Re: Things I won't tell a burglar

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

"HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A few years ago, a couple of Maine teen-agers broke into a boat shed at a
> boat repair shop. Their plan was to steal the radios from the boats to
> listen in on police frequencies. Half-way through the caper, they noticed
> the video camera.
>
> What to do?
>
> They burnt the boat shed to the water line!
>
> Fortunately, the video was off-site and it took the local fuzz about two
> minutes to identify the culprits. Then it got bad.
>
> One of the boats belonged to George H.W. Bush and the Secret Service got
> on the case. The 17-year old they let the state handle. After restitution,
> he got five years probation.
>
> The 16-year old was charged with domestic terrorism and sentenced to the
> only maximum security federal prison for juveniles, somewhere in
> Pennsylvania, until he turns 25.
>
> So there he is, locked up for nine years with (mostly) drunk Indians.
>
> Crime don't pay.
>
>
>

According to these links, it looks like  both people were dealt with by the
feds, one was given 30 months, the other 57 months.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=128120&page=1

http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39687

Doug