Two Cougars get off on a technicality

by John Berkowitz on Jul 23, 2009 4:13 PM PDT

It seems the story is they were stealing abandoned bikes which means the stealing part is in question. I guess it is sort of like driving down the street and noticing your neighbor is tossing our a perfectly good BBQ with the trash and you decide to do a little garbage picking. Of course in this case the goods were chained to a stationary object. The chains was removed by a borrowed/recycled hacksaw?

The defense was they were recycling not stealing.

Washington State defensive backs LeAndre Daniels and Tyree Toomer will not face criminal charges after their arrests last month.

That decision was announced Wednesday by Whitman County prosecutor Denis Tracy.

Toomer and Daniels were arrested June 9 after allegedly taking several bicycles from an area on campus. The bikes were abandoned at the end of the school year, so the prosecutor can't prove that a theft occurred

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Gotta love the legal system.

Can’t tell you how often I see criminals get off scot free, or even rewarded.

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by thecassino on Jul 23, 2009 4:26 PM PDT reply actions

Stupid Cougs...

They try and steal some bikes and can’t even do that right!

Our leather lungs together...

by attakid117 on Jul 23, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions

I think it is funny

I can even picture the scenario….abandoned bicycles…a stolen hacksaw…a nice ride for the rest ot the summer.

The whole thing is pathetic and those poor kids probably didn’t have a dime….so they get a little creative…Pullman’s finest cruise by who resemble the cops on My name is Earl….it is in the Seattle Time.

Not trying to defend the kids….but I can see what the judge saw who was objective.

by John Berkowitz on Jul 23, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Gumps...

…Stupid is as wswho does! (theme song from “Deliverance” playing in the background)

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by dawgfan22 on Jul 24, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Cassino

You need to email me at j.berkowitz@medequote.com so I can get you set up as an admin for basetball. That is of course if you still would like to do it.

by John Berkowitz on Jul 23, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions

Slack

I’ll cut the coogs some slack on this one. They used what no one else seemed to want, so? BFD

by T9ODawg on Jul 23, 2009 11:09 PM PDT reply actions

Pretty much a garbage picking incident

by John Berkowitz on Jul 24, 2009 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Pawn Shop Material?

I think these kids should’ve been charged. Now if these bikes were WalMart or KMart specials then it is pretty petty. But some bikes can get pretty dam expensive and if so they should be charged, especially when occupied with a stolen hacksaw.

Any law degree folks out there? Please define the word “abandoned” as it relates to the court of law. In that definition you’d either have a case or not. If there is a time frame dealing with items displaced and not yet considered “abandonment” Witman County would have a case.

But we all know good and well that these bikes weren’t going to be stipped down to scap metal and recycled. We know good and well what the intensions were and that is these bikes were going to be pawned at a local pawn shop.

I believe Witman County probably decided to drop the case because doing any extensive investigation would cost tax payers money. Would th outcome of the investigation result in felony charges or a misdemeanor? Either way the case was dropped to save tax payer money and the bikes were probably Walmart or Kmart brands anyway.

All I saw was purple

by crazidawg on Jul 26, 2009 11:19 AM PDT reply actions