Real Life Grinch Charged With Public Drunkenness

Posted in General on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ At a parade in Canada, a drunk man with a Grinch-like hairdo pulled a Grinch-esque stunt by telling children nearby that Santa wasn’t real. The man was cited with causing a disturbance by being drunk, which is probably  equivalent to a summary charge of Public Drunkenness in Pennsylvania. As a… view more

Penn State Fake ID Case – Providing Someone Else’s Identifying Information

Posted in False Identification, General on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ According to an Ohio newspaper, a man was being investigated for a criminal offense, and the man, hoping to avoid criminal charges, provided a fake ID to the police.  More specifically, the suspect provided the identifying information of another person, including the other person’s social security number. As irony would have… view more

State College Streaker Injured Cop and Gets Prison Sentence

Posted in General on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ A Centre County judge recently accepted a plea agreement and sentenced a 22-year old man to serve at least 90 days in in the Centre County Prison after hepleaded guilty to Aggravated Assault. The man admitted to having used Lysergic Acid (LSD) and drew attention to himself by running naked… view more

“Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers” – Not So in Pennsylvania

Posted in General on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ I am sure that most of our parents told us the old adage “finders keepers, losers weepers,” basically telling us to take care of our possessions because if we lost or misplaced them, the finder got to keep them. Many of us understand basic human nature and understand that if… view more

Cat Nabbed While Sneaking Contraband Into Prison

Posted in General on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ The headline is true, someone actually tried to use a cat to sneak illegal items into a Brazilian prison. Prison guards noticed the white feline as it ran through the main gate of the prison facility. The guards noticed some items that had been attached to the cat’s mid-section, so… view more

Attorney Has Affair With Client and Bills for “Services”

Posted in General, Legal Ethics on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ I still remember attending my first day of ethics class at the University of Pittsburgh, and the professor, the Honorable Judge R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, posed the following question to the class, “Can you have sex with a client?” While almost everyone… view more

Stealing a Pet in Pennsylvania – Is It Theft or Kidnapping?

Posted in General on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ I recently read a few articles online that New Mexico police filed criminal charges against a suspected serial dog kidnapper after a dog owner chased the dognapper’s car and observed two kidnapped pit bulls being thrown from the moving vehicle. The suspect was charged with Animal Cruelty, False Imprisonment, and… view more

State College Keg Toss Incident – What Criminal Charges Could Be Filed?

Posted in General on January 12, 2015

By Jason Dunkle on G+ According to an online newspaper article, someone threw a keg from the balcony of a downtown State College 7th floor apartment. Luckily no people were injured, but at least one vehicle was severely damaged. The keg was tossed around  12:55 a.m. on a Saturday morning, and, although most people are in… view more