Who’s Calling?
Gabriel J. Wichman, 23, and Ryan S. Fleming, 22, were “drunk dialing” in the middle of the night, prosecutors say, and “someone” provided them the home number of St. Francois County (Mo.) Circuit Judge Thomas L. Ray. They left a curse-laden, threatening message on his answering machine; the judge called police when he heard the message. The dastardly duo pleaded guilty — to a different judge — to misdemeanor harassment, and were sentenced to each write an essay titled “How Practical Jokes Have Serious Consequences”. The judge specified the font size, margins, and page count for the essays. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ...Act like a 12-year-old, get treated like a 12-year-old.
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