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71-year-old arrested for felony for using marker on pickleball court
KDVR ^ | Mar 24, 2022 | Dara Bitler

Posted on 03/25/2022 10:28:05 AM PDT by real saxophonist

Edited on 03/25/2022 12:00:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

DENVER (KDVR) — A man has been arrested on a felony charge of criminal mischief for causing $10,000 in damage to a court at a Denver recreation center.

Arslan Guney, 71, was arrested on March 17 for making 45 marks with a permanent marker on the basketball court at the Central Park Rec Center to identify the boundaries on a court used for pickleball.


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TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: denver; pickleball
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To: bert

Pickle ball rocks. Not as energetic as tennis, but a good way to get in a little mild exercise.


21 posted on 03/25/2022 10:41:41 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: gundog

If the floor has a reasonable finish on it, all you really need is rubbing alcohol and elbow grease...


22 posted on 03/25/2022 10:42:09 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: D Rider

Yep.


23 posted on 03/25/2022 10:43:03 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: real saxophonist

It was the pickle ball court or a smash and grab. He chose the pickle ball court. He was quoted as stating that “I stand by my decision.”


24 posted on 03/25/2022 10:43:17 AM PDT by Baldwin
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To: bert
For those of un who are ignorant........ what is pickle ball.

There is information on the internet about pickleball if you'd like to find out more about it.

25 posted on 03/25/2022 10:45:02 AM PDT by ytrebil
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To: HamiltonJay

The politicians pocket $ 9999.00 of the 10 thousand is why it is so high. The actual clean up cost would be under 10 dollars.


26 posted on 03/25/2022 10:46:38 AM PDT by sport
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To: bert

There’s also a game called Cornhole. In the South, that word has a completely different meaning.


27 posted on 03/25/2022 10:49:04 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: KarlInOhio

lol!


28 posted on 03/25/2022 10:49:19 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: D Rider

That’s why I like FR...I learn something new every day.


29 posted on 03/25/2022 10:51:17 AM PDT by moovova
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To: bhl

He shoulda used blue painter’s tape or green frog tape. If some dumbass old man used a magic marker on my court, I’d be highly pissed.


30 posted on 03/25/2022 10:51:38 AM PDT by KingLudd
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To: real saxophonist

Would they put an old man in jail for this? Yes.
Did they put mayors in jail for defacing road surfaces and street lane markings? No.
Did they put street thugs in jail for destroying statues of dead White males? No.

Selective justice is not justice.


31 posted on 03/25/2022 10:55:25 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.)
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To: MercyFlush

He should have murdered someone and that would qualify him for 3 years pf house arrest. /s


32 posted on 03/25/2022 10:56:42 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: glorgau; bert
Agree! It's a blast and I play regularly.

What is Pickleball
33 posted on 03/25/2022 10:58:47 AM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: real saxophonist

This would have made for a good Seinfeld episode with George’s dad being the guy getting all worked up about the boundaries.

“Out -of -bounds” arguments getting more and more heated with the guy in the fancy sweatsuit and ending up being cuffed and dragged to the police car.


34 posted on 03/25/2022 11:04:30 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: D Rider
A supervisor at the rec center and a maintenance worker tried to remove the marker from the court with a solvent, but the solvent also removed the finish from the floor. The supervisor said that it would cost an estimated $10,000 to strip the floor and refinish it.

So the maintenance worker destroyed he floor with solvent and they want the pickleball player to pay for refinishing. Had the maintenance guy used common sense, or even google, the floor would not require refinishing.

35 posted on 03/25/2022 11:10:07 AM PDT by ETCM
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To: bhl

The fluorescent lights that are probably in use will fade the permanent marker for free.


36 posted on 03/25/2022 11:10:24 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: D Rider

I agree. Seems someone wanted to make a big drama out of a small mistake.


37 posted on 03/25/2022 11:11:05 AM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: real saxophonist
At least he could've cleaned it with a grease pencil


38 posted on 03/25/2022 11:13:07 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: bert

Do you want to know about sweet pick ball or dill pickle ball ???


39 posted on 03/25/2022 11:14:26 AM PDT by ontap
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To: real saxophonist
There’s also a game called Cornhole. In the South, that word has a completely different meaning.

I didn't realize cornhole was a sport and not a PornHub category until I moved to the south.

40 posted on 03/25/2022 11:16:23 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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