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2009-02-24 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Army deserter -- wearing thong -- arrested in Boulder

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Posted by Steve White 2009-02-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I thought they didn't pursue deserters?

Posted by gromky 2009-02-24 01:25|| 2009-02-24 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 ....and said he was wearing a woman's thong underneath his boxers.

Additional charges under the UCMJ include violation of the "don't ask, don't tell" rule.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-24 05:57|| 2009-02-24 05:57|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought they didn't let them off post until they had finished basic training...

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-02-24 08:22|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-02-24 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 They make him feel pretty ...
Unsuccessfully.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-02-24 08:28|| 2009-02-24 08:28|| Front Page Top

#5 "Tiki in the coco". Old Cockney expression meaning sick in the head. Tiki meaning malfunctioning, and coco, short for coconut.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-24 08:55|| 2009-02-24 08:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought they didn't pursue deserters?

"They" don't. But they do put a hold order out on the national police nets. It's the police who pick them up. It usually happens as you see on COPS when the police screen for wants and warrants on someone they've pulled over or taken in for an unrelated offense. The police dept gets reimbursed for expenses involved till an MP's show up for the collection. That's what is so surprising about this arrest. The Boulder CO police did it. Usually such jurisdictions [ie lefty havens], the local politicos have directed their dept to look the other way and not contact the military [like SF and illegals].

Ooooooh, that's called 'desertion', not just AWOL.

There's a technicality. If he retained his ID card, it generally is handled as AWOL no matter how long the time, court precedent is that it shows the intent to return. However, in this case, unless he stuffed it in his body cavity, it appears he was picked up 'without'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-02-24 09:04|| 2009-02-24 09:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Google says there was a "panty bandit" captured in Boulder. Perhaps he was an accomplice and that was the reason for the anonymous tip?

Posted by Lagom 2009-02-24 10:29|| 2009-02-24 10:29|| Front Page Top

#8 And if he threw away his army issue uniforms, for instance, that means he could be subject to desertion charges and not just AWOL. Throwing away one's army issue and uniforms shows intent to stay gone permanently.
However, IMHO, since he left before or around 180 days of service had elapsed officials might boot him out with a Failure To Adapt Chapter or OTH discharge. Hes one of those ones that should be let go, we saw the Army boot many of them at Basic because they poison the entire integrity of the Army. The Army doesnt need whackadoodles like this. I do hope they give him the max punishment to teach him a lesson about honoring ones commitments, though. Punish, then kick him out, nobody wants to serve alongside a ahem "girly man" of this calibur.

Posted by GinzaNoodleGirl55 2009-02-24 11:20|| 2009-02-24 11:20|| Front Page Top

#9 But don't forget the name, because he'll turn up as a sock puppet for some anti-American group with the adjectives 'servicemen' or 'resister' or 'stop the..' as a vet with horrible memories of rape and pillage and mindless destruction committed during his tour(s) in Iraq or Afghanistan [or Fredrick's of Hollyweird].

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-02-24 11:42|| 2009-02-24 11:42|| Front Page Top

#10 "Anonymous tip", huh?

I'd guess he wore out his welcome.

Posted by mojo 2009-02-24 12:04|| 2009-02-24 12:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Some Army hater who Mauger pissed off wanted to purge their streets of anything military because hes an interloper in the "perfect" boulder left-wing scene. One moment when hes a soldier he might as well have leprosy, next moment when hes the disgraced victim of the MP's, he will become many organization's darling. I wish I could throw rotten tomatoes at him.

Posted by GinzaNoodleGirl55 2009-02-24 12:17|| 2009-02-24 12:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Were the panties on his head?

Posted by ed 2009-02-24 12:24|| 2009-02-24 12:24|| Front Page Top

#13 YJCMTSU

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-02-24 14:05|| 2009-02-24 14:05|| Front Page Top

#14 Coffee in the nasal passages when I saw Klinger.

Posted by Clem Whomock9006 2009-02-24 14:54|| 2009-02-24 14:54|| Front Page Top

#15 "Tiki in the coco" = "Dinky Dau"?

Posted by bman 2009-02-24 15:13|| 2009-02-24 15:13|| Front Page Top

#16 Beaucoup dinky dau, baby.

Posted by mojo 2009-02-24 15:22|| 2009-02-24 15:22|| Front Page Top

#17 D *** NG IT, MORIARITY, THATS TOO MANY PICS = TOO MANY PIXELS!

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