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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man Gets 7 Years for Stealing Obama's Teleprompter
2013-04-12

A career criminal who stole a truck containing President Obama's audio equipment was sentenced Thursday to seven years in federal prison.

Sentencing guidelines called for a term of about three years, but Eric Brown of Richmond, Va., agreed to the longer sentence to avoid prosecution for 14 similar truck thefts in three localities. However, he could still face charges in Stafford County, which did not join Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties in the agreement.

Brown pleaded guilty in January to theft of government property.

"The theft of government property is a serious offense," Assistant U.S. Attorney Roderick Young said in court. "It's all the more serious when the property belongs to the White House Communications Agency."
Can't let anyone silence Champ...
Posted by:Beavis

#7  that's pretty good stuff. "A" game
Posted by: Frank G   2013-04-12 21:14  

#6  They knew they had the right man when under questioning responded, "Let me be clear, and make no mistake, there are signs of recovery."

Snark of the day
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-04-12 18:19  

#5  A very serious offense. The crime left Champ, for the briefest of moments, speechless....
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2013-04-12 15:06  

#4  Seven years is not much for an attempt to overthrow government.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-04-12 12:57  

#3  It seems before the law that some are more equal than others...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-04-12 12:33  

#2  The Emperor has no teleprompter.
Posted by: Whons Ghibelline6212   2013-04-12 11:46  

#1  "The theft of government property is a serious offense,"

However, robbing the Treasury of billions of dollars to reward your campaign funding cronies is completely legal. Obviously, this administration hates the poor and downtrodden.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-04-12 10:48  

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