A recent Portsmouth District Court ruling should raise a few eyebrows among people who were alive in September 2001.
In the ruling, Judge Sawako Gardner dismissed two charges filed against a Laconia man that alleged he was a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon and driving a stolen 1988 Ford truck.
First, the judge ruled that police couldn’t prove the man was driving a stolen truck because they couldn’t provide the court with a value of the vehicle.
The second, more fascinating decision involves what the man was in possession of when he was arrested. It was a box cutter, which, Judge Gardner ruled, is not a dangerous weapon.
But if they’re not dangerous, then why aren’t people allowed to bring them on airplanes?
And this gem of a headline:
Crazed Portsmouth New Hampshrie District Court Judge Sawako Gardner Sets Man’s Bail At $15,000 For Stealing $2 Bottle Of Beer - Our Tax Dollars At Work In Rockingham County
And be charged with battery should he resist.