Say What? Boy Grabs Knife After Dad Pulls Plug on Video Game

[Gina1201]

HELSINKI, Finland - Police gave a record $216,900 speeding ticket to a millionaire under a system in which traffic fines are linked to an offender's income.

The Iltalehti tabloid reported that millionaire Jussi Salonoja zoomed through the city center last weekend in a 25 mph zone and police handed him a ticket of $216,900. It didn't say what his speed was.

The fine was based on information they got directly for the inland revenue office, the Tuesday report said.

Salonoja, 27, could not be reached for comment, and police declined to discuss the alleged speeding incident until it reaches the Helsinki Regional Court at a later date.

Although it's the costliest ticket to date, it's not the first with a big price tag.

Two years ago, Anssi Vanjoki, then executive vice president of Nokia's mobile phones division, landed a $148,000 ticket after being caught doing 46 mph in a 31 mph zone on a motorcycle.

It was later lowered to about $7,500 after he showed a court that his income had dropped, but not before Finns flew into a rage over the high fine. But, after weeks of Parliament debates, discussions on TV shows and expressions of disgust in the media, Finns did nothing and the system remained.

Other hefty speeding tickets have included a $71,000 one for a professional hockey player and one for $190,000 given to one of Finland's wealthiest people.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Gina1201
HELSINKI, Finland - Police gave a record $216,900 speeding ticket to a millionaire under a system in which traffic fines are linked to an offender's income.

Other hefty speeding tickets have included a $71,000 one for a professional hockey player and one for $190,000 given to one of Finland's wealthiest people.

DAYUM!!!!!

Can you imagine OUR PRO ATHLETES!!!! Shiiiiiiiiiiiiii lol!!!! If they did that for like 2 years, we could get rid of our national deficit and save some of the national programs that Bush plans to cut.

[BabyBlue91]

This was the top story in my hometown paper today. Unbelieveable!


Teen allegedly conned dealer out of new BMW

Charge: Accepted $122G car, sold it for $40G, money's gone


Thursday, February 12, 2004


By Michaelangelo Conte
Journal staff writer

A Jersey City high school boy is in custody after allegedly conning an Ohio car dealership into shipping him a $122,000 BMW and delivering it to him at Dickinson High School, officials said.

"I don't think we have ever had one like this. It's unique," said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Tomczak yesterday.


The boy was 16 years old when he phoned Midwestern Auto Group in Dublin, Ohio, at the beginning of January to order the flashy, 12-cylinder BMW 760il, according to police reports.

He told the salesman he would wire the money for the car, and would have his bank call the dealership to confirm the transaction once it went through, officials said.

The dealership mailed the paperwork to the boy's Hancock Street home and he filled it out and sent it back, reports said.

A few days later, the boy allegedly called the dealership pretending to be a bank official and "confirmed" the nonexistent transfer of $122,000, reports said.

The boy turned 17 on Jan. 13, and like a late birthday present, the shiny new sports car was delivered to his school two weeks later, reports said. Apparently satisfied, the boy ordered a second BMW from the dealership that same day, reports said.

Also on Jan. 27, the dealership got a report from its own bank, informing it that the car payment never came through, officials said. The dealership called the Dublin Police Department and reported the car stolen.

The boy drove the car for a couple days, but - believing a second free car was on its way - decided to sell it, reports said.


On Jan. 29, he popped into Best Price Motor Company, on Kennedy Boulevard near the Union City line, and allegedly offered to sell the $122,000 car for about $75,000.

A representative of the dealership said he was interested, but could not make a deal with a minor. The boy let him make copies of the car's Ohio title and his own Dickinson student ID card, saying he would return with his uncle, reports said.

After he left, the salesman called the Ohio dealership and was informed the car was stolen, reports said.

The Jersey City Police Department's Auto Theft Unit got involved and, after speaking to Dublin police, set up surveillance at the boy's home in the Heights to try to spot the BMW, reports said.

After two days of seeing no sign of the vehicle, police said, they knocked on the door of the boy's home and spoke to his mother and explained the situation. The mother cooperated with police, calling her son and asking him to come home; police arrested him when he arrived, reports said.

With the boy in custody, police learned they were no closer to recovering the BMW. The boy told them he sold the car for $40,000 to a used car dealer in North Carolina who drove up to Jersey City and drove back south in the car, reports said.

The boy was processed by the Jersey City Police Department's Juvenile Bureau on the charge of theft by deception and he remains in the youth house in Secaucus. Tomczak said neither the $40,000 nor the BMW have been recovered.

Officials said this is not the first time the boy has been arrested.

The boy will appear before Family Court Judge Mark Baber on Wednesday, where Tomczak may offer him a chance to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge.

If convicted of the theft by deception charge, the boy faces up to three years at the juvenile facility in Jamesburg, Tomczak said.

Representatives of Midwestern Auto Group and Best Price Motor Company each confirmed the alleged scam, but refused to comment on it.

[CrimsonTide4]

So smart, yet oh so dumb!!

[btb87]

Please tell me that the person that did this transaction had just completed "Car Sales 101"!

