person should have to. The father of four children was arrested and charged with five different robberies. He spent six days in jail, lost his job, and had to spend $15,000 on bail and an attorney. The problem with this is that Mr.Beatty was completely innocent of all five robbery charges, as KPRC Local 2 News reports.

It started with a call from a bonding company. Mr. Beatty was informed that there were warrants out for his arrest on two felony charges of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. After paying his bond for those two charges of crimes he was wrongfully accused of, he was arrested and charged with two more robberies, quickly followed by another one. He was informed that he had been accused of robbing mobile phone stores in and around Humble, Texas.

Beatty had been near one of those stores that had been robbed, so he appeared on surveillance video. While at one of those said businesses, he had given a copy of his driver’s license. That picture was placed in a photo lineup, and then somehow victims in every case picked him. KPRC went to investigate how so many eyewitnesses could have picked the wrong man. They spoke with one victim, who said that she never actually saw the real thief’s face, saying, “…he was really ducking down so we didn't really see his full-figured face.” Another victim who agreed to be interviewed said, “There were so many pictures in the lineup it was hard. I told the detective it was closest to what I saw."
So how do we know Beatty didn’t do it? The case against him fell apart when detectives looked further into it. One of the crime he was accused of happened when he was paying for his bail. Another happened while he was his place of work. When they looked at his cellphone records, they discovered he had been at least 10 miles away from each crime when it happened. Presented with this overwhelming evidence, the charges were dismissed, five months after the whole ordeal started. KPRC writes, “Detectives and prosecutors said the system did work because further investigation showed Beatty was not the robber and the charges were dismissed.” That’s some kind of system.

[NDAlum]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

Honestly I bet a lot of people would love for that to happen to them. He's going to get PAID and get his job back. He suffered an inconvenience but I'd 100% go through what he did for that pay day.

The person who swore the warrants out needs to be fired.

[p_rushing]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

The person who swore the warrants out needs to be fired.

The evidence and witnesses said he did it. If the police/witnesses didn't guess it was him, he probably would have been let go after they couldn't identify him.

It's more of the police doing the lineup fault when the witnesses say they didn't see his face you can't have them just pick someone.

Should have been released within hours, but because it probably took them forever to get the phone records and make sure he didn't do it they wasted months.


He will get some money, but really what did they do wrong other than being slow? He maybe can get his lawyer's fees paid. Then sue to get his job back and any lost wages. Unless the police broke procedure, he can't really sue them.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

Honestly I bet a lot of people would love for that to happen to them. He's going to get PAID and get his job back. He suffered an inconvenience but I'd 100% go through what he did for that pay day.

I think you should post that in the Uncommon Opinion thread, because seeing "the system" work in different experiences has me feeling completely different.

[NDAlum]

Re: News that make you say WTF?

The evidence and witnesses said he did it. If the police/witnesses didn't guess it was him, he probably would have been let go after they couldn't identify him.

It's more of the police doing the lineup fault when the witnesses say they didn't see his face you can't have them just pick someone.

Should have been released within hours, but because it probably took them forever to get the phone records and make sure he didn't do it they wasted months.


He will get some money, but really what did they do wrong other than being slow? He maybe can get his lawyer's fees paid. Then sue to get his job back and any lost wages. Unless the police broke procedure, he can't really sue them.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

IMO he's gonna get paid. On a serious charge like this there is a detective assigned to the case and it is the job of that person to interview the suspect when they are arrested. Did they interview this guy? Oh and I do photo lineups and there's no way we accept "this is probably the guy" as enough PC to sign warrants.

I don't have all the info so this is just how I perceive the facts at this time.

I think you should post that in the Uncommon Opinion thread, because seeing "the system" work in different experiences has me feeling completely different.

We have had different experiences with "the system". Maybe you deal with the Feds because they give out that hard time. Our city is a complete joke with prosecution. It's an oasis for career criminals.