Football Lands in Old Lady's Yard, She Keeps It, Gets Taken to Court

[Manic]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/20/national/a120717D35.DTL



BLUE ASH, Ohio (AP) --

A prosecutor has dropped a charge of petty theft against an 89-year-old suburban Cincinnati woman accused of refusing to return a neighbor kid's football that landed in her yard.

Blue Ash Prosecutor Mark Arnzen said Wednesday that there was insufficient culpability to prosecute Edna Jester of Blue Ash, who was arrested last week.

Police say a child's father complained that Jester kept the football. Police Capt. James Schaffer says there has been an ongoing dispute in the neighborhood over kids' balls landing in the woman's yard.

Since her arrest, Jester has handled a barrage of media calls and an invitation to appear on "Dr. Phil."

Jester says she might consider that, if she's feeling up to it.

The maximum penalty for a petty theft conviction in Ohio is six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

 

[Two-Face]

WTF? Why can't we just get a long on?

 

[Brick]

Why didn't they just jump the fence and get it back? That's what i did when i was a kid.

 

[November Rain]

This is stupid, everyone knows the rules,

if it goes over a wall, unless you are brave enough to retrieve it, consider it lost.

What a waste of a lawyer's aptitude.

Innocent people are going to jail while the best lawyers in the country are dealing with missing ****ing balls...

 

[Spidey-Bat]

This is stupid, everyone knows the rules,

if it goes over a wall, unless you are brave enough to retrieve it, consider it lost.

Or you can knock on the door of the house and ask if you can get it back. That's what I'd do.

This old lady sounds like the nasty old lady no one likes in the neighborhood. That isn't a crime though.

 

[Dark Victory]

What is up with her? Six months in jail and pay a $1,000 fee, or just let the kids have their ball back. This is almost as stupid as the one lady refusing to pay for her burger.

 

[Morg]

What is up with her? Six months in jail and pay a $1,000 fee, or just let the kids have their ball back. This is almost as stupid as the one lady refusing to pay for her burger.

that's old, charges been dropped against the lady

 

[Addendum]

The home my parents live in has a creek running in back of it. Every time a ball lands in their backyard, my old man chunks it over the fence into the creek

 

[terry78]

The home my parents live in has a creek running in back of it. Every time a ball lands in their backyard, my old man chunks it over the fence into the creek

That's actually pretty ****ed up.

 

[Sawyer]

Damned old people...

 

[Mike_D202]

Those kids should have seen this movie, then get an idea, then hilarity ensues:

 

[Manic]

In The Sandlot, didn't the scary neighbor turn out to be a nice old person who replaced their Babe Ruth baseball?

 

[Sawyer]

In The Sandlot, didn't the scary neighbor turn out to be a nice old person who replaced their Babe Ruth baseball?

Yes, but that's James Earl Jones we're talking about. No ordinary old person can compare to him!

 

[The Guard]

(Falls over laughing)

 

[chaseter]

I have evil neighbors. And yes, a suit in the Sandlot against JEJ would have made the movie so more realistic.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

They would have made him put down The Beast.