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neils7147933
02-07-2005, 11:09 AM
I swear that these are real stories, folks

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BIRD_LADY_JAILED?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Woman, 73, jailed for feeding pigeons

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- A 73-year-old woman spent a week in jail for ignoring a judge's orders to stop feeding flocks of pigeons in her back yard.

Anna Stahanczyk promised a judge in 2001 she would quit putting out seed for the birds, but neighbors complained last year that she was doing it again, said Belmont County Prosecutor Chris Berhalter. The neighbors videotaped Stahanczyk buying and spreading seed, Berhalter said.

"We're talking about hundreds and hundreds of pigeons," he said.

Belmont County Northern Division Judge Frank Fregiato warned Stahanczyk last year to stop, but the neighbors in the southeastern Ohio town of Bridgeport again caught her on tape, Berhalter said. Last month, Fregiato found her guilty of violating a public health statute, gave her a 60-day suspended sentence and ordered a mental evaluation.


"The court was concerned that she didn't understand what was going on," Berhalter said.

Stahanczyk was booked into the Belmont County Jail on Jan. 26 and was held separately from other inmates until her lawyer convinced Fregiato that Stahanczyk was of sound mind. She was released on Wednesday.

"It's not why we build jails, it's not why I prosecute crime, but I think the court was left with no other options here," Berhalter said.

No phone listing for Stahanczyk could be found.

DR. FREECLOUD
02-07-2005, 11:59 AM
I swear that these are real stories, folks

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BIRD_LADY_JAILED?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Woman, 73, jailed for feeding pigeons

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- A 73-year-old woman spent a week in jail for ignoring a judge's orders to stop feeding flocks of pigeons in her back yard.

Anna Stahanczyk promised a judge in 2001 she would quit putting out seed for the birds, but neighbors complained last year that she was doing it again, said Belmont County Prosecutor Chris Berhalter. The neighbors videotaped Stahanczyk buying and spreading seed, Berhalter said.

"We're talking about hundreds and hundreds of pigeons," he said.

Belmont County Northern Division Judge Frank Fregiato warned Stahanczyk last year to stop, but the neighbors in the southeastern Ohio town of Bridgeport again caught her on tape, Berhalter said. Last month, Fregiato found her guilty of violating a public health statute, gave her a 60-day suspended sentence and ordered a mental evaluation.


"The court was concerned that she didn't understand what was going on," Berhalter said.

Stahanczyk was booked into the Belmont County Jail on Jan. 26 and was held separately from other inmates until her lawyer convinced Fregiato that Stahanczyk was of sound mind. She was released on Wednesday.

"It's not why we build jails, it's not why I prosecute crime, but I think the court was left with no other options here," Berhalter said.

No phone listing for Stahanczyk could be found.

in neils world it goes like this....

i know for sure that the patriot act was to blame here too. surely she is now labled a terrorist. she was trying "to intimidate or coerce a civilian population." she was trying to get them to join her new political party the loony old peoples party. they decided to make thier mascot the one finger solute.

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 12:01 PM
I was more concerned with the neighborhood watch ratting on an elderly woman.

And the fact that they locked her up like she was a real criminal.

SonnyG8R
02-07-2005, 12:10 PM
I swear that these are real stories, folks

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BIRD_LADY_JAILED?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Woman, 73, jailed for feeding pigeons

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- A 73-year-old woman spent a week in jail for ignoring a judge's orders to stop feeding flocks of pigeons in her back yard.

Anna Stahanczyk promised a judge in 2001 she would quit putting out seed for the birds, but neighbors complained last year that she was doing it again, said Belmont County Prosecutor Chris Berhalter. The neighbors videotaped Stahanczyk buying and spreading seed, Berhalter said.

"We're talking about hundreds and hundreds of pigeons," he said.

Belmont County Northern Division Judge Frank Fregiato warned Stahanczyk last year to stop, but the neighbors in the southeastern Ohio town of Bridgeport again caught her on tape, Berhalter said. Last month, Fregiato found her guilty of violating a public health statute, gave her a 60-day suspended sentence and ordered a mental evaluation.


"The court was concerned that she didn't understand what was going on," Berhalter said.

Stahanczyk was booked into the Belmont County Jail on Jan. 26 and was held separately from other inmates until her lawyer convinced Fregiato that Stahanczyk was of sound mind. She was released on Wednesday.

"It's not why we build jails, it's not why I prosecute crime, but I think the court was left with no other options here," Berhalter said.

No phone listing for Stahanczyk could be found.

Ha ha :p Good! I hate pigeons and I'm really not a huge fan of the elderly either. :D

DR. FREECLOUD
02-07-2005, 12:33 PM
I was more concerned with the neighborhood watch ratting on an elderly woman.

And the fact that they locked her up like she was a real criminal.

she was a real criminal. she had been to court already and had promised to stop feeding the pigeons. she was by law forced to stop feeding them. and then she turns araound and does it again. deliberatley. that is a crime. so she is a criminal.

