Posted on 05/27/2009 1:46:11 PM PDT by llevrok
LAKEWOOD, Wash. - A Lakewood woman arrested for throwing rocks off an Interstate 5 overpass says it was all her idea, and she's sorry.
Eighteen-year-old Amanda Madison and 23-year-old Jason Sizemore were arrested Monday after being spotted from the air by a state patrol plane. No one was hurt.
Madison says while they were dropping the rocks, they were playing a stripping game. When police busted them, Madison was wearing just her underwear.
The two both face 14 counts of assault - one for each car that was hit.
"I didn't really care at the time," Madison said. "Now that I got put in jail for it, it gives you a lot of time to think about what you did."
Sizemore said they were playing a game called "sex me." He described the game this way: If you see a car with a headlight out, and if you yell "sex me!" first, the other person has to take a piece of clothing off.
She said throwing rocks and playing the "sex me" game was her idea. She said they were playing "stupid games."
She said she threw softball sized rocks.
"I want everyone to know that I apologize for everything I did," she said. "We never meant to hurt any of the innocent people. They didn't deserve to have rocks thrown at them."
She just turned 18 last month. Now she faces 14 felony assault charges in adult court.
She hopes other girls will learn from her mistake.
"Just learn from me and hopefully I'll learn from myself," she said.
She says there's no way she can afford to bail out of jail. She's held on $50,000. Sizemore is held on $40,000.
Neither has prior convictions.
I have to say, it’s refreshing to hear her admit responsibility and not blame her boyfriend, the people in the cars or the rocks.
“She hopes other girls will learn from her mistake.
“Just learn from me and hopefully I’ll learn from myself,” she said.”
Can you imagine BHO saying something like this? Every mistake he’s made has either been blamed on Bush, Cheney or a staffer who got thrown under the bus. With POTUS serving as a role model for youth nationwide, her willingness to take responsibility is that much more remarkable. But it sure was a dumb-ass thing to do.
Thats what she told me. Broke my heart.
She’s an idiot, but less guilty on the look-o-meter than many naughty schoolteachers. But, since rock throwing is pretty much attempted manslaughter, I’d throw the book at her.
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