__Kratos__
Aug 26 2005, 09:49 AM
CONWAY, N.H. - They say you can get just about anything at Wal-Mart, including arrested. Police say employees at a Wal-Mart called to report a young man was in the store on Tuesday in an orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs, asking for a hacksaw.
It turns out Joha Turner, 18, of Pittsburg, hadn't escaped from anywhere. He told police it was a prank. They told him he was under arrest, for disorderly conduct.
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Cop was just being a jerk, the guy didn't tell the people to call the cops. So what if he dressed up? Is it a crime? jeez...
However... I do want one of those orange prison jumpsuits... that would be wicked.
Red-eye Dragoon
Aug 26 2005, 05:51 PM
what the hell, that was just a good clean prank. Its not like he put anyone in danger by doing that. why are they wasting thier time arresting him, they should be out looking for real criminals. stupid cops
bornlivedie
Aug 26 2005, 08:24 PM
Damn cops, surely this is just another example of how stupid the law is getting. People arent allowed to have a joke anymore? I hope them officers get sued.
Azalin
Aug 26 2005, 08:53 PM
You got to think of the big picture. What if he was a prison escapist, some kind of serial killer, and he continued to go on and kill someone because the Wal-Mart employee never reported anything ?.
The person got charged for such a prank, and I don't doubt it. He took the cops time, as well, the cop had to make an example, otherwise this trend can continue, and maybe even escalate to a more extreme prank.
smallpackage
Aug 26 2005, 08:56 PM
Pretty pathetic calling the police on him when most employees at WalMart are illegal immigrants. Just shows...
Euphoric Deception
Aug 26 2005, 09:12 PM
I'm not suprised, most cops I've seen are real asses.
BabyBash82
Aug 26 2005, 09:17 PM
I'd say it's the young man who is an idiot. What did he expect? If people knew it was a prank, it'd be pointless. And if they did not, then the police were going to be called. I don't know if he really should have gotten arrested, but Azalin had a decent point.
__Kratos__
Aug 26 2005, 11:56 PM
QUOTE(smallpackage @ Aug 26 2005, 03:56 PM)
Pretty pathetic calling the police on him when most employees at WalMart are illegal immigrants. Just shows...
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He just dressed up though... walked in and asked for a hacksaw. Is that so illegal?
Azalin
Aug 27 2005, 04:02 AM
QUOTE(__Kratos__ @ Aug 26 2005, 11:56 PM)
QUOTE(smallpackage @ Aug 26 2005, 03:56 PM)
Pretty pathetic calling the police on him when most employees at WalMart are illegal immigrants. Just shows...
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He just dressed up though... walked in and asked for a hacksaw. Is that so illegal?
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It's not illegal, but its not smart either. Like I stated before, if you go into a store with a jumpsuit and handcuffs, you can kinda suspect someone is gonna be suspicious. And it's good that they were, what if it was a prison escapee, then the employee would of been congradulated.
V for Vanity
Aug 27 2005, 05:04 AM
The guy was in handcuffs asking for a hacksaw, of course he's going to be interrogated let alone arrested. I mean, he got what he wanted didn't he? He did a prank and it worked, he should have seen it coming.
ShaunZero
Aug 27 2005, 08:16 AM
QUOTE(smallpackage @ Aug 26 2005, 08:56 PM)
Pretty pathetic calling the police on him when most employees at WalMart are illegal immigrants. Just shows...
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LOL, wow, funniest post I've seen in a while.
twpdyp
Aug 27 2005, 11:47 AM
I am in complete agreement with the arresting officers. If this kind of behavior is allowed what is next? The line must be drawn and enforced. Get over it, certain behaviors will not be tolerated. Ohh and by the way I would not have found this prank the least bit funny. Sounds to me like someone who may not have gotten enough of his Mommy's attention or perhaps he had poor toilet training. Either way he got what he wanted, he got attention. I hope he is enjoying his attention.
Pyro Pheenix
Aug 27 2005, 11:53 AM
smallpackage
Aug 27 2005, 03:21 PM
QUOTE(twpdyp @ Aug 27 2005, 11:47 AM)
I am in complete agreement with the arresting officers. If this kind of behavior is allowed what is next? The line must be drawn and enforced. Get over it, certain behaviors will not be tolerated. Ohh and by the way I would not have found this prank the least bit funny. Sounds to me like someone who may not have gotten enough of his Mommy's attention or perhaps he had poor toilet training. Either way he got what he wanted, he got attention. I hope he is enjoying his attention.
