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Police report: Beer in hand, he backs into 2010
Memphis CAppeal ^
| January 2, 2010
| Lindsay Melvin
Posted on 01/03/2010 5:42:19 PM PST by Shermy
A Memphis man went to jail New Year's Day on a rash of charges after police found him drinking a 40-ounce beer while driving backward down a city street with a marijuana plant on the front seat.
At about 9 a.m. Friday, officers responded to a complaint that Tyrone Buckley, 51, was driving drunk around a parking lot in the 1000 block of Court in the Medical Center area.
According to an affidavit, officers spotted Buckley driving backward on nearby Waldran Boulevard.
According to police, Buckley smelled of alcohol and had a box on the passenger's seat holding a marijuana plant.
Buckley refused a sobriety test and attracted a crowd as he threatened and swore at officers.
He was charged with driving under the influence, public intoxication, open container law, possession of marijuana, disorderly conduct and refusing to take a blood-alcohol test. He was being held on a $2,000 bond later Friday.
-- Lindsay Melvin
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:42:20 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: JohnHuang2; blam; swarthyguy; Kenny Bunk; Grampa Dave; okie01; marron
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:43:43 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: Shermy
Happy New Year!?! There’s always something interesting and dangerous going on in Memphis....I’d give this guy a 25-watt bulb rating on intelligence.
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:44:52 PM PST
by
john drake
(Roman military maxim; "oderint dum metuant," i.e., "let them hate, as long as they fear.")
To: Shermy
police found him drinking a 40-ounce beer while driving backward down a city street with a marijuana plant on the front seatIt seemed like a good idea at the time.
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:45:07 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
To: Shermy
Another Obama Cabinet member nominee.
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:46:51 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(The White House smoke from Bill Clintons cigar caused global warming.)
To: Shermy
Smart man. The Obama Administration has signaled they will not pursue violations of the medical marijuana act. Therefore any secondary charges will also be dismissed.
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:48:10 PM PST
by
relictele
To: Matthew James
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:51:38 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
To: john drake
“I’d give this guy a 25-watt bulb rating on intelligence.”
I’m thinking 4-watt night light...
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:51:42 PM PST
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
To: Matthew James
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:51:42 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
To: BipolarBob
Not a Ford or a Kennedy? That’s not news.
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posted on
01/03/2010 5:56:09 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(You don't have to be ignorant to be a Democrat...but if you are...so what?)
To: Shermy
A Memphis man went to jail New Year's Day on a rash of charges after police found him drinking a 40-ounce beer while driving backward down a city street with a marijuana plant on the front seat.That being said, if he was a black guy, then the cops are racist for arresting him.
/sarc
To: Disambiguator
Gee, Tyrone....that doesn’t sound black.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:03:03 PM PST
by
ditto h
To: Shermy
...drinking a 40-ounce beer while driving backward down a city street with a marijuana plant on the front seat. Really! The marijuana plant was a little over the top, don't you think...???
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:03:54 PM PST
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: Disambiguator
It was Tyrone Buckley.
Not Jim Bob Buckley.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:05:22 PM PST
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: Shermy
>
A Memphis man went to jail New Year's Day on a rash of charges after police found him drinking a 40-ounce beer while driving backward down a city street with a marijuana plant on the front seat. *SIGH* My life is so dull. Exciting things like this never seem to happen to me.
Maybe I should move to Memphis. More exciting there, apparently.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:06:39 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: okie01
>
The marijuana plant was a little over the top, don't you think...??? Nah, the top is where the best buds are found...
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:10:14 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Shermy
Obama sez the police acted stupidly.
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:10:44 PM PST
by
mylife
(Obama is a fine orator, and Janet Napalitano is cunning linguist)
To: Shermy
Didn’t he play college ball at one time?
No, wait, that’s another..
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posted on
01/03/2010 6:46:02 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
To: ditto h; okie01
Let’s not jump to conclusions. Just having the name “Tyrone” is not any kind of ethnic indicator.
/pc-bs
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