Posted on 12/08/2005 8:11:31 AM PST by george76
It was only a small taste of freedom.
David Mulligan, 21, served 25 days for drunken driving, and was released at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities allege he stole a van three minutes later.
A man who lives a block from the Lemon Creek Correctional Center had left his 1997 Dodge van running to warm up.
When he came out of the house, it was gone.
Two hours later, the owner called police on a cell phone, saying he was following the stolen van in traffic.
Police responded, and said they found Mulligan alone in the van.
He now faces up to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine if convicted of felony vehicle theft.
I'm not sure which is more of a head scratcher - the guy for thinking that stealing a car for his ride home from jail was a good idea, or someone that lives a block away from a jail thinking it was a good idea to leave a running vehicle unattended.
That'll teach ya for leaving the keys in your car near the prison!
"I have no clue what they're talking about," Mulligan told Juneau Judge Keith Levy, who asked him Tuesday afternoon if he understood the new charge.
Mulligan told the judge he wanted to be represented by a public defender. When Levy asked him if he had been represented by a court-appointed attorney in the last 12 months, the defendant said he didn't want to answer any questions.
After a technical problem with Levy's microphone distorted one of his questions, Mulligan laughed and, using profanity, said it sounded "cool."
Levy set bail at $2,500.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/120705/loc_20051207018.shtml
Anyone seen maximus of texas today? :)
Dork... He musta got corn holed while in the first time and liked it...
Oh how I wish I was 21!
They both deserve a Darwin Award Nomination.
ROFL
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