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Hawaii Couple's Daughter Taken Away for 18 Hours Over Alleged Sandwich Theft
foxnews.com ^ | 10-29-11

Posted on 10/29/2011 7:29:43 AM PDT by rawhide

Edited on 10/29/2011 7:32:42 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A Hawaii couple

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: cps; hawaii; safeway; sandwich
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I do but there are times where my blood sugar drops too dramatically to be brought back up to a level that takes me out of the risk range for a stroke or losing consciousness.I take it you have never been around anyone with type one diabetes?


141 posted on 10/29/2011 12:37:14 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

BTW nice attack for stealing because of my health disabity.I’ve never stolen anything in my life but someone like you would let me die before allowing me to keep that from happening? You are an idiot and I hope one of your children or grand kids never have to deal with all of the issues that come with type one diabetes.


142 posted on 10/29/2011 12:39:50 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: yldstrk

I did that once at Home Depot, forgot to pay for something. Took it back to pay for it, and they made me feel a little like a shoplifter. Oh, well, still would do it again. Integrity is something you cannot buy, it is who you are.


143 posted on 10/29/2011 12:53:15 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: SaraJohnson

Can I steal that line?

Absolutely perfect!


144 posted on 10/29/2011 1:16:36 PM PDT by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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To: netmilsmom

maybe that is why she was going to the grocery store because she neeeded to stock up on food & snacks?


145 posted on 10/29/2011 1:18:24 PM PDT by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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To: mom4kittys

>>maybe that is why she was going to the grocery store because she neeeded to stock up on food & snacks?<<

No, when you are in that position, you don’t need a sandwich for yourself AND your husband to stabilize your blood sugar.

All I was saying is that pregnancy is not a disease. If she had been alone, with diabetes (any flavor) and had done this, I would say I could understand. But all a preggie lady needs is an apple or a candy bar, not lunch for herself and her husband to feel better.

The store overreacted, the DHS overreacted, but pregnant is not a disorder.


146 posted on 10/29/2011 1:38:45 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: netmilsmom

She might have been the one to eat both sandwiches, I don’t know.


147 posted on 10/29/2011 1:50:22 PM PDT by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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To: mom4kittys

IIRC I think the 2 sandwiches is a mistake from the story at the blog?It was one $5 sandwich that was eaten not 2.


148 posted on 10/29/2011 2:37:46 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: mom4kittys

Or maybe they only had 50.00 and thought they could eat for free.

Just as likely as the woman needing 2 sandwiches to make her feel better.


149 posted on 10/29/2011 3:19:35 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: yldstrk

sheesh I have forgotten things in my cart, get outside, realize it and go back in to pay.

It happens. I was in Trader Joe’s checking out with my grand-baby in the cart, my daughter in the check-out next to me with another baby and we were all talking to each other, including the checkers. We were loading the car when an employee came up to me and said I hadn’t paid for my purchase! I thought about it and realized I hadn’t scanned my card at all! Too much talking...No problem, went in and paid my bill but I was embarrassed that I could be so easily distracted. Oh well, no harm...no foul. At least nobody called the cops. jeez.


150 posted on 10/29/2011 6:26:26 PM PDT by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: rawhide

The manager overreacted. I could see making the parents pay for the sandwich, but the child should not have been sent to CPS.

I will say that I find it suspicious that BOTH adults forgot to pay for the sandwiches, but at worst, I would say that requiring them to pay for the sandwiches and telling them “You are no longer welcome in this store” is sufficient punishment for shoplifting.


151 posted on 10/31/2011 6:35:01 PM PDT by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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To: Immerito

The store punished the 3-yr old, that is for sure. Imagine what she has been going through! 3-yrs old! At the very most, a citation could have been written, perhaps a warning to pay and never do it again. But to arrest both parents, when only one needed to be arrested, then the child could have stayed with the other parents.


152 posted on 10/31/2011 9:06:18 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: Gaffer

But they didn’t and they were treated like any other shoplifter.


153 posted on 11/01/2011 8:55:19 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: rawhide

I wonder how much more there is to this story.


154 posted on 11/01/2011 9:00:46 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: netmilsmom

Well said.


155 posted on 11/01/2011 9:01:57 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: netmilsmom

Well said!

I’ve had four children, and with two of them, I became nauseous during the first trimester if I didn’t keep my blood sugar up (with the first one, I just threw up daily for about 3 months, LOL). That meant I kept small snacks—crackers, hard candy, etc. on me at all times.

Pregnant women can be criminals, too. It doesn’t give them saint status.


156 posted on 11/01/2011 9:11:47 AM PDT by Hoosier Catholic Momma (How long till my Arkansas drawl fades into the twang of southeast Ohio?)
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To: rawhide

But to arrest both parents, when only one needed to be arrested, then...

Which parent needed to be arrested? They are both guilty of stealing.


157 posted on 11/01/2011 9:20:58 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma

>>It doesn’t give them saint status.<<

Amen!


158 posted on 11/01/2011 9:21:35 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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To: Mashood

The husband of course. Are you cold-hearted to where you can’t see how wrong this was.


159 posted on 11/01/2011 2:56:22 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

I believe there is more to the story... this was probably not the first time they have “shopped” in this store. How do TWO people “forget” they ate chicken salad sandwiches?


160 posted on 11/02/2011 8:47:43 AM PDT by Mashood
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