Adventures in Criminal Justice World

Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T12:45:00.001-08:00

Well I hope that everyone out there has a great Christmas! I haven't had time to post in awhile and I don't think I will anytime in the near future.

Just remember the qualities that Christmas embodies: giving, love, compassion, tolerance, etc. They will make you a better person in the long run.

Take care everyone and have a great holiday!

Focus

2009-09-23T16:29:00.000-07:00

So I apologize for not blogging on here recently. I've just been extremely busy. I work full-time for the government, am in court at least once a week, plus I have been trying to expand my horizons in the criminal justice field. I also have a police officer to contend with. So I, needless to say, have no free time. It was just nice to have a day off today :).

So here are some updates about me (all true, I promise):

-I will begin work next Wednesday at a dometsic violence shelter here locally. It took me months to finally get into the training there. Hopefully all will go well and I can do that on a regular basis.

-I went to a gang training about an hour away last week. Come to find out, without me knowing, one of the guys doing the presenting was the exact guy who investigated some of my serial offender's cases back in the day. I got a business card. I'm just hoping I can find a location I've been looking at for awhile.

-I applied and was accepted into a graduate Forensic Criminology program! It only took me two weeks to hear back (nice to know I'm loved). I'm attempting to focus more on sex offenders and child exploitation since that is what I want to do with the Department of Justice.

-My serial offender struck again. Nothing like sitting at work, reading a news article about a criminal case, and feeling sick to your stomach you realize that it has the earmarks of your other cases. I passed along information and I will continue to work on my end here. He's flipped sides of the state now. I won't have jurisdiction for awhile.

-I would also like to eventually do RICO violations, drug crimes, and firearm violations with the federal government as well.

That's all for now, more random dumb asses soon (I promise!).

Random Dumbasses Part 8

2009-09-06T01:30:00.001-07:00

More random dumb asses from court:

-Gang banger who decided that he needed to fight the police after he left a club. His friend was being detained for whatever reason and he jumped on the arresting officer. He had already been involved with an altercation with rival gang members that evening. It then took three officers to pull him off. He later was detained in another city's jail for a similar incident. He came into court and denied fighting the officers. Judge disagreed, convicted him, and gave him thirty days for resisting arrest.

-Another gang banger who is still 14. He was in court on charges he broke his mom's front window after she refused to take him somewhere. He was on house arrest at the time. Mother filed charges on him (good for her) and he was convicted. Thing was the kid was found with a cell phone, drugs, and money when he was picked up for this incident (he ran away from home). He was then ordered to move into a group home. He was being disrespectful in court and leering when the hearing was going on. The judge stated (and I agree) that he is looking at prison as an adult. Just really sad.

-Some random juvenile who decided to get drunk and wreck her car. Her parents, her lawyer, and the defendant all came into court pleading what a good kid she was. The judge still suspended her license. If you're kid is so good, what was she doing out at 1AM and driving while intoxicated? I seriously had to listen to how this girl was the president of her high school, did all this charity crap, blah blah blah blah. Judge finally called it when she stated if this girl did all this, then she should have REALLY known her behavior was wrong.

-Another defendant who stated that his "carrying" of beer did not mean he was in "possession" of it. REALLY? That seems to be pretty cut and dry to me.

-Another juvenile who was on his way to a deferred finding for a burglary charge. The only problem? He keeps smoking weed. Even after he's ordered to substance abuse treatment he still keeps smoking. He smoked his way right into a criminal conviction.

-Another juvenile defendant with issues. He was convicted of robbery in my state, sent upstate, got out, and moved to Georgia. There he violated his parole and picked up more robbery charges. In Georgia he jumped bail (why was this fool given bail) and fled to Florida. He went to prison where for another robbery. He was picked up and extradited back to my state. Judge gave him a year here as well to serve for violating his parole. He was walking out, running his mouth about his behavior being related to the actions of his probation officer, and the deputy escorting him told him to "shut the hell up." This great resume and he's only 20. I'm sensing career criminal!

More to come later :)!

Random Dumbasses Part 7

2009-08-20T15:52:00.000-07:00

Here are more random dumb asses from court:

-First nominee goes to a clerk of court. I hand you paperwork and you manage to lose it. Then you try to blame it on me. I'm sorry that you can't keep track of what is going on but don't try to blame it on me. And try laying off whatever the hell it is you are eating. I swear it looks like you've gained 30 lbs over the past six months.

-A random defense lawyer. The lawyer tries to get her client bail after he client was initially denied bail and let the time lapse when he could appeal the ruling. You should know the criminal process well enough that you shouldn't have even tried filing that motion.

-Another illegal Mexican immigrant. This fool decided to molest his step daughter and masturbate at the same time. His girlfriend called him and called 911. You're an illegal immigrant and a child molester. And you still tried to get bail. Now surprisingly you were DENIED. Prison then deportation for you.