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by btb87
Please tell me that the person that did this transaction had just completed "Car Sales 101"!

Salesperson better pray he doesn't have to stand on the unemployment line!!!!

[BabyBlue91]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../teen_bmw_scam

Police: Teen Duped Dealer to Deliver BMW
2 hours, 6 minutes ago

By JEFFREY GOLD, Associated Press Writer

NEWARK, N.J. - A teenage boy posing as a banker duped an Ohio car dealership into delivering a $123,000 BMW to him at his high school, police said Thursday.

A second order was never shipped after the dealership became suspicious, and the teen was arrested. The first car was later found in Raleigh, N.C., police said.

"He apparently sold the car, and it ended up in a dealership in North Carolina," said Detective Scott Davis (news - external web site) of the Dublin, Ohio, police.

The boy was 16 in early January when he ordered the 12-cylinder 2004 BMW 760Li with "black sapphire metallic" paint and a heated steering wheel and seats. He told Midwestern Auto Group that his bank would confirm the wire transfer, authorities said.

After completing and returning paperwork that was mailed to his home, the teen called the dealership pretending to be a banker confirming the transfer, police said.

The car was delivered to him at Dickinson High School on Jan. 27, two weeks after the boy turned 17, police said.

That same day, he ordered a second car. But when Midwestern Auto Group learned that the first payment was never made, the dealership contacted police.

The boy was arrested at his Jersey City home late last month.

Police said the teen was not hard to find. "He did use his correct name, as far as I know," Davis said.

The teen is charged with theft by deception and was no longer in custody, Sgt. Edgar Martinez said. Authorities did not release the boy's name because he is a juvenile.

[CrimsonTide4]

Teachers Treated After Eating Doped Cake
34 minutes ago Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!



BERLIN (Reuters) - Teachers in a German school were treated in hospital after gobbling up an anonymously donated chocolate cake, unaware it was laced with hashish, authorities said on Thursday.

Some 10 teachers from the school in the northern town of Lueneburg were treated for nausea and dizziness after sharing a cake left at the door to their staff room, a police spokesman said.


"They thought it was food poisoning, but the doctors quickly recognized the problem," the spokesman said. "They showed all the classic signs of people under the influence of drugs."


The spokesman said the teachers had not suspected anything because it was customary for them to buy cakes from the schoolchildren as part of a fund-raising project.


Blood tests and a sample of an uneaten slice of cake revealed it had been doctored with hashish. The teachers were later discharged and police said they had not yet identified who was responsible for the prank.

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Folks in Germany have issues.

[toocute]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
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Folks in Germany have issues.

I was about to say the same thing. Most of the crazy stuff you post is about folks from Germany...dang.

Excuse my drug ignorance. What's Hashish? I've heard the term hash but don't know what that is either.

[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by toocute
I was about to say the same thing. Most of the crazy stuff you post is about folks from Germany...dang.

Excuse my drug ignorance. What's Hashish? I've heard the term hash but don't know what that is either.

I think it's weed. It's what all the rich teens I knew in high school went to amsterdam to smoke/eat/whatever.

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by toocute
Excuse my drug ignorance. What's Hashish? I've heard the term hash but don't know what that is either.

Mamatoocute musta been peering over her shoulder as she wrote this.

where did you go to college?

...don't mind me; I'm just trying to start some stuh on a Friday afternoon

[btb87]

Originally posted by TonyB06
...don't mind me; I'm just trying to start some stuh on a Friday afternoon

You ain't learned yet, have you Tony?

You gon' mess around and get your hiney spanked good.

[UpPinkies]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Teachers Treated After Eating Doped Cake
34 minutes ago Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!



BERLIN (Reuters) - Teachers in a German school were treated in hospital after gobbling up an anonymously donated chocolate cake, unaware it was laced with hashish, authorities said on Thursday.

Some 10 teachers from the school in the northern town of Lueneburg were treated for nausea and dizziness after sharing a cake left at the door to their staff room, a police spokesman said.


"They thought it was food poisoning, but the doctors quickly recognized the problem," the spokesman said. "They showed all the classic signs of people under the influence of drugs."


The spokesman said the teachers had not suspected anything because it was customary for them to buy cakes from the schoolchildren as part of a fund-raising project.


Blood tests and a sample of an uneaten slice of cake revealed it had been doctored with hashish. The teachers were later discharged and police said they had not yet identified who was responsible for the prank.

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Folks in Germany have issues.

Yes, they have issues. Who would eat a cake that was left at the front door of a staff room. Why didn't they throw it away?

[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by UpPinkies
Yes, they have issues. Who would eat a cake that was left at the front door of a staff room. Why didn't they throw it away?

Umm....

Our teachers would do that, lol. When we have a meeting we regularly put the leftover food in their office, and it is like freakin WOLVES I tell you!

I mean, students were giving out Valentine's candy yesterday (there's no school today, so Valentine's went out on Thursday). Should we have the lollipops tested before eating them because there might be chemicals?

NO ONE would expect something like this!

[CrimsonTide4]

When I taught, there were certain kids who would offer me food that went straight to the trash. I wasn't trying to die.