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Did you ever 'hang out' with other people and joke around in middle school/Highschool?
Most people pull jokes on other friends (or foes). Why? To have a good time of course. I don't see how you (or anyone) cannot find that prank the least bit funny... That is, If you have no sense of humor.
If anyone, It was you that didn't have a forfilling childhood.
Anyway, I guarantee this wasn't a solo prank. His friends or others probably wanted to watch
the reactions on unknowing faces. Maybe they even filmed it.
This is truely a pathetic arrest. In that case, Why don't they call the police on every guy that has 4+ gold chains, a backwards hat & low shorts.
'Never judge a book by its cover'
BurnSide
Aug 27 2005, 03:29 PM
It is not a pathetic arrest, it is completely justified. This man impersonated a danegrous escaped convict, and in doing so not only wasted the time of the police which could have been better used saving lives, but also terrified the staff at the walmart.
In case any of you aren't aware, wasting police time is a felony, and arrest on that alone is more than justified.
Cops don't arrest people wearing chains, becaused they're not wearing inmate jumpsuits and handcuffs, obviously. What a silly argument to make.
This is why law enforcement is so hard in the US and people have to defend themselves, because you all defend actions which take up police time for nothing but stupidity.
twpdyp
Aug 27 2005, 05:04 PM
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smallpackage Posted Today, 10:21 AM
If anyone, It was you that didn't have a forfilling childhood.
I enjoy a joke or prank as much as the next person. But when the joke involves scaring people enough to call the police that is just not funny. I bet you are the kind of person that thinks false alarms on a fire box are funny also.
BurnSide
Aug 27 2005, 05:05 PM
This recent trend of agreeing on issues twpdyp is errie.
twpdyp
Aug 27 2005, 05:07 PM
I have noticed this trend burnside and I am just as disturbed by it as you are. It would seem we are in agreement when it comes to issues of law, order, crime and punishment.
AtticusBlueprint
Aug 27 2005, 05:20 PM
Watch this guys going to get 25 years in jail for some reason, while a child molester walks around free
Euphoric Deception
Aug 27 2005, 05:45 PM
QUOTE(twpdyp @ Aug 27 2005, 05:07 PM)
I have noticed this trend burnside and I am just as disturbed by it as you are. It would seem we are in agreement when it comes to issues of law, order, crime and punishment.
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And I still stand by my post. 
But I'd have to agree with BurnSide. This is a valuble lesson learned for that guy, think before you act.
Diminisch
Aug 27 2005, 05:57 PM
QUOTE(AtticusBlueprint @ Aug 27 2005, 11:20 AM)
Watch this guys going to get 25 years in jail for some reason, while a child molester walks around free
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So true! Actually there was this one case in germany where a woman was going around scratching cars with her keys and she got 5 years in jail while a male who attampted murder got 2 years.
rob lester
Aug 27 2005, 06:44 PM
He should be happy he did not do it in Reno....I worked at Pepsi Reno , we were having a bbq and a guy ran across the street with one of these jump suits on.He ran in front of cars , hid behind bushes ,etc....What he got was , tackled by bystanders , his ass beat for fighting back , and than a trip to jail.....Pretty stupid prank if you ask me
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StalingradK
Aug 27 2005, 09:21 PM
Um... first of all this is NH I go there a lot and it's one of the most dullest places in America
, the police probably have nothing better to do, That was a pretty funny prank though, but really, police should learn to lighten up.
FloridaLizardQueen
Aug 27 2005, 09:50 PM
QUOTE(smallpackage @ Aug 27 2005, 10:21 AM)
QUOTE(twpdyp @ Aug 27 2005, 11:47 AM)
I am in complete agreement with the arresting officers. If this kind of behavior is allowed what is next? The line must be drawn and enforced. Get over it, certain behaviors will not be tolerated. Ohh and by the way I would not have found this prank the least bit funny. Sounds to me like someone who may not have gotten enough of his Mommy's attention or perhaps he had poor toilet training. Either way he got what he wanted, he got attention. I hope he is enjoying his attention.
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Did you ever 'hang out' with other people and joke around in middle school/Highschool?
