So quit burning already.
Don't be like the major doofus who almost burned down my friend's house last year.
Of course, we can be reasonably certain that nobody will be issued citations unless they're come-heres. The born-heres don't seem to get in trouble with the law much...
A Camp Fire volunteer named O'Berry was arrested after firing a gun in the vicinity of a busload of kids heading to camp.
He had been arrested three times since February on other charges, including arson, automobile burglary and home burglary.
The most distressing part of the incident is this:
Camp Fire officials said this week that O’Berry was a volunteer and the organization does not do background checks on volunteers. [Emphasis mine - Ed.]
“He was always under the supervision of an adult,” said Traci Collins, Towazi’s board president. Volunteers are required to work in pairs, and never be alone with a child, she added.
Irate camp counselor fires gun near school bus, police say.
This is what happens when you hire your relatives and friends without doing a thorough background check. Or when you hire based on what church someone attends.
Wake up, people! There are plenty of resources out there to help you make an informed decision. Nepotism and favoritism are no way to run a business OR a volunteer organization.
**************
Our sister blog covered the original headline problem.
Received this from a good friend:
My son got in trouble at Bogalusa Middle School for fighting and calling the bus driver "the B-word." He said he cursed at her because he had not been fighting; she wrongly accused him. Neither he nor the other boy involved had any visible marks or bruises.
I had to go to the principal's office with my son. The principal talked about how awful it was to call the bus driver a bad name and then made a phone call to the Bogalusa Police Department. He said I was to take my son to the PD where they would arrest him for disturbing the peace.
I drove him to the PD, and the officers there said they wouldn't arrest a minor for disturbing the peace.
I took my son back to school and confronted the principal. I accused him of wasting two hours of my time and lying. He said he lied, "To your (my) son." My son was later arrested over the incident. I never saw the bus driver's report about the fight; only about calling her a name.
I was fired from my job for absenteeism, even though the only work I missed, with advance notice, was the court dates and some doctors' appointments.
He's on probation for an entire year. We have to pay $120 in fees for this. He was invited to go to a camp with other kids, and couldn't. He has to ask permission to go out of state and visit his 80-year-old grandmother. We have a social worker at our house twice a week. This is for a misdemeanor.
We have suffered a 40% reduction in income, and maybe more when my unemployment runs out if I don't get a decent job.
Judge A.J. Hand sentenced Bogalusa City Councilman Danny Stogner a $50 fine for the battery charge and another $50 fine for the resisting an officer charge, plus court costs. The total amount comes to $299.50, which Stogner must pay by July 23.
The District Attorney’s office asked Hand to give Stogner jail time, but the judge did not, said Rick Wood, spokesperson for District Attorney Walter Reed. No probation was issued, Wood said.
Law enforcement officials on Capitol Hill Wednesday told a House panel that the booming international trade in phony consumer goods is funding terrorism. Link
"We decided to just take the items off the street,” Culpepper said, adding both business are legitimate with the proper licenses. “It’s what they were doing that was the problem.” Link
In this Daily News article, we learn great stuff:
An eight-agency task force, led by the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, hit the streets before daylight Tuesday in a series of parish wide raids whose purpose was to round uo drug suspects. [...] By the time it ended, 15 suspects had been apprehended and taken to the Washington Parish Jail. And case detectives still had nine people to locate and bring into custody.Seven comments, so far, from people wanting to know the names of the arrestees.
Still at the rumor stage, we heard that a local motorcyclist was killed by a young person driving on a learner's permit - with no accompanying licensed adult.
A co-worker told us that one night last week, a person was badly beaten by a man wielding an aluminum baseball bat in front of Wal-Mart.
Anyone know anything? Leave a comment.
We've been told that Bogalusa High School was under lockdown Tuesday, Feb. 12, because a student brought a gun to school.
Developing...
CENTERVILLE, Pa. -- Police and humane officers raided a kennel at a home in Centerville, Washington County, and said they found dozens of dead dogs on Tuesday evening. Animal control officers said there were dogs in cages inside and outside Calico Creek Critters Rescue, and even in a nearby incinerator.
Powered by ScribeFire.