-Another random juvenile. He was on a deferred finding for four misdemeanor charges. He then managed to be so badly behaved that his own lawyer told the judge that his behavior was abhorrent. He was convicted on all charges and given a 120 day detention stay. Enjoy your detention stay.

More random dumb asses to come shortly...

Ode to a Fallen Officer

2009-08-31T12:09:00.001-07:00

Since the below mentioned officer supposedly did exist, I decided to give him a proper obituary. ENJOY!

Officer G. (name withheld due to pending criminal litigation) was born sometime in 1983. He was the third child in his family. He was born after an older sister and older brother. His father was a mental health worker in the federal prison system and his mother was a school teacher.

He was a jock in high school. He played tennis, ran track, and played basketball. He was a jock with girls around him most of the time. He had a nice car, stable home, and loving parents. He was deviant though. Smoking, sex with random girls, and frequent fights with his parents occurred frequently.

By the time he graduated, however, he had straightened out. He went to the local community college and then transferred to the local four year university. Had both an associates and bachelor's in criminal justice. He joined the police department (or applied) the day he turned 20.

He shot his first criminal suspect to death while he was still a rookie. This was the first of four individuals he allegedly took out (I could never find a record of these claims). He had been shot, stabbed, and knocked out. He was knocked out by a cell phone. He also claimed he was bitten by a police dog.

He loved women, sometimes bringing home three a week. He was a "sleaze." He did this because he was insecure and figured women would leave him.

He had a girlfriend he met at 7-11 while on a larceny call.She was a manager at the store. She practically lived with him but they fought and he didn't want anything else to do with her. He was scared to break up with her because he might not ever find anyone else.

He liked dogs, football, and baseball (all things, I somehow, also liked). He had a female partner named "Stacie" and they patrolled the area where he grew up.

His life was great until he decided to leave his girlfriend and teenage mistress. He tried to get with someone who already had a police officer. And thus came the untimely demise of Officer G.

WOW...I just wrote this to show what a fuckhead this guy really was :)! Enjoy...

Fake Ass Police Officer

2009-08-31T03:22:00.001-07:00

So a few weeks ago I met this guy, when I was out with other cops, who claimed that he was a police officer. He fooled me and he fooled them. According to him, he worked midnights at one of the other precincts. He had been a police officer for about five years and was 25 going on 26. All of this fit logically.

He knew all about their policies, procedures, and infrastructure. He was just a good fraud. Such a good fraud that even law enforcement did not catch it until later on. Looking on back on things though, there were some minor red flags. Nothing though that would warrant looking twice. These things including scheduling and having a partner in the car (this doesn't tend to happen).

The kicker in all of this was that this fool claimed to know a deceased police detective. He seriously called me one night, crying, talking about how he was upset because it has been a year. He told me about the night the detective died how they all sat around the precinct and cried. He also talked about how he was there when his wife came to clean out his belongings from his desk area. I mean why would someone lie about that? I actually believed it.

There was another component to this, however. He apparently wanted a relationship with me as well. The phone calls started, the daily emailing, the sending me 1000 different text messages. He told me about his alleged girlfriend, a manager at 7-11 (whom he met during a petty theft call), and how she wouldn't break up with him. He was trying hard but I didn't bite. I just kept telling him we could be friends.

Well the end came yesterday. He was arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer. I got a phone call that I needed to go down to the police precinct to tell what happened with me. It was kind of surreal. I just told them he told me he was a cop and the situation with the police detective. He was so good he even fooled some of the members of the police department.

Apparently the guy got found out because he had some 19 year old he was screwing/dating and dropped her once he tried to pick it up with me. She got suspicious and found him out. Good for her :)!

WOW. Random weekend. I still have my police officer and a misdemeanor docket this morning. Take care everyone :)!

The Month of August

2009-08-27T12:07:00.000-07:00

I hate the month of August. I've hated it since I was a kid. Random dumb ass stuff always happens in this month. I mean I have had relationships end, my ex boyfriend used to act like an ass, I've lost jobs, I've had accidents, I've had school registration issues, I've had financial issues, had trouble with jobs I've applied for, etc. etc.

This month alone I have been cut by flying glass, had to yell at a badge bunny, sent in a transcript request and form for law school and it STILL has not arrived, got sucked into police drama, had computer issues, dealt with various emotional crises, applied for a job with the local prosecutor and not heard anything, had my car insurance rate go up for some random reason, got knocked on my credit score for some unknown reason, deal with the lying clerk of some judge, and the first time I went to type this, it randomly disappeared!

I think all of this stems back to the fact that I lost my aunt when I was a teenager in August. She just sat down to read a book, closed her eyes, and had a massive stroke. No one could have helped her. I got a phone call in the middle of night that she was gone. That was it.

The thing I remember about her most is her ability to paint. She was just naturally talented. She had a great laugh and a beautiful smile. She was only 46 when she died.

I'm beginning to think that my negative attitude of this month is what attracts such bad things to happen. I think that I just want this month to be like any other, just a good month.

