For those who don't live in Sheetz land ...
A wisenheimer journalist looking for a New York Post post?
Posted on 05/10/2007 9:42:05 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
INWOOD, W.Va. (AP) - A thief covered his face with a pair of blue women's underwear and used a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter in a botched robbery of a convenience store, police said. "I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried," State Police Sgt. T.C. Kearns told The Journal in Martinsburg.
The cashier at first thought it was a joke and refused to give the man any money, so he ran to a Jeep Cherokee and drove away at about 4 a.m. Wednesday, Kearns said.
A few minutes later, police stopped a vehicle matching that description and took two men into custody.
Police later charged Steven Clay Stephenson, 34, of Ranson in the convenience story robbery.
Kearns said police found a pistol-shaped lighter while searching Stephenson. The underwear was recovered nearby.
Stephenson is charged with nighttime burglary, attempted robbery, first-offense driving under the influence, petit larceny and improper registration.
He was being held Thursday at the Eastern Regional Jail. The Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney's Office had no record of a defense attorney being assigned yet to represent Stephenson.
For those who don't live in Sheetz land ...
A wisenheimer journalist looking for a New York Post post?
Peekaboo blue panties? ;-P
“Petit larceny” is commonly pronounced “petty larceny”, but is spelled correctly.
Humorously, too! ;-P
I guess “panty larceny” or “pretty larceny” is not an offense...
Well, the perp evidently hadn’t consumed enough “liquid panty remover” yet...
OMG, this CAN’T be true. “Petit larceny”? “the panties were found between the Sheetz” . . . where else would you expect to find panties?
“Petit” larceny is the actual legal term for what is commonly referred to as petty larceny.
It's petty larceny under the GA Code, but the old common law term was "petit". Lots of legal French in the common law . . . like "voir dire" or "tort". "Voir dire" can be heard pronounced in a dozen different ways in the courtrooms of Georgia, none of them the way the French do . . . .
But if the panties were a size Petite, it would be just perfect.
He's lucky he didn't set the panties on fire.
Georgians are known for their "peculiar" punctuations. I was driving near Cairo, GA once and I assumed that it was pronounced just like Cairo, Egypt; however, it is pronounced like Karo syrup.
This entire story has to be made up. I mean it.
That struck me as being funny as well. You can't be sure someone didn't make this stuff up.
Petit Larceny in WV (I live here and write crime articles) means thefts less thant $1,000
But I admit, it is funny
My parents live in Darien GA, and I've heard the name of that town pronounced several different ways. Now, this is a true story. When my parents first moved there, they were riding down with a friend, a lawyer friend of my dad who is known for being something of a wild man. They got to arguing about how Darien should be pronounced, and finally this friend said, "Tell ya what. Let's stop at the first business we get to in town, and ask them how they pronounce it."
So they get out of the car and go in, and my dad's friend goes up to the counter and says to the lady there, "Now, this may sound a little strange, but I'd like you to - very slowly - tell me exactly where we are."
Lady looks at him funny, but says, "DAY-ree
. . . .Queen."
True story.
I hope it wasn’t Sheryl Crow’s panties......no, wait. Those are brown and yellow. Nevermind.
If hes still in jail, you can find his photo at www.wvrja.com
Click on inmate search...I think..and type in his name. If hes in jail, his pic will pop up.
Hes still in jail as of 0944 fri. www.wvrja.com
Click on offender search and type in his name.
Its totally worth it just to see the expression on his face.
Don’t look too bright, do he?
Inspector Dreyfus comes to mind...
What about that unpleasant man?
Uhhh... never wear blue panties on Wednesday?
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