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2007-12-16 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Gonna eat me some chickens!

Posted by Henery Hawk 2007-12-16 01:57|| 2007-12-16 01:57|| Front Page Top

#2 That, tow-talitarian!

/Moe from The Simpsons.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-12-16 02:09|| 2007-12-16 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 He's a tow-tal idiot!

Posted by gorb 2007-12-16 02:48|| 2007-12-16 02:48|| Front Page Top

#4 And in observance of the Christmas season:

"Toad Awaaaaaay, Toad away
Toad Awaaaaaaay, Toad a-waaaay
Where do you go when you're tooooooad a-waaaaaay?"

/Firesign

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-12-16 02:55|| 2007-12-16 02:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Cops aren't s'posed to park in the fire lanes either.

Posted by Seafarious 2007-12-16 03:12|| 2007-12-16 03:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Have to agree with Steven and Seafarious on this - a domestic disturbance can and could include a fire (skillet pan grease, candle, firearm discharge) and if the police officers are involved in the area/crime scene they do not have the luxury to call a time out to move their vehicles, thus endangerment (and proper to call additional/outside police officers, correct me if im wrong LE pros). We are talking 10-15 yards out of the way now.

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-12-16 06:19|| 2007-12-16 06:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Think about it. - A tow truck driver tried to tow a Gresham police car from an apartment complex early Thursday morning

Did the usual domestic calls happen at 6am or 2am?
If it is 2am why is a tow truck operator cruising the city looking for 'opportunities'? While the police car may have been unmarked, it certainly wasn't ticketed or called in. So, tow operators in Gresham OR have the government's explicit authority to 'steal' property which is then ransomed by its owner. Who needs any verification that a violation was happening at 2am? Evidence, who needs stinking evidence? Just pick anyone's car out in the open. Who's word is the local government authority going to believe? Guesses on what cut the city gets for this operation? Guess who is asleep in the newsroom?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-12-16 07:58|| 2007-12-16 07:58|| Front Page Top

#8 I'll bet dollars to donuts the guy had a beef with the local police because they had given a ticket for something (probably something stoopid). I remember about 20 years ago some guy deciding it was OK to tow a mail truck. He got keelhauled for it. Then he did it again . . . .

Posted by gorb 2007-12-16 14:04|| 2007-12-16 14:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Tow trucks crews are gangsters. I'm glad he learned a lesson.

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Cromong3228 2007-12-16 20:33|| 2007-12-16 20:33|| Front Page Top

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