Quote:
Originally Posted by Slickcraft
From WMUR web site:
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Quote:
LACONIA, N.H. -- A New Hampshire mother said her two young sons learned an important lesson about leaving the outside door open after a black bear walked into their kitchen and ate two pears and a bunch of grapes and took a drink from the family fishbowl.
On its way out of the Laconia house, the real bear grabbed a stuffed bear, said resident Mary Beth Parkinson.
Parkinson said she thinks the garage door going up scared the bear out of her kitchen Tuesday. She said the bear apparently took advantage of the open outside door. She said she arrived in time to save the fish.
Parkinson said her 6- and 9-year-old boys made sure the doors were locked before they went to bed.
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If it please the Court—For the Defense:
This WMUR account includes the word "apparently", which suggests that nobody
actually witnessed the activities of this "perp". For all we know, this could have been a "troubled youth", who was just getting his life together.
Offenses are mounting:
Charge 1) Theft of property under $1000. (Petit-Larceny).
Charge 2) Harrassment of Wildlife (the fish).
Charge 2) Kidnapping! (Perception is Reality)
Mitigating circumstances:
1) "Walking" into somebody's house through an open door isn't illegal.
(Not so sure about "ambling"—
a problem). :
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2)
Both the placement of the stuffed bear and food left out in the open could be viewed as "entrapment", heretofore
Unconstitutional.
3) Also, it's not illegal to drink from an aquarium.
4)
Not consuming the fish
rules out the average bear.
Not Guilty! 