Posted on 11/03/2007 8:34:42 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
FARGO, N.D. - Ozzy Osbourne wants an apology from the Cass County sheriff for staging a sting operation in the rocker's name without his permission.
Osbourne claims his reputation was tarnished when Sheriff Paul Laney invited 500 people with outstanding warrants to a phony party at a Fargo nightclub before the rocker's concert with Rob Zombie at a nearby arena. More than 30 showed up and were arrested.
"Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologizing to me for using my name in connection with these arrests," Osbourne said in a statement.
"It is insulting to me and to my audience and it shows how lazy this particular sheriff is when it comes to doing his job," Osbourne said.
Laney said Friday that it's his job to arrest people with outstanding warrants.
"We meant no disrespect toward Mr. Osbourne or his show," Laney said. "What we did was a very creative law enforcement technique to lure individuals who had active criminal warrants to come to us."
He said mentioning Osbourne's name in the invitations was no different than a bar advertising a Super Bowl party by mentioning the teams playing in the game.
Laney said Monday's sting was done to let the community know his office was doing its best to serve about 3,000 outstanding warrants it must deal with.
"They get very creative in how they abscond from the law," the sheriff said of the wanted individuals. "We just got real creative in how we reeled them in," Laney said.
Not everyone is taking the sting personally, Laney said.
"Three people called to say, 'I got one of those letters. Since you're being so creative, I'm turning myself in. Give me a court date,'" Laney said.
Sheriff takes a bite out of crime.
This can't be right - there are too many words in this sentence for Ozzie to have uttered it without losing his trend of thought.
Uff Dah!
Nah, he'll probably snort another line of red ants.
Ouch, that’s got to sting..
Gotta go with Ozzy on this one. The sheriff was using his identity under false pretenses. I don’t think that’s legal, let alone ethical.
Original quote: "Instead of, ah, f*** it, tell the lawyer to...[gurgle]...s***, have him, uh, write, uh...prince of f***ing darkness...zzzzzzz
That's a good one!
I agree, I heard on the local news here that one of the guy’s girlfriend drove 200 miles to attend the party. When she found out it was a fraud, she wanted to be reinbursed for her expenses. They refused.
I agree.
I agree with you. On the other hand, if the sheriff had used Pat Boone’s name, how many of these criminals would have showed up?
Don't know if I would brag to the media about the great job. But what the hey.
She better not drive much more as she looks to be near term.
I agree, that’s messed up.
Hey Ozzie. Use your money and sue the sheriff to provide reembursement to all those people he suckered out of a good evening, by fraud and deception. Now go do the right thing and motivate the good people of Cass Co to get rid of this inconsiderate jackass.
PAT BOONE IS PLAYING?!?!?!...Honey..quit counting our money from the bank robbery and lets put on our masks and party with Pat!! YEEHAAA!!!!!!!!!
You’ll make more money with writing a book; “Partying Down with Pat Boone and Tequila!!” Robbing banks is so 30’s.
ROTFLOL
Ozzy is a real nut case. I would be pleased as punch if my name could take a few criminals off the streets.
Don't know if I would brag to the media about the great job. But what the hey.
You gotta think in terms of bang for the buck. So they send out 500 form letters to the fugitives' last known addresses, rent out an unused space, set up some cops there, and then just sit and wait for a few hours while the criminals come to them. It probably worked out to less than a hundred bucks a collar.
Those quotes can’t be Ozzy’s. There is no way he could put together a sentence that long without stuttering.
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