Hearsay."He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey." Oklahoma City Judge RAY ELLIOTT, on the sentencing of Eric James Torpy, a convicted armed robber. Torpy is a longtime fan of former basketball star Larry Bird, whose jersey number was 33. After Torpy's lawyer negotiated a 30-year sentence, Torpy insisted on extending it to 33--to match Bird's number. "I informed him that this is Texas. You are supposed to throw the beer cans from the cab into the back of the pickup." Municipal court Judge DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. COLWELL of South Padre Island, Texas South Padre Island is a resort community in Cameron County, Texas, United States [1] As of the 2000 census, the town had an official population of 2,422, although this significantly underestimates its size since many people split their time between vacation properties , recalling a college student from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of who was arrested for throwing a beer can from a pickup truck and hitting a police car. Colwell, whose court is in a popular vacation spot, has collected his favorite anecdotes in tile 2005 book Spring Break: A Judge's View from the Bench. "We want to see just what-all this man has been cooking." BOBBY JOE WILLIAMS, police chief for Shelby, Mississippi, on an unusual menu item at a local restaurant. A city worker named Eddie Boone told Williams that he'd sold a poisonous snake--a cottonmouth cottonmouth: see water moccasin. moccasin--to the restaurant owner for $1. When Williams investigated, he found the venomous venomous secreting poison; poisonous. reptile cleaned, filleted, and apparently ready to cook and serve to customers. The owner is still under investigation. "All of these witnesses are going to have to call him by the name they know." Assistant D.A. LORRAINE FINNEGAN of West Chester, Pennsylvania The Borough of West Chester is the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania.GR6 Philadelphia is 25 miles to the east and Wilmington 17 miles to the south. , explaining her objection to a defense lawyer's request that any references to the defendant's nickname be barred from an upcoming murder trial. The defense lawyer, Laurence Harmelin, said the name could unfairly prejudice jurors against his client, Demetrius "Scuz" Fiorentino. |
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