Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 16, 2006 14:44:08 GMT -5
11.16.2006 - HOUSTON, TEXAS - A Houston woman was kicked off a city bus and arrested, and you're not going to believe her crime. You'd think this woman was one of the most hardened criminals of all time because of the way she was arrested.
With the serious crime we have - murders, aggravated assault, burglaries, robberies - a timid woman was arrested for the most horrible crime of all. This woman was arrested for eating animal crackers on a METRO bus. The municipal court ticket even cites her for eating animal crackers.
Li Li Chao, 68, is from the People's Republic of China. She just got her citizenship and was promptly busted on the bus. Her son tells what happened because Li Li doesn't speak English very well. He said two plain clothes METRO cops took her off the bus.
Jimmy Zhou said, "They took her off the bus. They gave her a ticket. My mom just caught the next bus."
Li Li was terrified because she'd never been in trouble with the law before and called her son, who was in Shanghai on business.
"She was very, very scared," Jimmy explained. "She couldn't sleep for two nights - very, very scared."
Attorney Dean Blumrosen took on the case of the animal crackers.
"If the bus marshals wanted to enforce rules on the bus, they could have told her, 'Don't eat animal cookies on the bus' or given her a warning," he said. "But instead two of them took her off the bus and gave her a ticket."
If convicted, Li Li would face a $163 fine. I went to municipal court and spoke with presiding Judge Berta Mejia about Li Li and the animal crackers.
"I asked the prosecutor to review the case. They reviewed the case, they called the officer and the prosecution has decided not to continue with the case," Judge Mejia explained. "So they have dismissed the case."
During my time in law enforcement I made a lot of dumb arrests, but this is the stupidest case I've come across. Evidently some of those bus marshals don't have much to do. Anyway, they deserve a badge of merit for their daring arrest. But thanks to my Marvin's Angel Judge Mejia for coming to Mrs. Chao's rescue.
abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=action13&id=4766062
With the serious crime we have - murders, aggravated assault, burglaries, robberies - a timid woman was arrested for the most horrible crime of all. This woman was arrested for eating animal crackers on a METRO bus. The municipal court ticket even cites her for eating animal crackers.
Li Li Chao, 68, is from the People's Republic of China. She just got her citizenship and was promptly busted on the bus. Her son tells what happened because Li Li doesn't speak English very well. He said two plain clothes METRO cops took her off the bus.
Jimmy Zhou said, "They took her off the bus. They gave her a ticket. My mom just caught the next bus."
Li Li was terrified because she'd never been in trouble with the law before and called her son, who was in Shanghai on business.
"She was very, very scared," Jimmy explained. "She couldn't sleep for two nights - very, very scared."
Attorney Dean Blumrosen took on the case of the animal crackers.
"If the bus marshals wanted to enforce rules on the bus, they could have told her, 'Don't eat animal cookies on the bus' or given her a warning," he said. "But instead two of them took her off the bus and gave her a ticket."
If convicted, Li Li would face a $163 fine. I went to municipal court and spoke with presiding Judge Berta Mejia about Li Li and the animal crackers.
"I asked the prosecutor to review the case. They reviewed the case, they called the officer and the prosecution has decided not to continue with the case," Judge Mejia explained. "So they have dismissed the case."
During my time in law enforcement I made a lot of dumb arrests, but this is the stupidest case I've come across. Evidently some of those bus marshals don't have much to do. Anyway, they deserve a badge of merit for their daring arrest. But thanks to my Marvin's Angel Judge Mejia for coming to Mrs. Chao's rescue.
abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=action13&id=4766062