SonnyG8R
02-07-2005, 12:53 PM
Next you'll be defending the arrest of the old man who was arrested for feeding all the parking meters on the street so that no one got a ticket...

Nah, Parking meters don't spread disease and **** all over your car. :D

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 01:02 PM
Nah, Parking meters don't spread disease and **** all over your car. :D

Ah, hell, somebody responded before I took it down.

It's kind of pointless to further argue I suppose.

I'll just stick to posting pics and links to articles with a brief comment.

Then I'll let the fascists take it from there...lol

SonnyG8R
02-07-2005, 03:52 PM
Ah, hell, somebody responded before I took it down.

It's kind of pointless to further argue I suppose.

I'll just stick to posting pics and links to articles with a brief comment.

Then I'll let the fascists take it from there...lol

Just don't lump me in with the facists. I hate the Patriot Act as much as you, and I think the war in Iraq is totally bogus.

I'm just a more moderate voice whereas you are far more radical.

slickhook
02-07-2005, 03:59 PM
She is a criminal. Why bend the rules for some. she is not a celeberty, so throw the dam book at her. neils... you are a gangsta... you understand.

Atwa_66
02-07-2005, 04:10 PM
she was a real criminal. she had been to court already and had promised to stop feeding the pigeons. she was by law forced to stop feeding them. and then she turns araound and does it again. deliberatley. that is a crime. so she is a criminal.
She fed pigeons? And she's a real criminal? I would hate to hear what you would have to say about Charlie Manson....

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 04:46 PM
She is a criminal. Why bend the rules for some. she is not a celeberty, so throw the dam book at her. neils... you are a gangsta... you understand.

johnny, you're supposed to speak in rhyme when you're logged in as "slickhook"

why are you bringing up old threads to re-start something?

slickhook
02-07-2005, 04:59 PM
johnny, you're supposed to speak in rhyme when you're logged in as "slickhook"

why are you bringing up old threads to re-start something?


ummmm I ryme in my poems one. i am not jonny lol.

Mr. Violence
02-07-2005, 05:17 PM
johnny, you're supposed to speak in rhyme when you're logged in as "slickhook"

why are you bringing up old threads to re-start something





I assure you johnny swift and slickhook are not the same person....i can't say that about you and dansweeney though.

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 05:21 PM
I have but one alter ego.

I've never concealed the fact that sometimes I "put on the Snuggle bear" costume...

The Fix
02-07-2005, 05:23 PM
i think she deserved it. i mean if they can send a young person to jail for 55 years for selling a bit of weed than an old lady who feeds 100's of pigeons who **** on everything should go to jail as well.btw who is elvis hitler? i mean what is their prevoius screen name on here?

Mr. Violence
02-07-2005, 05:24 PM
I have but one alter ego.

I've never concealed the fact that sometimes I "put on the Snuggle bear" costume...


well then dont blame me for being slickhook...i only have one identity here and that is johnny swift. period. you have a habit of blaming everything like one stars..bad karma on johnny swift...looks to me like you're the one trying to start something back up.

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 05:35 PM
well then dont blame me for being slickhook...i only have one identity here and that is johnny swift. period. you have a habit of blaming everything like one stars..bad karma on johnny swift...looks to me like you're the one trying to start something back up.

i didn't resurrect the Hail Mary thread

or...type...like...you...did...while...picking...a t...me

you were the only one keeping his poems thread alive as well

whatever the case is, there's no reason to keep pulling up all these old threads like "fishing for karma" when karma isn't worth anything anymore, or a thread that someone did two months ago while using a different screen name.

Fix, big_pappy is now Elvis Hitler. Interesting screen name for a Bush backer...using the 55 year weed sentence is part of the old "two wrongs making a right" argument. They've used the Patriot Act to call marijuana smugglers terrorists as well...

Mr. Violence
02-07-2005, 05:40 PM
i didn't resurrect the Hail Mary thread

or...type...like...you...did...while...picking...a t...me

you were the only one keeping his poems thread alive as well

whatever the case is, there's no reason to keep pulling up all these old threads like "fishing for karma" when karma isn't worth anything anymore, or a thread that someone did two months ago while using a different screen name.

Fix, big_pappy is now Elvis Hitler. Interesting screen name for a Bush backer...using the 55 year weed sentence is part of the old "two wrongs making a right" argument. They've used the Patriot Act to call marijuana smugglers terrorists as well...



talk to slickhook he's the one who resurrected all those old threads not me. All I did was answer back in the hail/mary thread when it was resurrected...which is fair because it was about me anyway. i'm not the one resurrecting these threads. slickhook resurrected them and i dont think he's doing for the purpose of starting things up, he's a nice guy he is just curious about these threads.

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 05:44 PM
talk to slickhook he's the one who resurrected all those old threads not me. All I did was anwer back in the hail/mary thread when it was resurrected...which is fair because it was about me anyway. i'm not the one resurrccting these threads. slickhook resurrected them and i dont think he's doing for the purpose of starting things up, he's a nice guy he is just curious about these threads.

all of a sudden, he started typing like you. There are a few other people with unique typing styles; Lounge Libra and abdiel2k3 are two others.