Most people pull jokes on other friends (or foes). Why? To have a good time of course. I don't see how you (or anyone) cannot find that prank the least bit funny... That is, If you have no sense of humor.
If anyone, It was you that didn't have a forfilling childhood.
Anyway, I guarantee this wasn't a solo prank. His friends or others probably wanted to watch
the reactions on unknowing faces. Maybe they even filmed it.
This is truely a pathetic arrest. In that case, Why don't they call the police on every guy that has 4+ gold chains, a backwards hat & low shorts.
'Never judge a book by its cover'
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Is this what society is accepting nowadays?? I totally agree with him getting arrested. It was stupid of him to try pulling off that stunt. This kind of behavior should not be tolerated under any circumstances. If you want to dress up like that for Halloween, that's fine, but don't go into a store or any other public place like that with handcuffs looking for a hacksaw. Needless waste of taxpayers' money in that town. Anyone who thinks of copying what that kid did, just remember the money to pay those cops comes out of YOUR pocket.
Marth
Aug 27 2005, 10:32 PM
QUOTE(Euphoric Deception @ Aug 26 2005, 09:12 PM)
I'm not suprised, most cops I've seen are real asses.
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I'll agree with that..arrogant idiots....
__Kratos__
Aug 27 2005, 10:34 PM
alright...
guy dresses up and throws on some cuffs...
walks into wal-mart...
asks for a hacksaw...
Is it really illegal? Just because someone is scared, doesn't make it illegal. Hell, I've had the cops called on me just for walking down the street, scared that damn teen might do something.
He dressed up, yes. But so what? I see these "anarchists" walk down the street... does it mean they are going to arm up and take over the nearest goverment building in protest?
Should we arrest everybody that looks different and acts different?
StalingradK
Aug 27 2005, 10:42 PM
Kratos, exactly, seriously, people are too easily offended in the present day.
Piney
Aug 27 2005, 11:04 PM
QUOTE(BurnSide @ Aug 27 2005, 11:29 AM)
It is not a pathetic arrest, it is completely justified. This man impersonated a danegrous escaped convict, and in doing so not only wasted the time of the police which could have been better used saving lives, but also terrified the staff at the walmart.
In case any of you aren't aware, wasting police time is a felony, and arrest on that alone is more than justified.
Cops don't arrest people wearing chains, becaused they're not wearing inmate jumpsuits and handcuffs, obviously. What a silly argument to make.
This is why law enforcement is so hard in the US and people have to defend themselves, because you all defend actions which take up police time for nothing but stupidity.
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Go boyo go! you are right Burnside. If I seen someone in an orange jumpsuit and no county name on the back I would assume federal escapee and dangerous. He would not be laughing lying on tne ground with a few 45s in him because the only federal prison near us is for the criminaly insane and I was told to shoot to kill with those knuckleheads.......
lapi'che ni'tis
Piney
Aug 27 2005, 11:08 PM
QUOTE(Marth @ Aug 27 2005, 06:32 PM)
QUOTE(Euphoric Deception @ Aug 26 2005, 09:12 PM)
I'm not suprised, most cops I've seen are real asses.
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I'll agree with that..arrogant idiots....
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alot of those youngsters do need to grow up and their egos are overinflated from 911 but do not judge all by the actions of a few....
lapi'che ni'tis
V for Vanity
Aug 28 2005, 01:38 AM
First of all I agree 100% on what Burnside said, and second of all......um better safe then sorry.
__Kratos__
Aug 28 2005, 01:52 AM
QUOTE(MissPirate @ Aug 27 2005, 08:38 PM)
First of all I agree 100% on what Burnside said, and second of all......um better safe then sorry.
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Yes, better safe then sorry. But should have been been in trouble? Hell, no. Dressing up isn't illegal in this country, unless you want to strap some fake bombs to that outfit.
coldwhitelight
Aug 28 2005, 03:48 AM
QUOTE(__Kratos__ @ Aug 26 2005, 01:49 AM)
CONWAY, N.H. - They say you can get just about anything at Wal-Mart, including arrested. Police say employees at a Wal-Mart called to report a young man was in the store on Tuesday in an orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs, asking for a hacksaw.
It turns out Joha Turner, 18, of Pittsburg, hadn't escaped from anywhere. He told police it was a prank. They told him he was under arrest, for disorderly conduct.