I've lost both of my aunts now on my mom's side. My mom is the only one left. I love both of them and will carry them both with me forever. I just want to remove this negativity and go on.

Thanks for reading!

It's Just Worth Posting

2009-08-25T19:04:00.001-07:00

I had a police officer that I'm close to email this to me a few hours ago. It's hilarious:

And then, maybe 25 minutes later, a local gas station employee calls 911 to report a petty theft. In his own stupitidy, he decides to run after the thief and try to stop him. NO! YOU DON'T DO THAT. HE MIGHT BE A FUCKING JUNKIE, which he turned out to be. Anyway, the gas station employee flags us down and we let him in the car, ask him to tell us where the thief went and he showed us and gave us a description. By that time, the gas station employee is crying like a 5 year old girl because the guy apparently gave him a very bad look. He came with us to the station and we called his mom, who then yelled at me for not comforting her "little boy" when he started crying. Is that my job?

LOL!

Restitution

2009-08-25T18:40:00.000-07:00

The concept behind restitution is that criminal defendants who have been found guilty of an offense compensate the victims of their crimes for any losses they might have incurred as a result of that crime. These payments can be monetary compensation for injuries, medical expenses, loss of property, insurance co-payments, etc. You often have to make these payments or face being dragged back into court for further punishment. Not making these payments is a violation of a court order and thus is another criminal issue. This explanation sets the groundwork for our next set of cases.

I had a felony docket Monday that was full of people who had issues paying restitution. These people were getting dragged back into court by the prosecutor for failure to pay. These payments are monitored by the prosecutors to ensure defendants compliance.

Defendant 1-Never paid any restitution since January of 2007. Had already been locked up for failure to pay. Ended up getting yelled at by the judge for not paying. Got another felony charge and owed restitution for that as well. The judge put him back on a payment plan and gave him jail time for contempt of court. Saddest part of this was the guy could not keep up because he kept getting more charges, getting incarcerated, and ended up owing more restitution.

Defendant 2-Owed money for restitution for a burglary/breaking and entering case. Was in court on another larceny charge. Told the judge he made so much money but yet had made minimal restitution payments. He told the judge his money went to his parents boat payment because "he was going to be a professional wake boarder." The judge yelled at him too. The parents caught the judge's wrath as well. They knew the kid owed restitution and were cool with him making boat payments, cell phone payments, etc. The defendant ended up getting a court date in 30 days to ensure he was making correct payments. Is there even a market for professional wake boarding?

Defendant 3-A young woman who had committed property damage to the point that it became a felony. She was behind in restitution payments and told the judge that no one in the area was hiring. The judge, once again, yelled at this defendant. The judge then put her under a court order to have a job, make restitution payments, and return to court in November to ensure all of that as done. If not, then jail time would be imposed. Ouch.

Word to the wise-If you are going to do the crime, make sure you can PAY the fines (or in this case, restitution)! :)

Let the Sunshine In!

2009-08-20T15:28:00.000-07:00

So I'm stuck at work with the law enforcement academy drop out. I figured I should blog and at least right my thoughts down before I start telling how where he can go. He's not a bad guy he just annoys the crap out of me. It's the same thing everytime he comes in. Come into work, dick around with email, and take an hour to get started doing anything. It's not hard to understand why he never made it as a cop. It's not my place to judge but I can't stand the routine. Maybe in the end it's just me, I seriously need to get out of this place and into my own field. He's only been here for twenty minutes and he's whining about his housing situation. I hate that he acts like a lazy, whiny ass little bitch. Enough said on that topic :)!

So anyways I guess I should update everyone on the family situation. I'm honestly tired of being known as a the person who grew up in a dysfunctional and abusive family. It's old. I mean I've spent so much of my time just focusing on work and school that I haven't really had much of a life ever. It think I became an overachiever to compensate for the fact that my home life. I'm tired. I want to just live.

I'm also tired of pushing everyone who ever tries to get close to me away. I mean it's like an anxiety situation. I don't want them to go but at the same time I feel the need to push them away if I think they are getting too close.

In all honestly I am over it. I mean I'm just tired of feeling like that. I don't care anymore about dealing with that stuff. Where does it get me? No where. I mean I'm just tired.

I've seen normal relationships and families from the outside. I've never really thought about myself ever having one of those. Recently though something hasn't been sitting right with me. And in the end, that's what it was. I want normalacy and stabilitiy.

So I say goodbye to the dysfunction and hello to normality. At least in the end I know that what I went through will let me be a better advocate for crime victims and a better prosecutor.

More Misadventures with the Police Department (Part 2)

2009-08-11T01:51:00.000-07:00

I'd like to know why I can't eat at Panera without getting having to deal with the lame ass antics of some police officer. I've managed to graduate from patrol officers to police sergeants. This honestly happened last week. I am not posting this to brag, it's just another misadventure in criminal justice world.

I went to Panera last Tuesday with a woman that I work with. We had pretty much had enough of dealing with lame ass customers and our adverse working conditions. We pulled up and you could tell from the inside that the place was packed. I walked up in through the main doors and just kind of said out loud "Do you think we should find a seat before we go and order?"

