• Maine homeless man charged for charging cellphones
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[quote=CBSNEWS] (CBS/AP) BANGOR, Maine - Police have brought charges against a homeless man in Maine who they say decided to charge a couple of cellphones in an outdoor electrical outlet. A Bangor police officer checking downtown businesses says he discovered 23-year-old Shaun Fawster charging his phones in an outlet hidden behind some flowers. Fawster was charged last weekend with theft of services, but also with carrying a concealed weapon, after the officer claimed he found a folding knife tucked underneath the homeless man's shirt. That's seems more serious than the cellphone charges. The Bangor Daily News says Fawster was later released from jail. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20075564-504083.html[/url] For fucking charging......
What's sad is that he is homeless at 23
An arrest may seem a little extreme, a warning may be more appropriate, but I wouldn't be happy with people mooching off my electricity uninvited.
Ye, it's gonna maybe change the counter a bit, but it's them who are paying for it, not you.
how about we make wireless free electricity for everyone, just like Nikola Tesla wanted.
Why does he have phones if he's homeless?
[QUOTE=Sh33p;30867471]Why does he have phones if he's homeless?[/QUOTE]To keep in contact with all his homeless buddies.
[QUOTE=Sh33p;30867471]Why does he have phones if he's homeless?[/QUOTE] Why not? To call people obviously. Or browse internet or something.
Sounds like he got [i]charged.[/i]
A folding knife is considered a concealed weapon in Maine? The fuck? It's just a tool.
[QUOTE=Nikota;30867893]A folding knife is considered a concealed weapon in Maine? The fuck? It's just a tool.[/QUOTE] It's more than reasonable. It's like in the UK, if you're caught carrying a knife (no matter how big) it is considered an offence and you'll be charged as if you had intent to use it. Naturally this doesn't apply to knives in their packaging. Ultimately though, although it is technically stealing - it's the companies own fault for having an outlet on the exterior.
[QUOTE=Billiam;30866193]An arrest may seem a little extreme, a warning may be more appropriate, but I wouldn't be happy with people mooching off my electricity uninvited.[/QUOTE] I honestly wouldn't mind if a homeless man spent $.02 of electricity charging his phone once a week.
So this man has been charged for charging? [img]http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s210/lierofox/emot-saddowns.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Gishank;30868061]It's more than reasonable. It's like in the UK, if you're caught carrying a knife (no matter how big) it is considered an offence and you'll be charged as if you had intent to use it. Naturally this doesn't apply to knives in their packaging. Ultimately though, although it is technically stealing - it's the companies own fault for having an outlet on the exterior.[/QUOTE] just because the UK says so doesnt mean its reasonable. its stupid, a knife is a tool, not a weapon.
At work one of the managers wouldn't let me charge my phone because I wasn't paying the power bill. [editline]3rd July 2011[/editline] Jobsworth cunt
[QUOTE=Mattk50;30868611]just because the UK says so doesnt mean its reasonable. its stupid, a knife is a tool, not a weapon.[/QUOTE] A weapon is a tool too, what's your point?
folding knives are concealed weapons now? what the fuck? I'd understand if it was a switchblade or a kabar or something (can't hide a kabar anyway) but a [I]folding knife?[/I] do cops understand that the homeless need knives to live? [editline]3rd July 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Gishank;30868061]It's more than reasonable. It's like in the UK, if you're caught carrying a knife (no matter how big) it is considered an offence and you'll be charged as if you had intent to use it. Naturally this doesn't apply to knives in their packaging. Ultimately though, although it is technically stealing - it's the companies own fault for having an outlet on the exterior.[/QUOTE] that is ridiculously silly that's like arresting someone for carrying around a drill because they clearly had intent to drill someone in the eyeballs.
[QUOTE=Gishank;30868061]It's more than reasonable. It's like in the UK, if you're caught carrying a knife (no matter how big) it is considered an offence and you'll be charged as if you had intent to use it. Naturally this doesn't apply to knives in their packaging.[/QUOTE] Wrong. It's any blade over 3 inches. You can carry knives that are under 3 inches legally.
[QUOTE=johan_sm;30868676]A weapon is a tool too, what's your point?[/QUOTE] i could carry around a brick and do much more damage to someone than with a knife. does this mean a brick is no longer a building material?
[QUOTE=Mattk50;30868741]i could carry around a brick and do much more damage to someone than with a knife. does this mean a brick is no longer a building material?[/QUOTE] Umm, no? A knife is both a weapon and a tool, because all weapons are tools. And if a lot of attacks with bricks happened, carrying them in public would become illegal too.
[QUOTE=johan_sm;30868765]And if a lot of attacks with bricks happened, carrying them in public would become illegal too.[/QUOTE] lol. brb smashing people in the face with laptops
[QUOTE=Badballer;30867552][QUOTE=Sh33p;30867471]Why does he have phones if he's homeless?[/QUOTE] To keep in contact with all his homeless buddies.[/QUOTE] ye, okay, now why does he have phone[highlight]s[/highlight]
A guy here in Denmark was arrested for having a hobbyknife in his truck ( he was an electrician. ) And he was also charged for having some cable lying around.
Those are some bad charges.
They only found the folding knife because they searched him for charging phones.
[QUOTE=johan_sm;30866179]What's sad is that he is homeless at 23[/QUOTE] No what's sad is that he's a MARINE homeless at 23
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;30871962]No what's sad is that he's a MARINE homeless at 23[/QUOTE] uhm it doesn't say that? it says this occurred in the state of [i]maine[/i] did you misread?
[QUOTE=Mattk50;30868844]lol. brb smashing people in the face with laptops[/QUOTE] Good luck with that, really. Unless you use mac that is made out of metal or the thin mac to cut people. In which case, I dont mind macs getting banned :v:
This is sad. I personally wouldn't mind someone using a small amount of my electricity. Heck I'd even take the password off my wireless router and let others use that if I knew they would use it respectfully.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;30867437]how about we make wireless free electricity for everyone, just like Nikola Tesla wanted.[/QUOTE] Nothing is free today.
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