[*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes

Eric A. Stratton estratton.apple at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 14:43:56 EDT 2007


Just saying.  I used to work for the State Attorney's Office in FL -  
specifically dealing with bad checks - and people often would just  
not show.  A stupid thing to do considering, but still, I've seen it  
happen.

-E

On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:16 PM, John Hays wrote:

> I just want to point out that missing a court date when you are the
> defendant in a criminal proceeding is a fairly big deal. If he made  
> bail
> and doesn't show, a bench warrant will be issued for his arrest.
> Considering that the police certainly know where he lives, he'd be a
> fool not to show, because they're just going to go arrest him. If he
> plans on completely skipping town... well, that's one thing. But  
> the guy
> is a bicycle thief - I doubt that he's prepared to completely  
> uproot his
> life and move halfway across the country to escape from these charges,
> which will almost certainly be plead down.
>
> - John
>
>
> Eric A. Stratton wrote:
>> So did he mail bail, or is he still being held.  If he did make bail,
>> who thinks he will actually appear during his court date?
>>
>> Glad to hear they are going after this creep.
>>
>> Thanks for spreading the word, and I look forward to reading your
>> article on Thurs.
>>
>> -E
>>
>> On Sep 26, 2007, at 12:57 PM, Curran, Caitlin wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hey guys -
>>>
>>> I just joined the mailing list (and actually just sold my car and
>>> became
>>> a full-time biker about six months ago - I'm now addicted!) and I
>>> wrote
>>> about Lee and Andrew's story for the Phoenix this week (it'll be
>>> out on
>>> Thursday). Just thought I'd let you know, official word from the
>>> Suffolk
>>> County DA's office is that police charged the perp, James Johnson,
>>> with
>>> assault and battery with a deadly weapon, possession of burglarious
>>> instruments, attempt to commit a crime, and receiving stolen  
>>> property.
>>> Johnson was held on $5,000 bail, with a court date set for  
>>> October 9.
>>>
>>> Anyways, maybe you all already knew that! Just thought I'd spread  
>>> the
>>> word.
>>>
>>> -Caitlin
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
>>> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> Dan Barrett
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:49 PM
>>> To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
>>> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes
>>>
>>> At least for the balance of this week, Lee and Andrew are the  
>>> Honorary
>>> Supreme Leaders in recognition of their masterful pwnage of Mass.  
>>> Ave.
>>> bike thieves.
>>>
>>> Maybe the bolt-cutter-swinging perp will graduate to scooter theft
>>> when
>>> he
>>> makes bail.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Doesn't this seem to imply that there's some kind of leader to  
>>>> accept
>>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>>> reject a scooter or anything else?  Because that runs entirely
>>>> counter
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> everything CM stands for.
>>>>
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