As soon as I said something, I hear this male voice say "You should sit here" or "Yes you should." At this point I saw there was an empty table, right by a police sergeant in FULL UNIFORM sitting at the table next to that one. I know he was a sergeant due to the markings on the sleeve of his uniform (I was a police intern). I just kind of smiled and laughed and walked off.

Yeah, too bad he was wearing a wedding ring. I mean come on. I just want to eat my lunch.

Random Dumbasses Part 6

2009-08-03T19:13:00.000-07:00

Here is part six of our installment of random dumb asses from court:

-This young woman who was arrested on a capias for FTA and failure to comply with a court ordered anger management issues. Apparently this wasn't the first time the young woman had not appeared in court. The kicker was ding dong is like 20, on disability and already has one kid. She's also pregnant as well (due I believe in February). She's on disability for ADHD or some other random psychological thing and doesn't take medication for it. Who wants to bet her kids won't end up in the criminal justice system?

-Some random lawyer and his dumb ass clients. They took up at least a half of hour of the judge's time attempting to get the judge to break the state law so some juvenile could get his license. In my state if you are convicted of possession of marijuana or alcohol, you get an automatic 6 month suspension when you apply for your license. This kid thought he could just wait six months and then get a non-restricted license. No moron, what would be the point of that? This kid's lawyer went on forever about this. The judge was getting irritated by the end of it. I honestly could not blame her.

-Some random juvenile who was in court with his grandparents. All of the qualified as dumb asses. The kid has substance abuse and conduct disorder. He cursed at his grandparents in front of the judge. The grandfather in the case had no clue WTF was going on and refused to file charges against said juvenile after he assaulted him. The judge explicitly told him to do this if the kid kept acting him. The juvenile went to detention and the grandparents went home to revel in their stupidity.

-The kicker today was this 20 something year old pothead. He came into court on a sexual deviancy charge. Apparently he decided to get his freak on with his step-niece after giving her marijuana. This step-niece was like 15 and she had known this guy most of her life. He was incarcerated due to this. I mean give me a freaking break. This guy just needs to be neutered.

More random dumb asses soon I'm sure...

Venting

2009-08-01T06:55:00.001-07:00

I just want to vent. I know it's late/early but I want to get this out. For the life of me I could not figure out what was wrong with me but I think I've finally figure it out.

I am honestly tired of sitting on the sidelines. I see all this crime going on and I can't even do anything about. Instead I have to spend my days in the crap hole that I've decided to keep working at. I can't get out there and do anything. I just really want to doing criminal justice everyday.

The thing is, my dead end public service job, is in a library. A fucking library. I have to deal with stupid ass staff, stupid ass customers with nothing else to do, and the psycho ex-wives of police officers. These dumb ass moronic customers come in to the library and worry about the stupidest shit you can imagine. Where their book is, what book do you recommendation, and other dumb ass shit that is so mundane it's not worth mentioning. I work with people who are happy to work this dead end ass job or decided to pursue degrees from at profit career schools because they are too easy to move on with life.

The kicker is my dumb ass boss. I came in from court and this moron decided to start questioning me about "Why I was so late." None of your fucking business. I didn't say anything nor am I going to give up the one thing that is helping me to be a federal prosecutor. You can kiss my ass and deal with the fuckers who come in late/call out every opportunity possible.

And then mid-week I have to listen to the above mentioned moron go on about me writing a fucking "d" on a form that didn't have a long enough loop. Yep, that's right ladies and gentleman. I dealt with a kid on Monday in court who had 22 felony convictions at 15 and this dumb ass wants to go on about that. I seriously almost laughed her face.

And the issue with my police officer-When I first met him or better yet when I said I'd like to get to know him, the only thing I heard from people I knew from within the department was that a)cops were bad b)cops would beat me and c)cops were cheaters and d)cops were bad. Seriously, that is like bigotry. I am sorry your ex-husband was a dick and that your husband got booted off of the police officer for committing sexual battery on a female detainee (I do like both of these people, really :) ).

Then there is psycho ex-wife who used to call her husband every 10 minutes when he was working. I heard about this chick REPEATEDLY when I was an intern. I just plead the fifth. She's random, that's for sure. I've caught her listening to phone conversations I was having and she's I guess "jealous" of whatever. Yeah chica, you can deal with these criminals too. It's not that fun.

Thank you for allowing me to vent. I'm down to less than a year now. I'm going to study for my LSAT this weekend and buckle down. I'm going to court on Monday and I'm going to keep preparing for my LSAT.

Random Dumbasses Part 5

2009-07-29T18:13:00.001-07:00

Here is another list of random dumb asses from court:

-The chick who tried to get bond revoked for her ex-husband on a domestic violence charge. The bond stated he have no contact with her. He apparently forwarded a piece of mail to her that was sent to his address. The kicker: She was still HAVING HER MAIL SENT THERE AFTER THE ALLEGED DV INCIDENT AND AFTER SHE STATED SHE WAS "SCARED" FOR HER LIFE. Seriously, you couldn't go to the post office and have it sent elsewhere? Judge pretty much laughed this fool out of court.