I bet Elvis Hitler will come back on the thread and defend my "profiling" to point the blame at you...lol

Mr. Violence
02-07-2005, 05:50 PM
all of a sudden, he started typing like you. There are a few other people with unique typing styles; Lounge Libra and abdiel2k3 are two others.

I bet Elvis Hitler will come back on the thread and defend my "profiling" to point the blame at you...lol



I'll always throw a poem in slickhooks thread because I like to make up silly ryhmes. I'm not slickhook, period. And I'm sure he doesn't ressurrect those threads to start ****...he is just very curious about them so he makes comments in them. He's a funny guy. Also Tracy Lee is the one who resurrected the fishing for karma thread...I dont see you saying something to her now do I?...Your side profile as dansweeney is interesting.

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 06:00 PM
I'll always throw a poem in slickhooks thread because I like to make up silly ryhmes. I'm not slickhook, period. And I'm sure he doesn't ressurrect those threads to start ****...he is just very curious about them so he makes comments in them. He's a funny guy. Also Tracy Lee is the one who resurrected the fishing for karma thread...I dont see you saying something to her now do I?...Your side profile as dansweeney is interesting.

This is the first time I've been accused of being dansweeney.

I have, however, been accused of being a number of new female users. I have also been accused of being someone named Rocko.

But Snuggle bear is the only one...

SonnyG8R
02-07-2005, 06:04 PM
I have but one alter ego.

I've never concealed the fact that sometimes I "put on the Snuggle bear" costume...

Wow I missed that somehow. :eek:

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 06:07 PM
Wow I missed that somehow. :eek:

one time boxing fan listed his top 10 favorite movies - which were all like 12-year old titles, one including "Fat Albert" and you made a post where you acted like it was serious.

I thought you were just playing along, though...

SonnyG8R
02-07-2005, 06:09 PM
I'll always throw a poem in slickhooks thread because I like to make up silly ryhmes. I'm not slickhook, period. And I'm sure he doesn't ressurrect those threads to start ****...he is just very curious about them so he makes comments in them. He's a funny guy. Also Tracy Lee is the one who resurrected the fishing for karma thread...I dont see you saying something to her now do I?...Your side profile as dansweeney is interesting.

I have to back JS on the fact that it was trailerlee-tuna twat that ressurrected the karma thread she did it just so she could get a dig in at me. She is clearly obsessed. The sad thing was how pathetically weak her smack is. No wonder she needs so much back up. :rolleyes:

m00ks
02-07-2005, 06:10 PM
****ing system piece of ****. 73 year old women go to jail for feeding pigeons while rapists, murderers drug dealers still roam teh streets. It's sickening.

SonnyG8R
02-07-2005, 06:13 PM
one time boxing fan listed his top 10 favorite movies - which were all like 12-year old titles, one including "Fat Albert" and you made a post where you acted like it was serious.

I thought you were just playing along, though...

lol, I thought it was some not-so-smart young teen. I didn't want to be mean, but fat albert was still in the theaters and I was shocked anyone, even a kid would call that an all time great movie. :D Damn, now I feel stupid. I really thought boxing fan was a naive little kid. :o

SonnyG8R
02-07-2005, 06:16 PM
****ing system piece of ****. 7 year old women go to jail for feeding pigeons while rapists, murderers drug dealers still roam teh streets. It's sickening.

Most legal systems throughout the history of the world have one thing in common. Money talks. Or put another way - the color of justice is green. :D

neils7147933
02-07-2005, 06:18 PM
lol, I thought it was some not-so-smart young teen. I didn't want to be mean, but fat albert was still in the theaters and I was shocked anyone, even a kid would call that an all time great movie. :D Damn, now I feel stupid. I really thought boxing fan was a naive little kid. :o

While I was banned, I created the most simple (ok - second most simple) user on the boards, made him a 4-H member and boy scout, a roller skater and a virgin. And I made him a Vitali fan.

From Indiana.

I pm'd a handful of people and let them know it was me. I got a few other pm's of people asking what user I was...

Then JS publicly announced it; I told him to play along; then Rick sent me a PM saying he checked the IPs and knew it was me; I let him in on the Makaveli plot that appeared to be falling through; I tried it again that night, but between doing a farewell thread, then getting banned, then coming back AS someone else, made it tricky to understand on a few levels, and it obviously didn't have much impact.

It was an XFL stunt, a New coke, a Crystal Pepsi, a Chevy Chase show, whatever you want to call it...

boxing fan still shows up now and again.

neils7147933
11-02-2006, 08:03 PM
Some of our newer posters never saw the 'beware' series...

BrooklynBomber
11-02-2006, 08:05 PM
Some of our newer posters never saw the 'beware' series...

These stories really show that common sense is not really "common"

Pac_man=God
11-02-2006, 10:10 PM
Wow what a dick the judge is.

slickhook
03-11-2007, 03:22 AM
dick
Why so slick