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Criminal charge for 89-year-old who wouldn’t return errant football – On Deadline – USATODAY.com — Note that this story has become international news with stories appearing everywhere. Most take the side of this granny.
Edna Jester, 89, faces a petty theft charge because she refused to return a football that ended up in her yard while children were playing in her Ohio neighborhood, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The paper says she wouldn’t cooperate with the police officers, even after they warned her that she was facing possible criminal charges.
“I said go ahead and arrest me. Handcuff me if you’d like, because I said I’m not guilty of anything,” Jester tells WCPO-TV. The officers cuffed her and took her to the station in Blue Ash, Ohio. She’s due in court next month.
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Found by Thomas Scrace.
“The boy’s father, Paul Tanis , got involved and demanded the football be given back. When Jester refused, the man called the cops!”
“Tanis, the father of the boy that started this whole thing by calling the police, says that it’s becoming “a nightmare”. ”
Stop the handbasket, I’m jumping off! Anyone wonder why we’re heading into the shitter?
Quick! Someone call the waabulance!
While the lady might be technically in the wrong for keeping another’s property, the cop should not be needed in this care. The lady seems a bit stuck up and the man is just a whinny prick.
Srsly.
And you wonder why I’m always saying, “Hey you kids, get the hell off my lawn.”
And then I say, “Get out of here, you little jerk.”
you don’t have that problem with kids on the lawn when you have use land mines
The Neighbor could of installed a NET or something..
Every difficult social situation in the US demands a legal definition. People don’t talk anymore, they just call the cops or their lawyers. Looks to me like the home of the brave is turning into the home of the whimps.
Sounds like a nightmare neighbour but really, calling the cops? How much does a new football, a couple of dozen eggs and some toilet paper costs these days?
“When police asked Jester to return the ball to the children, she refused. They warned her twice she would be charged if she did not cooperate, Schaffer said. They tried to give her a citation, but she refused to sign for it, he said.”
89 and still not matured.
Granny is the neighbourhood terrorist.
Silly cops. This is bound to be thrown out of court under the well-documented legal precedent of, “Finders keepers.” Seriously, even a novice public defender will get her off on this. I’ll bet no one can produce a receipt proving ownership of the ball. Maybe the old lady is a weekend athlete!
Edna the Granny is not above the law. She is not president.
It’s not the prunes ball and cops are to be called when there is not resolution – it’s what they’re there for. She’s lucky cops didn’t use the granny taser for angry republicans.
Grandma was acting out when she heard that her bow McBane had selected someone named Palin instead of her for VP.
I have to side with the father on this one. She’s basically stealing. And theft cannot be tolerated, no matter the age. Plus, she was warned what would happen if she didn’t return it. She still refused. The law is the law for everyone, not just sane normal people.
What we don’t know that seems important is… is this the 50th time this has happened in the last week.
Looks like the majority here support upholding the law, as do I.
Lets turn it around. The lady calls the cops regarding the kids tossing their ball onto her lawn. What should the cops do? I don’t think its “against the law” to intrude onto property to regain possession of your property (probably varies from place to place).
So, “legally” what the old lady has is a civil action against the kiddies and parents for invasion of her privacy and solitude? Small claims court or hire an attorney.
Seems like the alternative is to give the ball back and learn not to sweat the small stuff?
Granny has more stones than that wimpy dad who called the cops. It’s sad what this country has turned into.
Vee could not help it, say the cops. It’s the LAW!
( And this was the response to questioning on the stand by more than one defendant at the Nuremburg trials)
Any questions?
So, you are saying that old people should be allowed to steal property now?
Disagree.
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I think the moral of the story here is both parties need to grow up.
Edna’s not going to be able to visit her grandchildren if she has to fly.
The Homeland Security people are adding her name to the terrorist “don’t fly” watch list.
If there’s a ball in my yard, there’s nothing that connects that ball with the kid that threw it there. If the kid asks nicely, no problem.
I have a suspicion that the kid had thrown that ball into the old lady’s yard too many times, and she was tired of it. No theft involved; she found the football in her yard again, and probably threw it in the trash. “Oh yeah–and keep off my lawn!”
Isn’t trespassing on someone’s property a crime too? I’d give back the foot ball in return for a no trespass order signed against the kid.
I’ll ammend that to say that baby boomers, as exemplified by the parent and the cops are a wimpy lot and they can’t run anything or negotiate anything. That’s why we’re in such a mess.
#24–Jerry==absent resort to the cops, you have two choices:
1. Let the crazy old lady keep the balls hoping for their return in the future, or
2. Invade the crazy old ladies property to retrieve the balls which would be a violation of law.
What would a real man like yourself do?
I say the cop involved grew up in the neighborhood, and had to deal with this old crow before. probably salivating to cuff the old bat
The woman is 89? The kids are playing football? She is holding the football?
Seems like a running play to me.. Tackle the old bag, grab your football, and run for the end zone! 🙂
Crisis averted.
My dad would have made me apologize to an old lady for tossing it in her yard. Then I would have lost the football for bothering him about a situation I should have handled myself.
In an ideal world …
Well it isn’t an ideal world. No it isn’t reported in the story but I would be quite certain the kids have abused this woman in the past. That could include annoying loud music, trampling her flower bed, leaving toys and garbage on her lawn, and general other disrespect.
Maybe if the kids cut her grass, picked up garbage, etc she wouldn’t have a problem and gladly give the ball back. In other words, respect is a two way street.
#27 Duane – I had her on my fantasy team last year as an RB. She didn’t get any points for me so I dropped her early. Sounds like she’s having the same problems this year.
Obviously I can’t know what really happened, but a caller on 700 WLW last night related that she was the stereotypical awful neighbor for years, retaining kids’ toys over that time and being a general pain in the rear end. It sounded like she’s been this way forever and finally paid for it. I’ve had neighbors like that.