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The Wal-Mart employees had every right to call the police. If a man charges into a place of business in prison jumpsuit and handcuffs asking for hacksaw what are they to believe he mother teresa. Of course someone going to call the police. He caused alarm to the people and employees in Wal-Mart. The police had every right arrest him. The man that decided to pull a prank in Wal-Mart showed a total lack of common sense.
Law enforcement had to waste there time on this guy which could have been better used helping someone in need.
What this guy did was really stupid.
V for Vanity
Aug 28 2005, 04:35 AM
Kratos you said yourself you were against stupidity. He did a inappropriate prank that alarmed Wal-Mart, he knew it was coming and he got his consequences for being an idiot.
__Kratos__
Aug 28 2005, 05:01 AM
QUOTE(MissPirate @ Aug 27 2005, 11:35 PM)
Kratos you said yourself you were against stupidity. He did a inappropriate prank that alarmed Wal-Mart, he knew it was coming and he got his consequences for being an idiot.
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Heh, so I can't find stupidity funny?
Nor, can I find the officer being wrong? He dressed up... he didn't plant a bomb or anything... he simply dressed up and asked a question. Workers called the cops... for an innocent man.
rob lester
Aug 28 2005, 04:05 PM
So , to verify some of these theories...I can dress up as Bin-Laden and go into a airport . amusement park , mall , etc.. and ask "where is the most occupied place here"..maybe carrying a luggage bag....I wonder how that dress up joke would fly , and how the opinions here would be if I were arrested......
BurnSide
Aug 28 2005, 04:11 PM
That's right. According to kratos, i can dress up with my face covered with a ski mask, go into walmart with a fake gun, and ask them a question such as 'give me all the money in the cash' and if they called the cops and the cops arrested him, they have no right to and are being stupid because i was only having abit of fun and dressing up for a prank.
Kratos, your argument is terribly silly.
Daughter of the Nine Moons
Aug 28 2005, 05:01 PM
QUOTE(ZeroShadow @ Aug 27 2005, 04:16 AM)
QUOTE(smallpackage @ Aug 26 2005, 08:56 PM)
Pretty pathetic calling the police on him when most employees at WalMart are illegal immigrants. Just shows...
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LOL, wow, funniest post I've seen in a while.
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Stupidest post I've seen in a long time. Pretty racist too.
Kratos, perhaps you could walk into an airport, go up to the ticket counter and tell the lady there that you hid a bomb in your luggage. lol, that would be a funny joke!
coldwhitelight
Aug 28 2005, 05:41 PM
QUOTE(Daughter of the Nine Moons @ Aug 28 2005, 09:01 AM)
QUOTE(ZeroShadow @ Aug 27 2005, 04:16 AM)
QUOTE(smallpackage @ Aug 26 2005, 08:56 PM)
Pretty pathetic calling the police on him when most employees at WalMart are illegal immigrants. Just shows...
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LOL, wow, funniest post I've seen in a while.
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Stupidest post I've seen in a long time. Pretty racist too.
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How is that post being racist it's true. Most employees at Wal-Mart are illegal immigrants.
rob lester
Aug 28 2005, 05:48 PM
I agree not racist , true comment , but way of this subject
Bone_Collector
Aug 29 2005, 06:41 AM
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Police say employees at a Wal-Mart called to report a young man was in the store on Tuesday in an orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs, asking for a hacksaw.
Hell! That was a pretty funny thing to do but pretty stupid as well.
On the serious note, I believe the authorities did the right thing in arresting that guy. I agree; everybody is entitled to their bit of fun but we don't want fools running around town wasting police and people's time. I remember a similar incident where a passenger in a plane was arrested for playing a prank; the guy said he was a hijacker.
__Kratos__
Aug 29 2005, 06:55 AM
QUOTE(BurnSide @ Aug 28 2005, 11:11 AM)
That's right. According to kratos, i can dress up with my face covered with a ski mask, go into walmart with a fake gun, and ask them a question such as 'give me all the money in the cash' and if they called the cops and the cops arrested him, they have no right to and are being stupid because i was only having abit of fun and dressing up for a prank.
Kratos, your argument is terribly silly.
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Did you miss my fake bomb comment or did you just not think a fake gun wouldn't apply to that logic?
He dressed up and asked a reasonable question. He didn't threaten anybody, nor did he hold/have/carry any such fake weapon.
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