Tuesday, September 29, 2009

A clever thief or ...?: 2,000 times through toll booths without paying

A man from my neck of the woods reportedly has driven through toll booths 2,000 times without paying. See this story. What's the more probable explanation: (i) this is a clever thief or (ii) these are incompetent law enforcement authorities?

The authorities reportedly said (the equivalent of), "Hey, we got our man." Id.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

This might make a nifty "other crimes" problem: if a prosecutor decided to charge the miscreant with one instance of toll evasion, the prosecutor might try to offer 2,499 other instance of toll evasion. Admissible? (Well, heck, it's simpler just to charge and try the guy with 2,500 instances of toll evasion.)