Public Shame - Yeah or Nay?

[chanel]

An 18-year-old Virginia man who was caught shoplifting at a costume store has accepted a rather unusual punishment.

Andrew Perry, the owner of the Halloween Express costume store in Charlottesville, told the light-fingered teenager that he would not call the police - if instead the youth stood in front of the store with a sign saying he was caught shoplifting.

In a bizarre twist, Mr Perry also told the boy that he would have to dress as Sesame Street character Bert, as in Bert and Ernie.


Read more: Shoplifter in Halloween Express forced to hold sign out the front saying he got caught (while in costume, of course) | Mail Online

 

[Mr. H.]

Enter the ACLU in 3.... 2.... 1.....

 

[chanel]

I was thinking the same thing. However the kid is 18. He agreed to it.

 

[Lumpy 1]

An 18-year-old Virginia man who was caught shoplifting at a costume store has accepted a rather unusual punishment.

Andrew Perry, the owner of the Halloween Express costume store in Charlottesville, told the light-fingered teenager that he would not call the police - if instead the youth stood in front of the store with a sign saying he was caught shoplifting.

In a bizarre twist, Mr Perry also told the boy that he would have to dress as Sesame Street character Bert, as in Bert and Ernie.


Read more: Shoplifter in Halloween Express forced to hold sign out the front saying he got caught (while in costume, of course) | Mail Online

I'm a yeah on this one.. but that's about all I have to say...

 

[midcan5]

Funny looking kid!

 

[chanel]

Seems like a win/win. The store got free labor; the kid learned a lesson; and a lawyer for the kid would have cost his parents more than six hours of work.

 

[goldcatt]

He agreed to it, why not?

 

[del]

He agreed to it, why not?

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years - Odds & Tidbits - People Forum

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years
A man who stole money from victims of crime has been ordered to stand on a busy city street with a sign saying he is a thief - every weekend for the next six years.


Daniel Mireles has been walking back and forth on Westheimer in Houston - in front of the Galleria shopping centre with a sign saying he is a thief.


In large capital letters, his sign reads: 'I am a thief. I stole $250,000 from the Harris County crime victim's fund. Daniel Mireles

he also has to have a sign on his house

 

[goldcatt]

He agreed to it, why not?

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years - Odds & Tidbits - People Forum

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years
A man who stole money from victims of crime has been ordered to stand on a busy city street with a sign saying he is a thief - every weekend for the next six years.


Daniel Mireles has been walking back and forth on Westheimer in Houston - in front of the Galleria shopping centre with a sign saying he is a thief.


In large capital letters, his sign reads: 'I am a thief. I stole $250,000 from the Harris County crime victim's fund. Daniel Mireles

he also has to have a sign on his house

Who was the judge in Tennessee that made the drunk driver carry a nice big framed photo of his victim everywhere he went? Anyone remember? It was a few years back.

I love alternative sentencing.

 

[random3434]

He agreed to it, why not?

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years - Odds & Tidbits - People Forum

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years
A man who stole money from victims of crime has been ordered to stand on a busy city street with a sign saying he is a thief - every weekend for the next six years.


Daniel Mireles has been walking back and forth on Westheimer in Houston - in front of the Galleria shopping centre with a sign saying he is a thief.


In large capital letters, his sign reads: 'I am a thief. I stole $250,000 from the Harris County crime victim's fund. Daniel Mireles

he also has to have a sign on his house

Who was the judge in Tennessee that made the drunk driver carry a nice big framed photo of his victim everywhere he went? Anyone remember? It was a few years back.

I love alternative sentencing.

I do too. And think of the $$ saved by doing these kind of things.

It should be done more often imo.

 

[goldcatt]

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years - Odds & Tidbits - People Forum

Judge orders thief to walk streets wearing confession sign for SIX years
A man who stole money from victims of crime has been ordered to stand on a busy city street with a sign saying he is a thief - every weekend for the next six years.


Daniel Mireles has been walking back and forth on Westheimer in Houston - in front of the Galleria shopping centre with a sign saying he is a thief.


In large capital letters, his sign reads: 'I am a thief. I stole $250,000 from the Harris County crime victim's fund. Daniel Mireles

he also has to have a sign on his house

Who was the judge in Tennessee that made the drunk driver carry a nice big framed photo of his victim everywhere he went? Anyone remember? It was a few years back.

I love alternative sentencing.

I do too. And think of the $$ saved by doing these kind of things.

It should be done more often imo.

Too many mandatory sentencing guidelines are put on judges, unfortunately. But when they have wiggle room some of them use it. And good for them!

 

[BasicGreatGuy]

I would not have made him wear the costume. Let the public see the face of the thief. Stupid should be painful.

 

[JBeukema]

 

[Samson]

All criminals should be ordered to wear Bert Costumes as an alternative to jail.

 

[Blagger]

 

[uscitizen]

Yep bring back the stocks in the courthouse square.

 

[Samson]

Yep bring back the stocks in the courthouse square.

I think the Bert Costume is worse.

Some women are turned on by a man in stocks, but almost none appreciate a Bert Costume.

 

[blastoff]

All criminals should be ordered to wear Bert Costumes as an alternative to jail.

As long as it doesn't become a ghetto fad for guys to walk around with their Bert pants halfway down their asses.

 

[ConHog]

Why yall gotta humiliate ModBert like this? We all make mistakes..........

 

[boedicca]

Yet more proof that Bert Is Evil!

Bert is Evil