I would have worked this thief a helluva lot harder than the county jail ever could.
She would have been lucky to get some of the table scraps leftover by my dog.
Anyways...this news story should be accompanied with the sound of the world's smallest violin. The reporter who wrote this story was obviously trying to portray this thief's punishment as too harsh, or cruel and unusual. No surprise about reporter Eric Ferkenhoff's agenda...he writes for the New York Times.
It's still "poor me" what did i do to deserve this...
It's still other people's fault.
Evidently we are supposed to be moved with pity here. I also note that the perp in this story wanted to get out of jail so she could spend Thanksgiving with her child and her boyfriend. The best thing to do for all the really innocent victims in this story is to keep their slutty mothers locked up until they are past child-bearing age.
Before pronouncing sentence the judge should have consulted with the victim.
So, like, maybe for theft? So, like, maybe you should get married before you squirt out another kid?
A bimbo, a thief, and a moron. Another surefire Democrat voter.
Can you say FLAKE????
Sounds like she just got a sneak peek at her inevitable future.
This woman is a common criminal and I hate to see her coddled like this. And it is obvious she "faked" her illness to get out of as much work as possible. This woman should have had 30 days in jail at a bare minimum. That would have taught her a better lesson.
Eventually, Ms. Shelby, 19, did get there. But it was early evening before she received her walking papers and was set free from the Porter County Jail, where she spent some of the day scrubbing dishes for a crowd of inmates.
That time with thieves, thugs and addicts instead of her mother, child, boyfriend and three younger sisters was her punishment for skipping out of a Valparaiso restaurant without paying her bill last summer.
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Sgt. Michael Grennes of the Valparaiso Police Department said the punishment was just. “They decided to get up and leave,” he said, noting that Ms. Shelby’s 15-year-old cousin, who is pregnant, was charged as a juvenile in the case.
Unclear-On-The-Freerider-Concept PING
Damn lowlifes.
I don't suppose that they care, but most places if the 'customer' gets away without paying the waitress gets stuck with the tab.
“My cousin, she ate the steak and eggs. I got a salad. And it wasn’t even that good.”
. . .lol and somehow I doubt despite 'Mom's claim otherwise. . .that there IS a lesson learned here. . .
And you are right; the punishment here coulda/shoulda. . .been made to have far greater consequences and perhaps, better long-term results.