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Portland judge fines car thief one bottle of Baja Blast Mountain Dew
Not The Bee ^ | October 15, 2025 | Mister Retrops

Posted on 10/15/2025 9:29:26 AM PDT by Red Badger

According to OregonLive, Chezarae Walter got pulled over speeding out of a WinCo Supermarket while driving a stolen vehicle she had put through the wringer.

But despite the prosecution's objections, the judge let her off...

...with the payment of one Baja Blast Mountain Dew.

Why one Baja Blast?

The owner of the stolen vehicle, Peter Higginbotham (yes, really), recognized his 1996 Toyota Camry because it had a funny bumper sticker that read:

"The book value of my car is one Baja Blast."

Being a typical bleeding heart Portlander, Higginbotham didn't want to see Chezarae go to jail for stealing his car, so he asked the judge if Chezarae and him could work out a civil compromise instead: One Baja Blast for one car.

Practically the first words out of Multnomah County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Auxier's mouth were, ‘You worked out a smoking hot agreement!'

Because that how judges in Portland talk, you know.

Prosecutor Jacob Rhoads asked the judge not to approve the civil compromise, calling the resolution ‘not appropriate' and noting that the woman had prior property crime and theft convictions.

But the judge overruled him saying,

The bottom line is the victim in this case doesn't want this to proceed, and I've heard enough to be satisfied that you are on a path in life that has potential. The state has enough cases to prosecute.

Higgenbotham got his Baja Blast (which he doesn't even like), Chezarae walked free and clear, and the insurance company got stuck with a $1,700 bill for the 30-year-old car she destroyed.

Portland!


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To: Red Badger

Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York!
From speech delivered November 13, 1969 in Des Moines, Iowa
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Denouncing Moratorium Day protest against Vietnam War; in The New York Times (October 20, 1969)
In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.
Speech in San Diego (September 11, 1970).

Spiro was directly over the target.


21 posted on 10/15/2025 11:51:54 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

Spiro was directly over the target.


And why they wanted his scalp, and eventually got it, and then they got Nixon’s.


22 posted on 10/15/2025 11:53:34 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Red Badger

I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES NATIONWIDE WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS RESULT


23 posted on 10/15/2025 12:25:21 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

I’ve owned a couple cars that were below that value..................


24 posted on 10/15/2025 12:26:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: conservative_cyclist; ten18; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; ...
If you would like more information about what’s happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.
25 posted on 10/19/2025 6:14:10 AM PDT by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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