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What was the sentence?

No, that's a question. This is a sentence.

I only heard it on the radio, and didn't realize it was them until half way through the story. IIRC, (and I probably don't) there was a little jail time (days) and community service (weeks).

They weren't trying to hurt anyone, but to scare the driver of a car. (Or so they said).

Lemme dig.

Here's what I've got so far...

Update on plastic wrap trap. BUSTED!!!!
by mfell2112*nospam*@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 7, 2004 at 04:46 AM

4 in Town of Waukesha may be charged with being delinquent, causing
crash
By JACQUELINE SEIBEL, DAVID DOEGE and REID J. EPSTEIN
jseibel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Posted: Aug. 4, 2004
Waukesha - Four Town of Waukesha teenage boys have admitted they
stretched kitchen-variety plastic wrap across a road, causing a
motorcyclist and his passenger to crash, Waukesha County District
Attorney Paul Bucher said Wednesday.

"They've been very cooperative, very contrite," Bucher said. "It's
what we thought might have happened: a group of kids trying to pull a
stupid prank that they didn't give a lot of thought to."

The boys, three are 16 and one is 14, each could be accused in
juvenile court of being delinquent in petitions similar to what would
involve felony counts of second-degree reckless endangerment if they
were adults.

The review and charging process for juveniles typically takes 30 to 40
days, "but we plan to expedite that," Bucher said. "We're going to do
what we can to try and get it into court next week," he added.

The 14-year-old is too young to be waived into adult court, and while
it is possible for 16-year-olds, "I don't think the criteria that a
judge has to consider are there (in this instance)," Bucher said.

"At least I don't think so at this point knowing what I know now," he
added.

The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department received more than 50 tips
regarding the July 13 accident, said sheriff's Detective Steve
Pederson.

"We had more than one tip that pointed to two of the individuals,"
said Pederson, and two of the boys had been interviewed by detectives
but were not arrested.

Two days after that interview, Bucher informed the Sheriff's
Department that attorneys for the four teens, including the two
previously interviewed, had contacted his office. Bucher said the
boys' parents were cooperative.

"We had some leads, but we weren't near where we are now after getting
their help," Bucher said.

Sheriff Dan Trawicki predicted after the incident that it would turn
out to be a prank that had gone wrong involving local residents.

The incident occurred on Guthrie Road, south of Highway I, in the Town
of Waukesha.

Daniel Buckel, 22, of the Town of Waukesha has said he didn't see the
plastic wrap until it was 10 feet in front of him. It was too late to
stop, and there was no way to avoid the tightly wound clear wrap
stretched between two traffic posts.

Authorities and Buckel have described the circumstances. It was foggy
at 1 a.m. Buckel and his girlfriend, Theresa Brzykcy, 19, of
Brookfield were out for a relaxing ride. Because of the poor
visibility, Buckel recalls traveling less than 40 mph when he hit the
wall of plastic wrap.

The 2002 Honda motorcycle slid across the pavement, and Buckel and
Brzykcy landed on a nearby driveway. Buckel broke a finger and needed
15 stitches to close a gash above his eye.

Brzykcy hit the pavement with her head and lost consciousness for a
short time but was not seriously injured.

Local attorney Michael Hupy, who has represented many motorcyclists,
offered ••••,000 reward to any person who provided information that
led to a conviction. He said Wednesday that Trawicki will determine
who among the more than 50 tipsters will get the money.

Waukesha County CrimeStoppers also added up to $1,000 to the reward
amount.

Buckel has hired Hupy to represent him.

"I'm glad they turned themselves in," Hupy said of the boys, "but the
main thing I wanted to do when I offered this reward was to make sure
this doesn't happen to another biker."

Hupy said he does not know the boys' identities but that the four had
hired separate attorneys.

Hupy promised to take no fee from Buckel, and to donate an amount
equal to his fee to a motorcycle safety group.

Buckel said late Wednesday he's relieved that authorities have
identified the boys said to be responsible because it means he no
longer has to worry.

"It's less stressful not sitting around waiting any more, wondering if
I should raise the reward, wondering what else I can do. It's a
relief," Buckel said.

Buckel, who lives with his parents and works as a bartender and
selling motorcycles, said the crash caused him to miss a combined two
weeks of work. He still suffers bad headaches and said he can't afford
plastic surgery needed to repair scars above his eyes and nose and on
his chin.

"They're going to see that it's going to cost these kids severely," he
said. "That's what happens for not thinking before you do act. Any
prank - you've got to think before you do it if it's going to hurt
someone. I'm just glad to be alive at this point."
Regards
Michael H. Fell

District Attorney Paul Bucher says he'll seek confinement for the teens who stretched plastic wrap across a country road - a barrier that sent a motorcyclist and his rider to the pavement with minor injuries.

Now would be a good time for cyclist Daniel Buckel of the Town of Waukesha to step forward, speak up and show some mercy - the kind shown him when, as a 16-year-old, he was driving a car involved in an accident that killed a motorcyclist. Police said Buckel failed to yield in the accident, but he was not charged.

A combination of community supervision, volunteer service and restitution - or at worst, even a short stint in locked detention at the Juvenile Center - makes eminently more sense for these boys than a trip to Ethan Allen School near Wales.

As I've said before, it was a really stupid stunt these kids pulled. I'm pretty sure they know that now.