-Dynamic duo-A woman who was on a felony domestic violence charge against her ex-boyfriend. They have three kids together. She's bipolar, abuses alcohol, and won't take her medication. This is why she acted violent. Her ex-boyfriend is a druggie who fucked his brain up so much he can't remember anything nor can he speak properly. I think he had a stroke. The defendant ended up pleading out to a misdemeanor, got 12 months in jail, and put on probation. Please take your medication this time...

-Some random juvenile who at the age of 15 has been convicted of 22 felonies. Wow, that'll look great on a college resume! Felonies were related to a string of burglaries and subsequent thefts.

-Another sex offender. Need I say more?

That's all for now, more to come later :)!

Random Dumbasses Part 4

2009-07-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

After today's insane misdemeanor docket, I figured I needed to post these cases. True live entertainment!

1) Case one involves a 21 year old male criminal defendant. Apparently the defendant and his underage girlfriend went to visit a department store around closing time (10 pm). The loss prevention officer who was working the store picked up on this pair because it seemed like they were loitering. At some point then sat down in the back of the department store near a camping display. Once seated the young man took his penis out of his pants and the girl began to perform oral sex on him. The security guy was shocked and subsequently called the police. The man was arrested for indecent exposure.

There are dumb asses all around in this case-the defendant and his girlfriend. The parents of the underage girlfriend are also dumb asses for allowing their daughter to CONTINUE SEEING HIM after all of this. Seriously.

His defense lawyer also was a dumb ass because he insinuated that this activity was "making up" after a day of fighting. REALLY? I mean can't you do that in some more DISCRETE location.

Not surprising judge found him guilty.

2) Case two involves a semi-homeless drunk who decided it would be a great idea to take a juvenile pan-handling with him at the local convenience store. Too bad it was like after midnight when he decided to go and do this. Someone noticed the pair in the parking lot and called the police. The homeless guy got arrested for public intoxication and deliquency of a minor. He admitted to the arresting officer he knew it was wrong to take the juvenile. The juvenile also testified in court that he was aware of the juvenile's panhandling (panhandling is illegal anyways.) He knew the juvenile from his living arrangements at the time. Judge found him guilty. The juvenile in the case currently has their own issues in the court system as well.

3) Case three involves some asshole who hit his friend. The asshole hit his friend after the young man refused to give him a ride home due to his aggressive and drunk behavior. The guy hit him so hard that he broke his jaw in three places. The victim's had to have plates put in his jaw to fix it. The defendant's excuse-He has bipolar disorder and wasn't taking his medication. Oh well. I hope he enjoys his jail term. Stupid asshole.

More random dumb asses from the criminal justice system for you to enjoy!

Random Dumbasses Part 3

2009-07-18T14:54:00.001-07:00

So anyways, here is another list of random dumbasses from court. I hope you enjoy!

1) A defense lawyer I saw in court gets nominated for this award. His client was found with marajuana on him after he was found fleeing from the scene of a burglary. There apparently was a call to 911 stating that there was a burglary in progress. The police arrived on the scene and saw the defendant fleeing from the house. He was subsequently stopped. Upon stopping him the police officer noticed a marajuana cigarette sticking out of his pocket. He was then arrested and more weed was found in one of his pockets. His defense lawyer actually argued in cour that a)the police shouldn't have stopped him and b)the cigarette was illegally seized.

NO. a)If you are seen running from the scene of a crime, the police have a right to detain you. b)The weed cigarette was in plain view, thus the police had a right at that moment to place the defendant into custody on that charge. After he was arrested he then can be searched.

The judge, of course, overruled this and found the defendant guilty.

2)There was a dispute between a separated couple. Apparently the break up was a result of the boyfriend sleeping with one of the neighbors. The girlfriend (according to her testimony) was that she confronted the boyfriend about it and he "called her names" and "choked her." She then allegedly left the house to stay with a friend.

The boyfriend's story was quite differently. He stated that she told him when he left for work that day that she was "break up" with him. He stated that was fine. When he was arrived home from work that night, he found his girlfriend's "new" boyfriend at the home. He had to call the police to get the guy out of the house.

After he kicked him out the girlfriend then came back to the house and started shouting threats. The police arrived and threatened to take her to jail unless she left. She then left without further incident.

The weird thing about this case was a)girl thought that her family lawyer (not a prosecutor) could present her case for her b)she stated she wanted to "object" to the judge's dismissal of the charges and c)she kept talking about how he "slept with" the neighbor.

The judge wisely dismissed the charges and told both of them to stay away from each other. I think this case was more over the guy's alleged cheating then any threats his made against his ex-girlfriend. What a waste of the court's time.

