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GTA gets another idiot in touble
Posted: 2004-05-27 09:28pm
by SAMAS
Although this time, it wasn't actually violent!
Link Here
1up.com wrote:Florida Man Makes Accidental Bomb Threat
By Alex Fraioli
5/27/2004
Jacksonville resident Anthony S. Jones, 27, is being held responsible for the evacuation and perceived bomb threat against his place of employment after a phone call to a friend last sunday night. Jones, a cook at a North Jacksonville restaurant, was coaching a younger player in a game of Grand Theft Auto while on the phone with a friend at the restaurant when his advice was misinterpretted on the other end of the line.
Needless to say, Jones' exclamation of "There's a bomb in the building. There's a bomb in the building. Everyone needs to get out!" was not taken lightly by restaurant management. The restaurant was evacuated and all patrons were searched for explosives. None were found.
Unfortunately for Jones, the police are treating his accidental bomb threat as legitimate and are pursuing second-degree felony charges. If convicted, Jones could spend up to 15 years in prison. The trial is scheduled for Circuit Court on June 16. Odds of any sympathetic GTA diehards appearing on the jury are rated as slim to nil.
Posted: 2004-05-27 10:12pm
by Saberslash
wow, thats pretty messed up... but pretty funny as well...
Posted: 2004-05-27 10:16pm
by Xenophobe3691
SHIT, 15 years in prison for shouting that out?!? I hope he starts working out and maybe surgically getting some spikes installed in his arse...
Posted: 2004-05-27 10:16pm
by Phantasee
That's just classic. What a bunch of dumb shits. Reminds me of all the cases of schools expelling honours students for turning in pills they found (for possesion of drugs...no shit). Some people need to loosen up a bit. Sure, bomb threats are serious, but if a mistake is made, they need to take it into context...15 years...
Posted: 2004-05-27 10:36pm
by Boyish-Tigerlilly
What the hell? People can get into trouble in school for TURNING IN drugs...found.....woa...HOW?
Posted: 2004-05-27 10:36pm
by AnimeJet
I was an honor student arrested for a "threat", so i can empathize, lol. Damn pigs ._.
Posted: 2004-05-27 11:37pm
by Temjin
So this guy accidently shouts out something about a bomb, and may face 25 years in jail because of it. Seems like a pretty fucked up reason to ruin somebody's life.
Posted: 2004-05-28 02:19am
by Robert Treder
Speaking as a GTA enthusiast, I can't think of what part of any of the games would illicit the player (or an onlooker) to say that. This guy's a fucking jackass.
Posted: 2004-05-28 02:49am
by Stofsk
He may be a jackass, but when there is no crime committed, and no victims, and the possibility of punishment can approach 15 years of imprisonment, then I feel safe to say that the police are overreacting.
Posted: 2004-05-28 03:05am
by BlkbrryTheGreat
Dosen't prosecution require criminal intent to be present?
Posted: 2004-05-28 03:34am
by Ma Deuce
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Dosen't prosecution require criminal intent to be present?
Umm, no: You can be prosecuted for criminal negligence, or negligent homicide, for example.
Posted: 2004-05-28 06:04pm
by The Aliens
I doubt any reasonable jury would send this guy away for doing something like that.
Posted: 2004-05-28 06:42pm
by StimNeuro
The Aliens wrote:I doubt any reasonable jury would send this guy away for doing something like that.
What are the odds that he'll get a reasonable jury?
Posted: 2004-05-28 07:26pm
by Keevan_Colton
Ma Deuce wrote:BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:Dosen't prosecution require criminal intent to be present?
Umm, no: You can be prosecuted for criminal negligence, or negligent homicide, for example.
Yes...when something actually happens and someone is actually harmed.
For a threat to be a threat, it has to actually be...a threat...
