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36. As electric cars become more common, this will have to be addressed

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Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:44 AM

Dec 2013

this was over the top, but it could become a bigger issue in the future.

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Electric car owner charged with stealing 5 cents worth of juice [View all] onehandle Dec 2013 OP

Stealing electricity from a public school is pretty low. OneCrazyDiamond Dec 2013 #1

If he'd asked permission, they would have reminded him that he wasn't supposed to be there struggle4progress Dec 2013 #52

Are you certain his son isn't a student? kristopher Dec 2013 #57

The county school system has a locate-school-by-address tool: if I plug in his address in Decatur, struggle4progress Dec 2013 #60

I saw two reports that he was. kristopher Dec 2013 #61

In early reports, he said he had come to watch his son play tennis at the school, struggle4progress Dec 2013 #62

I just discovered the guy might be getting off easy. kristopher Dec 2013 #59

That's interesting. Thanks for digging this stuff up struggle4progress Dec 2013 #72

Thank *you* kristopher Dec 2013 #73

Ah, then just a low life. OneCrazyDiamond Dec 2013 #65

And he was an asshole to the LEO. ABCin2014 Dec 2013 #81

LOL!..This is perfect timing. I'm fixing the computer of a Policeman who lives around ... BlueJazz Dec 2013 #2

Great PR for the police............ 7962 Dec 2013 #3

so if I went into the school and drank from the fountain without asking would I be arrested for boomer55 Dec 2013 #4

Great analogy. defacto7 Dec 2013 #6

stupid analogy TorchTheWitch Dec 2013 #70

Good point. Schools have a water bill too. /nt Ash_F Dec 2013 #7

What about plugging in your cell phone? thefool_wa Dec 2013 #10

You just never know these days defacto7 Dec 2013 #32

Charging a leaf is like charging nine or ten thousand cellphones struggle4progress Dec 2013 #45

Did you drink 5 cents worth? Hmmm? Wifi? As well! Flushing. Toilet paper. Festivito Dec 2013 #16

I bet if you walked into a school and started taking rolls of toilet paper, you'd find struggle4progress Dec 2013 #50

You're right, but that's a buck plus human-to-replace-it cost. Much more than 5 cents. Festivito Dec 2013 #66

Only if it offends competing industries. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2013 #22

The line does seem rather arbitrary, doesn't it? Ed Suspicious Dec 2013 #24

If you'd been told not to do it, then yes jmowreader Dec 2013 #83

Should I say "agenda"? defacto7 Dec 2013 #5

The offended party doesn't have to file a complaint. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #27

So if the police call something a theft then that's what it is? defacto7 Dec 2013 #28

Mo, if it IS a theft and the Police act, that's what it is... brooklynite Dec 2013 #43

If the cop says it was a theft, this constitutes evidence that it was a theft. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #68

Yes, say it again, "a(n) agenda against people who use alternate fuels" kristopher Dec 2013 #46

... The school system issued a statement saying "the Dekalb County school district has cooperated struggle4progress Dec 2013 #47

hybrid and even pure electrics are getting too popular, and successful large scale alt energy yurbud Dec 2013 #76

Can you say... Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #8

They must have an awesome police force. thefool_wa Dec 2013 #9

Two key points, one obvious and one maybe not so obvious to everyone: Poll_Blind Dec 2013 #11

^ this ^ defacto7 Dec 2013 #29

What's your evidence this is selective enforcement? struggle4progress Dec 2013 #48

Who pays this cop, the oil and gas industry? QuestForSense Dec 2013 #12

How many hundreds (or thousands) of dollars of procedural expenses... Alamuti Lotus Dec 2013 #13

Does the guy who "stole" the juice pay taxes that help keep the school able to pay it's shraby Dec 2013 #14

I wouldn't try testing that theory in practice if I were you struggle4progress Dec 2013 #49

Hang him for by-passing state highway taxes on gasoline! "It ain't the nickel, its the principle!!!" marble falls Dec 2013 #15

They need to hear a few hundred opinions on how stupid this sounds groundloop Dec 2013 #17

One last thing... defacto7 Dec 2013 #34

a nickel here, a nickel there.... dhill926 Dec 2013 #18

The actual charge is theft of something between $10 and $25 dollars worth of electricity struggle4progress Dec 2013 #38

The power company said four cents in the link. Ash_F Dec 2013 #40

The power company estimate is based on an assumed amount of time he was plugged into the socket struggle4progress Dec 2013 #44

Assuming it is an actual problem, was an arrest the wise way to address it? kristopher Dec 2013 #51

There's no busy-body over-bearing beat-cop story here: the original office was sent in response struggle4progress Dec 2013 #54

That name is listed at an address 14.5 miles from the school. kristopher Dec 2013 #56

That address is far outside the district for Chamblee MS csziggy Dec 2013 #63

I already did. It's 14.5 miles. kristopher Dec 2013 #64

Use the school locator tool at the DeKalb county school system website struggle4progress Dec 2013 #69

Why? I accepted csziggy's word. kristopher Dec 2013 #71

No, but the school district should have been asked if they wanted him to be charged Ash_F Dec 2013 #78

Two napkins at Fast Food is 5 cents too bucolic_frolic Dec 2013 #19

Those are some expensive napkins. Chan790 Dec 2013 #79

I'm amazed the cop didn't tase him. I thought that's what they did to nonviolent valerief Dec 2013 #20

The cop appeared on the scene because somebody called to complain: that's his job. The guy struggle4progress Dec 2013 #41

The fact that this is not the title of a piece from The Onion just makes me cringe. n/t Butterbean Dec 2013 #21

Read the whole article - the guy was a douche benh57 Dec 2013 #23

Prosecuted for being an ass.... defacto7 Dec 2013 #33

Guy says he routinely plugged into accessible outlets to recharge his car... Kaleva Dec 2013 #25

"had previously been advised he was not allowed on the school tennis courts without permission" PoliticAverse Dec 2013 #26

Ooops.... defacto7 Dec 2013 #30

Then he should have been charged with trespassing. Ash_F Dec 2013 #35

Because the original phone call to the police was about the electricity theft, and the fact he was struggle4progress Dec 2013 #37

That doesn't prevent them from charging him for it. Ash_F Dec 2013 #39

I don't know whose version is correct, but the charge is that he stole $10 to $25 dollars worth of struggle4progress Dec 2013 #42

Don't you think it sounds just as dumb when you say it though? Ash_F Dec 2013 #74

They probably charged him with that amount, based on how long he told them he'd be coming struggle4progress Dec 2013 #75

I am sorry I think the local power company would know better than this ignorant cop. Ash_F Dec 2013 #77

Next time I get a soft drink at a food court... defacto7 Dec 2013 #31

As electric cars become more common, this will have to be addressed rucky Dec 2013 #36

Turns out the cop was George Zimmerman in a costume.... Uben Dec 2013 #53

He was sent to investigate a phone complaint, investigated, came back, and filed a report struggle4progress Dec 2013 #55

At the scene the officer also got into a pissing contest with the guy kristopher Dec 2013 #58

OK, I've changed my mind on this..... the guy didn't belong there groundloop Dec 2013 #67

Chamblee police are UNREAL. bitchkitty Dec 2013 #80

Yeah but keep in mind that part of the article is only from the cop's perspective. Ash_F Dec 2013 #82

Stopped before he could steal more than 5 cents' worth, it sounds like. Orsino Dec 2013 #84