Dumbass Rednecks

2009-07-18T14:22:00.001-07:00

So today I got caught up in a racial dispute. Not really a racial dispute, but two redneck assholes who have issues with minorities (and women) in authority. It kind of goes like this-these two assholes didn't like the fact that a black female had authority over them. So it became an issue and now a group of people are divided because these racist asses decide to act like fools.

I mean let's exam the background of these two white males-Both are ex-military (just enlisted, but not officers) who got out after a few years. One of them maybe does outdoor work for a living (landscaping, roofing, something blue collar). The other one I think drives a taxi (yep, prestigious!). I know the dream job of one of them is to work for NASCAR (yet another indicator of redneck tendencies). I had to listen to this fucker once when he trapped me and attempted to discuss with me the Datona 500. WTF do I care about this....

Even on a good day I would not give these two the time of day. So anyways this issue arose (potential administrative and legal issue, cannot discuss) but at least I came out looking good. I'm a white person who doesn't use color to judge ANYONE and at least I'm approachable on an issue like this to people of other races and colors. I'm siding with the black female on this one. Nothing was wrong and these two rednecks (I labeled them as that really quick) decided to cause problems.

I mean look at the backgrounds of theses two-blue collar, maybe high school educated, combined with NASCAR. They are uneducated rednecks. Ignorance meets stupidity at its best.

I mean there are a few blacks in the criminal justice system I admire greatly. Here is a brief list:

a) Eric Holder, US Attorney General. Eric Holder is a person I admire greatly. He worked his way up through the criminal justice system under both Republican and Democratic administrations. He has worked for the DOJ since he got out of law school thirty years ago (minus a few years) and he has a good sense of justice. He operates independently from the political machine.

b) The head of the police department in my local city is a black man. I have a lot of respect for him too. He started out as a patrol man in the department and worked his way up. He earned various degrees and is now working on his doctorate. I won't name him due to confidentiality issues but I will say he has dealt with administrative issues in the police department and we have a LOW crime rate in this city.

c) One of the wardens of Angola prison in Louisiana is a black man. I saw him on a program once. He inherited a prison full of violent prisoners. His solution-Put them to work. They grow enough food in Angola to feed most of the prison system in Louisiana. They also don't put up with bull crap. He stated that he's authorized the guards to shoot them if they try to run away. They virtually have no violence in that prison and it's maximum security. You have to respect that.

So either way race should not play a factor in JUDGING SOMEONES CHARACTER. We have moved beyond that as a society. As for fools that subscribe to that, you make yourself look like idiots and you get lampooned by the rest of the public. Grow the fuck up.

So Long and Farewell

2009-07-10T13:24:00.000-07:00

If you have read my blog in the past, you would know my background. I come from a dysfunctional and abusive family. Rampant verbal, physical, and emotional abuse.

After the blow up earlier this year, I decided to cut back on some of the communication with my family. Things had kind of stabilized since then-my parents had been behaving themselves and were kind of on the page on how to deal with my fucked up brother. That all, however, has changed in the past week...

It all started really a few weeks ago. My father had to call the police on my brother because he threatened to hurt my father and myself. The police showed up at my parents' home and told him to call again if my brother showed back up. Less than a week later, however, shithead was give a key to the house again and all was well.

At least it was concerning my parents. At that point I vowed not to even go over there. It, however, got worse. Shithead began drinking and driving. So drunk in fact that my youngest brother (home from New York) had to call for a ride because of my brother's level of intoxication.

This was on July 4th. On July 5th shithead was once again driving drunk. He ended up wrecking his car, getting sent to the hospital, and then promptly arrested for DUI and reckless driving. He was then at jail. It was kind of a process of elimination-we called around till we found out where he was. By the grace of GOD no one else was injured.

Well my parents, supposedly, were going to leave him there. I guess that didn't happen because within a day he was back at their house. From there it got worse. I find out from my mother that she has him there because "if he's just here for a few days, he'll get sober" along with "He has a problem with alcohol." No fucking shit, he has a problem with ANY KIND OF DRUG. WOW.

After that I just stopped talking to my parents. I mean I can't stand the enabling behavior, but when it becomes a public safety issue then it's totally intolerable.

It gets better though-a day later my father allows my brother to begin driving HIS CAR, that's on HIS insurance, and titled in HIS name. That's real smart...considering you know his history, if he drives drunk and hits someone, then your ass is a)criminally liable and b)be prepared to get your ass sued off because insurance isn't going to cover it.

And my brother, who by the way is an Ivy League graduate, starts hanging around him again. I guess intelligence doesn't equal common sense.

I at this point decided that I needed to cut all ties. Their behavior is not only moronic, its criminally and morally wrong.

So after finally breaking free, I get a phone call from my father this morning. I guess he didn't like being rejected because I was called a "pig" and told that he "prayed I didn't have children" because "they would want for everything." Yeah, if I was like you, I sure as fuck wouldn't have kids. Good thing is I'm not. I hung up and blocked the number.

