Patrick Havens on May 24th, 2010

I’m not sure how reading this a few months ago may of affected me.  But I have to say as a father of two, this scared and upset me more then I thought anything could. (CNN) — When 4-year-old Ethan Stacy was reluctantly sent off to spend the summer with his mother late last month, [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 9th, 2009

These are from a book called ‘Disorder in the American Courts‘ and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 28th, 2009

ALOHA – For most folks it’s not a dilemma. Given a choice between “a day without sunshine” and a day without jail time, most people will skip the orange juice and stay out of jail. But Raibin Raof Osman isn’t most people. The 20-year-old Aloha man had a sleep-over at the Washington County Jail on [...]

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Patrick Havens on December 4th, 2008

The Smoking Gun, an entertaining site that wades through court records to bring to light some interesting and humorous blotter or legal stories; recently posted a story about a mans transportation from minor crook into repeat offender and his physical change. Meet Michael Campbell, before and after. The Colorado man has a long rap sheet [...]

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Patrick Havens on September 23rd, 2008

And yes the All Caps is necessary, if you have beotheredd to ever read one of the scams.   It used to be Nigerians sending fake, “I need to get my money out” emails. But this one that is making the rounds today is sounding too close to the truth… Dear American: I need to ask [...]

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Patrick Havens on August 13th, 2008

A Syrian-born airline pilot allegedly tricked a schoolteacher from Haverfordwest into having sex with him by pretending he had to administer ointment on the end of his penis, a jury heard yesterday (Tuesday). Fadi Sbano, 38, even pretended to know a gynecologist who advised him on how often to have intercourse with her and whether [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 18th, 2008

I had read with interest about a kid and his family fighting a speeding ticket by proving with a GPS they had mounted on his car that he was wrongly ticketed. What started out as a simple disputed speeding ticket has blossomed into a full-scale trial in Sonoma County Superior Court, costing both sides thousands [...]

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Patrick Havens on March 23rd, 2008

NPR had a review and interview with Benjamin Skinner and author who decided to go out and get first hand experience on what had been rumored…. Day to Day, March 11, 2008 · With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. This was just one of the difficult lessons writer [...]

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Patrick Havens on February 5th, 2008

A British farmer named Robert Fidler is fighting to keep the city from bulldozing his castl that he built by hiding the construction with hay bales. Officials were unaware of the elaborate castle because hundreds of bails of straw concealed it for four years, the UK Daily Telegraph reported Friday. After Fidler, 59 unveiled his [...]

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Patrick Havens on January 8th, 2008

I read the below article and I cringed. Child Protective Services where created after many calls for someone to “think of the children.” But as more stupid laws, and more people wanting to give their job meaning… The CPS agency became more of a club for kids to use to terrorize parents or nosy neighbors [...]

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