Agreed. Bales may very well be guilty as charged, but the story still makes no sense.
You know anything about this mystery number 17?
As I suspected, there appears to be a constant thread of Bales being violent when drunk.
Another instance today.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioN7MCv97wHAjWG3IyxvMDayaWzA?docId=31beeb5a71bb4309962b27b3ae05a0af