So that's it. I'm the eternal optimist-if one day they change, somewhere out there, maybe we can meet again. I'm also a realist-I know that that hell will more than likely freeze over before that happens.

Either way I'm free now. I wonder what life has for me now :)

Box Wine

2009-07-05T14:15:00.000-07:00

I decided to post this blog because each year, during holiday weekends, drunk driving becomes an issue. Drunk drivers can kill themselves, kill their passengers, kill others on the road and on the street, and cause various amounts of property. Overall it's a pretty big public safety issue.

When I was a police intern I saw a pretty bad DUI accident. I was with my police officer that eveing. There was a call for a collision at an intersection of two of the main roads in the city. Upon pulling it appeared that a car had run into the back of another car that was waiting to turn left at the stoplight.

I got out and saw the EMTs removing a female from the car that was rear ended. At the same time I noticed that there were two juveniles in the car as well. The youngest juvenile was maybe six or seven. The oldest was probably about ten. By the grace of God, neither juvenile was on the driver's side of the car. This side took the bulk of the impact (the driver of the other car must have hit this car at an angle).

After ensuring tha the two children in the car were okay, my police officer told me to go take a look at the car which had caused the accident. Upon moving down there I got hit with the smell of alcohol. Strong, cheap alcohol. As I moved down the car it looked like there was blood all inside the car. Red liquid was spilled all over the interior of the car. I wasn't sure at this point if the driver of this car had been severly injured or not.

My police officer came up behind me, grabbed my shoulder, and kind of whispered "Ever seen someone get arrested for drunk driving?" I said "no" and he told me to turn around. There was the driver of the car, failing miseribly at the field sobriety tests that she was being given. Then it suddenly dawned on me-the red liquid in the car wasn't blood-it was wine. That is why I smelled that cheap alcohol smell.

As I listened and watched the driver who caused the accident, the entire story was revealed. The driver apparently had a bad day so she stopped to buy her drink of choice-box wine. She poured herself a few glasses while she was driving. It was while she was pouring her fourth or fifth glass she suddenly came up to the intersection and rear ended the car in front of her. The wine then was spilled over the entire interior of the car.

The woman in car who was rear ended had just picked her kids up for a family member's house. She was on her way home from work. Her husband was there already, cooking dinner for her and their children.

I was LIVID. That accident has stuck with me for a long time. I think mandatory jail term needs to be given with EVERY DUI arrest. Ten consecutive days, followed by more each time you get arrested for this. I have ZERO tolerance for this.

This woman could have killed either the driver or her children. I'm sorry she had a "bad day" but that is no FREAKING EXCUSE for endangering others with your RECKLESS behavior.

Just wanted to share this tale...

Criminal Justice Trainings

2009-07-05T07:24:00.000-07:00

I went to a few criminal justice trainings within the past two weeks. I'll give a brief overview of each.

The first one I went to was about Crime Victims and Court Appointed Special Advocates. This training was good because it gave an overview of what services the state offers to victims of crimes. They have a crime victim's restitution fund and will notify victims about the incarceration status of the offenders in their cases (when they get released, when parole hearings are, when they get transferred to different facilities, etc.).

The CASA (court appointed special advocate) part of the training was informative because I plan on doing this while in law school. I would do it now but with everything else going on it is almost impossible. A CASA is just a volunteer that manages court cases that involve child neglect and abuse.

The next training I went to was about two hours away, outside the state capital. This training involved the transfer of juveniles to the adult criminal justice system. First speaker for this training was a psychiatrist from the place where I want to go to law school. He was VERY informative and intelligent. He also was a great public speaker.

The information he presented was interesting. Some main points:

-The Brain matures until the age of 25.

-Juveniles who offend do not always become adult offenders.

-Juveniles who get transferred to adult court have higher incidents of recidivism (you can take this two ways: a)They get socialized to offend or b)They are the juveniles who are going to be career criminals in the first place.

The second part of the training was someone with the FBI. He was there to talk about the DC Sniper cases. This case involved John Malvo and John Muhammad. John Mohammad is currently on death row and the juvenile is serving multiple life sentences (never to get out of prison).

Interesting facts that came out in this training:

-FBI estimates that the duo killed about 20 people altogether.

-First killing was in Washington-young African female who was the niece of John Muhammad's bookkeeper

-John Muhammad had Malvo touch and write everything so that he could eventually put the blame on Malvo solely.

-The two had multiple contact with law enforcement agencies during the period of the crimes (no warrants-they were let go).

-John Muhammad's sole motive was to terrorize the area. He at first said it was about his ex-wife (who lived in Maryland, outside of DC) but later his true motives came out.

Muhammad is supposed to be executed soon. That seemed to be the main question from everyone-When is he going to die? The group at the training was multi-racial. It seemed like everyone agreed that he needed to die.

So those where my trainings in a nutshell. Going out of town was also beneficial because the facility was right down the street from where my serial offender committed his first crimes (I suspect to be his first crimes, long story on that one). I drove there during lunch. It kind of just solidified what I already thought-it was committed by someone local.

