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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: adwight on September 12, 2004, 12:04:30 am
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Does anyone know what can happen to you if you get charged with criminal mischeif?(in the US). Cause I *might* get criminal mischeif charges if enough damage was done to this guys windshield (we threw water baloons at peoples cars...) So does anyone know what might happen to me?
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Jail time, sleep with your back to the wall. And beat someone up.
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You hire a lawyer to go to court and convince the jury it was just a harmless prank. And you'd, of course, somehow deal with the damages. That said, how in hell did you damage a windshield with a water balloon?
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Firing squad...you really shouldn't have thrown those water ballons at the windshield dude.
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You`ll probably get a fine and probation...
Of corse thats if its your first offence.
You will have to pay for the damages.
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Originally posted by Rictor
Firing squad...you really shouldn't have thrown those water ballons at the windshield dude.
They would probably put you in front of a firing squad in Texas (and Utah). :p
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If it's you're first offense, you'll probably get a slap on the wrist, especially if you agree to pay damages. Depending on the judge, you could also spend a couple of nights in jail(real jail, not juvie or house arrest) to put the fear of God into you so you don't do monumentally stupid things like that again. You realize someone could have gotten killed, right? Granted that's worst case, but depending on the driver and traffic conditions you could've caused a wreck.
My suggestion, work out a plea to a lesser charge. The judge would probably look more kindly on a kid who, realizing what he had done, owns up and takes responibility like an adult.
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You're going down boy.
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lol.
Might I ask, what posessed you to do such a thing?
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Originally posted by 01010
You're going down boy.
hehheh, you'll be some big fat blokes bi-atch!:p
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Cry.
If you cry they'll probably just make you pay the damages.
Though if the judge is in a pissy mood he could decide that you were endangering the lives of the people in the cars and send you to a federal 'pound me in the ass' prison for like a month.
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You know an arse kicking off your father would probably work too - so why doesn't the state back off and let it happen? :lol:
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Thank god the driver doesn't want to press charges, because we know him, and he just wants us to pay for the windshield. I wanna know how a water balloon cracked a windshield too...
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..... Maybe you should try out for the dodgeball team....
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You are going to be loved frequently.
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Then you pay for the windshield damages, and no one should have any problems out of it. The DA won't waste resources prosecuting a kid for being stupid if he settles the damages. Even if you didn't previously know the guy, the best way to settle the problem is to agree outright to pay for what you broke.
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What the hell kind of water balloons do you have in the US?!
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Sounds like a rock balloon to me. :D
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Weapons of Mass Drenching
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The more I think about the more I don't think a water balloon could break the windshield. It's not like the kid threw it hard or anything either... What pisses me off about this, I didn't touch a water balloon(I have 7 or 8 witnesses) or anything, but the cop still says I'm guilty because I was with them, damn the US law system.
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This is why you always just say, as loud as possible and in a suggestive-to-friends manner: "We were just walking past when [Guy the Copys Saw Whom You Have Never Seen Before] threw the balloon at the car".
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Originally posted by Kosh
They would probably put you in front of a firing squad in Texas :p
In my case it was a $500 fine and a bunch of community service, it sucked:doubt:
and he may not have thrown it that hard, but was the car moving? somthin about when a car is moving at the balloon the balloon takes the cars speed or somthin when it hits, i dunno(friend also went to court for that same thing)
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My dad did that once with a coin - there was a businessman who used to tear through his town years ago (when he was younger) - doing about 50mph in a 30 limit (20 advised) area. He flicked a coin onto the bonnet of the car as it passed.. it shattered the windshield.
Yeah - the guy was ok. Damages repaid and all that. The guy sure as hell stopped speeding though.
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
My dad did that once with a coin - there was a businessman who used to tear through his town years ago (when he was younger) - doing about 50mph in a 30 limit (20 advised) area. He flicked a coin onto the bonnet of the car as it passed.. it shattered the windshield.
Yeah - the guy was ok. Damages repaid and all that. The guy sure as hell stopped speeding though.
:lol:
What were you guys doing throwing water balloons at people you knew, anyway?
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I have never seen so many nice sympathetic people :rolleyes: :lol:
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
What the hell kind of water balloons do you have in the US?!
Sounds like...
The new and improved 'Lead Water Balloon!'�™
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Originally posted by Janos
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Gee, some support group you people make. :D
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:lol:
C'mon, what did you expect?
Since he's apparently not going to jail, this will serve as a warning not to do it again ;)
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[color=cc9900]It's amazing how weak glass in cars is these days. A small pebble (~1mm, we're talking real small here) is enough to smash the rear glass pretty efficiently, when the car isn't even moving. I know because I accidentally broke the rear window of my mum's car by casually flicking such a pebble off the bottom of my shoe around 5m away from said car.
It's as if they design the glass to break - you could buy a pretty darned decent second-hand car for the amount they charge you to replace just one pane.[/color]
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don't drop the soap.
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Originally posted by Odyssey
[color=cc9900]It's amazing how weak glass in cars is these days. A small pebble (~1mm, we're talking real small here) is enough to smash the rear glass pretty efficiently, when the car isn't even moving. I know because I accidentally broke the rear window of my mum's car by casually flicking such a pebble off the bottom of my shoe around 5m away from said car.
It's as if they design the glass to break - you could buy a pretty darned decent second-hand car for the amount they charge you to replace just one pane.[/color]
yeah two years ago i was weed-eating the yard, and our weedeater has the feature that when you tap it on the ground, it lets like 3 inches of string out. so i tapped it, and as the nylon came out, it must've caught a pebble and launched it, because across the street the neighbor's new Ford Explorer's back window just shattered. we found a little pebble inside. it's amazing how a tiny little thing can shatter the entire window. but then again, they're designed like that, so i guess it's good ;)
new one cost $500.00. his insurance paid :p
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Originally posted by Janos
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Isn't that Wombosi from The Bourne Identity?
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Glass shattering can't be safe if you wreck...then again it's better than huge shards...
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I must've said it wrong, it didn't shatter the glass, just cracked it. Too bad they don't have a way to fix cracks for 20-30 bucks, but instead have to replace the whole thing.
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Isn't that Wombosi from The Bourne Identity?
That's Adebisi from OZ - only way I know him of.
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you watched OZ? i heard that was extremely disturbing, but at the same time it made you fear prison... for various reasons.
i thought it was wombosi at first though :p