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GTA gets another idiot in touble

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Although this time, it wasn't actually violent!

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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.
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wow, thats pretty messed up... but pretty funny as well...
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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...
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:lol:

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... :roll:
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What the hell? People can get into trouble in school for TURNING IN drugs...found.....woa...HOW?
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I was an honor student arrested for a "threat", so i can empathize, lol. Damn pigs ._.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dosen't prosecution require criminal intent to be present?
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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.
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I doubt any reasonable jury would send this guy away for doing something like that.
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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? :roll:
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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... :wink:
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