Either way beneficial trip. I'll be back in court starting next week so I should have more stories for my blog :). Hope everyone has a great fourth!

More Misadventures with the Police Department

2009-06-30T18:12:00.001-07:00

So this morning I was at work and it was incredibly busy. The woman I was working with wasn't feeling well and I just wanted to get out of building so we agreed to go out to lunch.

So we got into my car and pulled out to the road that runs onto the main highway. At the intersection, waiting to go straight, was a police truck. Now I've never seen a police truck. I know the police department has patrol cars, some various sized SUVs, boats, motorcyles, and bicycles. I didn't, however, know they ownded trucks. I'm sure though they do come in handy due to the fact that we have a lot of coastal area here.

So my coworker points out of the police truck. We looked over and commented that we had never seen one. Of course a cop was driving it.

After looking over, when the light was still green, I pulled out to make a right hand turn (stopped, traffic was clear). The light for the people going straight then turned green after I pulled out onto the main highway.

So anyways the police truck starts going the same way I'm going. All of a sudden I start hearing this engine revving and the truck starts staying parallel with me.

This naturally got my attention. As I'm driving a little further I heard it revving again and then I looked over. The truck at this point is tailgating the car in front of him.

At this point the cop is looking directly into my car. I mean I made eye contact with him. I just said "Do you see what he's doing?" My coworker was like, "Yes!" And I just said, I've got a police officer already. I don't need another one.

A few seconds later I merged back into the far right hand lane so I could turn into the parking lot of the eating place we were going to.

WOW..this is the second time this has happened to me recently. I had another cop try a similiar stunt a few months ago (http://cjcrimgirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/wrong-way.html).

A third incident (forget about today) was when I was at a 7-11 down the street from work. I went in to get a Diet Dr. Pepper. There was a patrol car parked in the parking lot and the officer was inside hanging out (free food). I just went in, smiled at him as I was walking by, and paid for my purchase. When I left, he hauls ass out of the door after me, and makes some huge deal about going to his car. He kept staring at me the entire time I was in there. Believe me, I do not look like someone who shoplifts or commits other criminal activity (I don't condone profiling).

I'm beginning to wonder if these officers recognize me from court or something. I don't know any police officers from this precinct area.

Who knows....my life is truly insane.

Good MJ Video

2009-06-28T15:29:00.000-07:00

Actually is pretty good...

Cops Fighting Their Best Friend

2009-06-26T18:19:00.000-07:00

I have no idea what the name of this doughnut is but this clip is from the movie "Sex Drive."

You can blame this one on my police officer.

THE BIG MEXICAN WON'T GO DOWN...LOL

Shocking

2009-06-25T19:30:00.000-07:00

Everyone knows, unless you live in a bubble, that Michael Jackson died today. He apparently had trouble breathing after receiving an injection of demerol. Maybe it was an overdose, maybe it was an allergic reaction, I'm sure we'll find out in the near future.

Michael Jackson to me was a tragic figure. He was enormously talented but unfortunately was exploited and abused by his father at a young age. Instead of being allowed to be a child, he was forced into the limelight and to act as an adult.

As time went on and he got older, instead of maturing, he regressed into childhood. This included Neverland Ranch, the episodes of plastic surgery, bleaching his skin, having sleepovers with underage boys and girls (especially boys).

Maybe he was a pedophile. There is a pedophile type called the preferential pedophile. This pedophile has a true sexual interest in children. One of these subgroups is the fixated pedophile. This type of pedophile has little or known social interaction with individuals their own age. They can also be referred to as an "overgrown kid." They are unable or uncomfortable dealing with people who are adults.

Maybe its possible that due to this thrust into the spotlight at a young child his normal sexual development was disturbed. As his maturity level declined and he sought to return to childhood, its possible his sexual orientation did the same thing. He keyed in sexually on what he wanted to be-a young boy.

Whatever the case, he was a talented individual. I feel sorry for his family and his children. May he find peace wherever he is now.

My favorite Michael Jackson video:

Nice looking young black man. Sad really...

Freaky

2009-06-20T12:09:00.000-07:00

This week wasn't all bad. I did manage to find this clip on Youtube. I watched the movie "Jungle Fever" for some unknown reason. After seeing the scene below, I decided....

that I would like to do with this Wesley Snipes. He's hot and its freaky. The main thing is, could this ever really happen in real life? After careful thought I decided it could never happen for the following reasons:

a)Wesley Snipes is married and I have my police officer.

b)He beats his girlfriends (He hit Halle Berry so hard he caused her to lose some of her hearing) and if he did that to me, I'd beat his ass.

c) He's a convicted felon. He was convicted in federal court of criminal charges from not paying his income tax.

Three strikes so I don't ever see this happening. I could, HOWEVER, try this in my own prosecutor office sometime. I don't have Wesley Snipes, but I do have a hot police officer.

Man I'm deviant...