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Man Found Napping in Car With Holdup Note
QUINCY, Mass. - It's never good to fall asleep on the job, but when you're a robber the consequences can be severe. Police arrived at a CVS pharmacy early Tuesday morning to find Steven Jakaitis, 42, sleeping in his idling car with a nylon stocking over his head and a cap pistol in his pocket.
By his side was a note that read: "I have a Gun DO NOT Press any Alarms or let Custermors (sic) know Empty the All the register." A customer called police after seeing Jakaitis, who was also wearing a black wig and a scarf. On the back seat of his car, officers found a plastic bag containing 36 unused hypodermic needles. He spoke incoherently after the officers woke him, Capt. Anthony DiBona said. He never actually went into the store, police said. At his arraignment Tuesday, Jakaitis pleaded innocent to attempted armed robbery, possession of a hypodermic syringe and receiving a stolen car. He was ordered held on $1,000 bail and ordered to appear for a pretrial conference on April 12. ________________________________ What an idiot. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Without actually doing the crime, how can they prove and convict him of attempted armed robbery? I think any lawyer could argue his case and win. |
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Re: Man Found Napping in Car With Holdup Note
Doesn't sound like he actually attempted anything. Possession of hypodermic needles is illegal?
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as long as his gun was registered and the needles are legal, and the car isnt stolen, i cannot see any possible way that they can convict him.
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Re: Man Found Napping in Car With Holdup Note
I routinely register my cap pistols [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
the cops have virtually NO case here, it seems. |
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No, the prosecutors have a case. They can argue that showing up at the CVS with a mask and a gun and the note is a sufficent first step in the commission of the crime. I definitely think that the prosecutors are gonna have an easier time than the defenders with this one.
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Re: Man Found Napping in Car With Holdup Note
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No, the prosecutors have a case. They can argue that showing up at the CVS with a mask and a gun and the note is a sufficent first step in the commission of the crime. I definitely think that the prosecutors are gonna have an easier time than the defenders with this one. [/ QUOTE ] That's insane. Where do you draw the line? "Yea. I left home, thinking about killing my boss today." Call the cops! |
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Re: Man Found Napping in Car With Holdup Note
Well, I haven't started lawschool yet.
But... Basically for an attempt you need 2 things: Intent and a sufficient step in the process of committing the crime. The intentions of the guy are pretty obvious, so the argument becomes whether showing up at the cvs with gun, mask and note constitutes a sufficient step. I think it would be a hell of a lot easier to argue that that is a sufficient step than it would be to argue that it wasn't. [ QUOTE ] That's insane. Where do you draw the line? "Yea. I left home, thinking about killing my boss today." Call the cops! [/ QUOTE ] That depends, are you leaving with a loaded weapon and a mask over your head with a note that says "shutup and don't move, I'm gonna kill you" [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] |
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That's insane. Where do you draw the line? "Yea. I left home, thinking about killing my boss today." Call the cops! [/ QUOTE ] I think it's time for the Pre-Crime division to be called up and put Tom Cruise on the job. DN |
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No, the prosecutors have a case. They can argue that showing up at the CVS with a mask and a gun and the note is a sufficent first step in the commission of the crime. [/ QUOTE ] or it's a bold first step into public performance art. |
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Re: Man Found Napping in Car With Holdup Note
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[ QUOTE ] No, the prosecutors have a case. They can argue that showing up at the CVS with a mask and a gun and the note is a sufficent first step in the commission of the crime. [/ QUOTE ] or it's a bold first step into public performance art. [/ QUOTE ] nh |
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