Posted on 07/30/2011 1:21:11 PM PDT by camerongood210
Beware of letters saying you won a prize in a contest you never entered in the first place.
curious if police can be sued for mail fraud since they sent a letter promising something that they had no intention on delivering?
At least he didn't say, "Go Tide!"
LEO moral booster. They must have a lot of fun coming up with these ruses.
Bummer
Good question. Unfortunately, police tend to be above the law in these types of situations.
This was meant to encourage respect for the law among people who might feel deeply that it wasn't applied to them personally in a balanced manner, some of whom might be right?
this is horrible — the police state is in your face
mail fraud: yes
I’ve even read that if you owe on and have defaulted on a college load you cannot get a passport today.
Welcome to the USSA
I thought it was sad. Humiliating for those people. The last one had his act together, though—that was a bit uplifting.
Come on Alabama folks.
All you needed to do was to send that Child Support Check to your Second Cousin and you would not be in this mess.
Long to load, but indeed well worth the laugh!
Classic example of local skill and initiative. Good to see a report of law enforcement doing their job, doing it well, and showing innovation. Well done to these Alabama cops.
I'm happy for the kids that will finally get their money.
Yep! Get it before a liberal judge and when this is over, the perps will own box seats at the stadium.
11 arrests out of 140 warrant letters mailed out. Okay, so that’s only a 7.9% success rate but they made it so much fun for the arrestees!
Yes, as soon as you pay all the overdue child support payments.
Tickets will be available. . . . . For a fee of course. Yo daddy never taught you TINSTAAFL. My daddy taught me: :There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. . . .
Also no Free Iron Bowl Tickets. . . . . EVER.
We’re talkin’ Lee County AL here. Liberal judges are about as scarce as leftover fried chicken after a family reunion.
They got what they deserve. We are blessed down here with a bit of a rebel attitude and very few invasive laws - unlike some cesspools of “progressive” local government.
But you don’t do somebody wrong - kids in this case - without paying the price sooner or later.
I’d like to see antics of law inforcement like this become a regular feature. Heck, the sheriff’s department could turn this into a reality show with minimal effort.
Yes but it is a federal statute. Could a case be made for breach of contract? Article said there were no tickets given, and implied that none were ever there to be given. If dolorean was found innocent because the police entrapped, could the case be made that a contract was agreed upon by both parties when they instructed the men to bring their ID and the letter to receive their tickets? Doesnt that imply exchange? You do this and we will do this? If there were not tickets to be exchange it certainly seems that this would constitute fraud at least civilly. Again , not a lawyer.
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