Standish store owner won't face any charges

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Steve Collins has denied any knowledge of the sign seeking bets on Obama's assassination, authorities say.
By JOHN RICHARDSON, Staff Writer November 22, 2008


The owner of a Standish general store will not face any charges from local police or the Maine Attorney General's Office for a sign posted in the store earlier this month that asked customers to bet on the timing of an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama, county and state officials said Friday.

Oak Hill General Store owner Steve Collins denied any knowledge of the sign when a Cumberland County sheriff's deputy arrived to investigate a report of it on Nov. 7, Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion said Friday. The sign itself was nowhere to be found at that time, he said.

And, even if the sign had not been removed, posting it was not necessarily a crime, Dion said. ''It doesn't appear that it was constituting a criminal threat or a terrorizing incident,'' he said.

The sign invited customers to participate in an ''Osama Obama Shotgun Pool'' and wager $1 on the date of Obama's assassination, according to two journalists for The Associated Press who saw it while checking out a tip of its existence. At the bottom, the sign read: ''Let's hope someone wins.''

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This is serious stuff. I can't imagine Biden being C&C. Worse yet, if some clown took out OBama AND Biden, we'd REALLY be screwed, IMO.

 

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This is serious stuff. I can't imagine Biden being C&C. Worse yet, if some clown took out OBama AND Biden, we'd REALLY be screwed, IMO.

Suit case nuke takes out Washington DC. Governor Palin takes charge LOL.