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- troycott, on 11/08/2007, -4/+48nothing brings in deadbeat dad's like a meet and greet with Ozzy. Like bears to honey.
- dienaked, on 11/10/2007, -5/+38Arresting someone who isn't expecting anything is usually easier and safer than walking up to a criminals residence and trying to serve a warrant through a locked door.
I'm sure a lot of those addresses aren't where the guy is actually staying half the time anyway, it's probably mom's house, and people on Digg love the stories of cops raiding the wrong house.
And honestly, these people had warrants. It wasn't like they were busting people for jaywalking. - skyfyre, on 11/08/2007, -1/+26So let me get this straight:
- Sheriff sends a bunch of criminals invites to a meet and greet with Ozzy, to take place on the night of his concert.
- Criminals show up
- Criminals get arrested
- No injuries
- Taxpayer money saved
- Douchebags and deadbeat dads are getting what they deserve
I fail to see the downside in this. He came up with a clever way to get criminals to come to him. Some of them would have undoubtedly run from uniformed deputies serving warrants on their homes, and there would no doubt have been another stupid taser story on Digg's front page as a result, in addition to possible injury to the officers serving the warrants. Good for him. - sexybobo, on 11/08/2007, -7/+31Why endanger peoples lives by having to break in to the house with a warrant you don't know if you will get shot by doing so or if they try to chase them in the car it puts the other motorist in danger they don't have to be in. This is actually a nice safer alternative to the usual way police do it also this isn't the first officer to do this lots of others have held stings by telling them they one a flat screen or something like that.
- ZachSka87, on 11/08/2007, -4/+27Doesn't quite work like that. The addresses were probably a P.O. box or something. For them to set up a sting there had to be a reason...there was no other way to get at these guys. Police have to do this stuff all the time. If anything, we should be glad that these ***** are paying for their apparent lack of responsibility. Why does no one see this as a good thing?
- smoothlou, on 11/08/2007, -7/+24Hating on your fellow diggers won't make your dad come back, stoolcannon. SOMEBODY COME HERE AND GIVE THIS KID A HUG!
- silveravnt, on 11/08/2007, -3/+19Yeah catching bad guys sure is a dick move. FREE THE BAD GUYS!
- Dumbledorito, on 11/07/2007, -0/+14I'd feel sorry for whoever had to try and take Ozzy's statement.
- stoolcannon, on 11/08/2007, -27/+40Whatever bitches. Deadbeat dads are pieces of crap anyway and there is nothing wrong with this. All you fussy little wusses forget that if the guys weren't pieces of crap they wouldn't have been "stung" anyway. People complaining about this are the same asshats that will sit and stare in disbelief the next time we have a terror attack on the level of 9/11 saying "How can this happen?". Take the ability to remove the criminals from society away from the police and our safety goes with it.
Now go ahead and digg me down like I know you will. - 3Den, on 11/08/2007, -2/+15Sounds like a good move to me... quietly tricking people with arrest warrants to turn themselves in unknowingly rather than bashing in doors and shooting poeple. Seems like a good comrpomise.
We're not talking civil rights violations here... we're talking about efficient non-violent police work, no taser-in-the-eye involved. - apraxia, on 11/08/2007, -2/+15Eh... sounds kind of funny to me. Go Gett'em Sheriff!
- belovedkid, on 11/08/2007, -0/+11his point is that these kinds of penalties are harshly biased towards males.
- mstoneburner, on 11/08/2007, -4/+14I'm not to bright, so can you clear something up for me? What is "obviously wrong" about arresting people who break the law, exactly?
- WoLFBoP, on 11/07/2007, -4/+13Here we go with the labeling of people. Is a person a deadbeat dad if he misses one or two payments cause of financial difficulties? I didn't see any mention of deadbeat moms out there either. There are plenty of women that have to pay child support and get away with not paying it. If someone misses say $10,000 or more of child support, yeah, they can be labeled a deadbeat, but some people get arrested, harassed and even jailed for missing a couple payments. How the hell do you catch up on that when you can't work cause you have been incarcerated? Get off your high horse and come back to reality. Sending a so called deadbeat dad to jail over $500 is like sending someone that misses a car payment to jail.
You sir, are a moron..... - inactive, on 11/08/2007, -1/+10*****. These were known deadbeat dads. It's about their character and priorities. They can take the time to attend a special concert but they can't help support their children.
Interesting that the 2 tickets were sent to 40 people and the police made over 40 arrests. Guess that goes to show you that this obviously works.
As for them not just going to their homes to arrest them, there are a couple good reasons.
The loser dad may no longer live there and knowing he would have a warrant out for him he didn't change his license.
What is typically issued against these losers is what is known as a Bench Warrant. It means the police will MAYBE come to your home and knock but typically not. They cannot barge into your home on a bench warrant. They might come knock on your door once or twice but they typically wait until you are pulled over or some other act that allows them to find out who you are.
I can't believe Ozzy or anyone else would be upset that the police busted a bunch of losers that refuse to help raise their children. - silveravnt, on 11/08/2007, -1/+10I don't understand what the problem is? The police have trouble catching criminals so they trick the criminals into coming to them. Honestly I don't get why you guys have a problem with the POLICE catching BAD GUYS. It IS what we pay them to do.
- Jumile, on 11/07/2007, -2/+11I read about this trick being used YEARS ago, though it was for winning a prize rather than a concert. I can't believe it worked more than once.
- inactive, on 11/07/2007, -0/+9You just used his name without permission. Twice.
- Herolint, on 11/12/2007, -0/+9I don't know, I think having prison be as uncomfortable as possible can only be a good thing. I'm not saying he's a saint or anything, but I think this country pampers prisoners way too much.
- mstoneburner, on 11/08/2007, -3/+11Heaven forbid law enforcement arrests dead-beat dads. POOR OZZY
- gyrfalcon, on 11/08/2007, -1/+8The court system has ruled that police can lawfully lie to you, make up that other evidence exists, and still question you to try to get you to incriminate yourself... or to arrest you.
That being said they made up a lie about an Ozzy Ozbourne concert. It makes no difference whos name they used. Hell they could have said it was a George Bush fund raiser if they thought it would work. - ellabee, on 11/08/2007, -1/+8Get those dumbass deadbeats any way you can. Score one for the good guys.
- dunderballer, on 11/07/2007, -0/+6This was a very effective way to serve a lot of warrants at the same time. If Ozzy doesn't want his name associated with serving justice to the citizens of Fagro, than he should go there.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -1/+7I did, as stated above. Glad someone else sees this as a positive. I only wish I could digg you up a few more times.
Chances are the people complaining are deadbeat parents also. - Phillydroog, on 11/07/2007, -0/+6Dugg for everyone using asshat.
- mstoneburner, on 11/07/2007, -1/+7You don't need his permission to use his name for non-commercial purposes.
- silveravnt, on 11/07/2007, -0/+5Thats because moms usually get custody so dads are usually the ones who have to pay. If 90% of the people who owe back child support are men it's not biased its just the way it is.
- Jtheletter, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5People with warrants got arrested with minimal force used. Hooray, I'm all for safely catching people actually indicted by the courts.
However, Ozzy's name is part of his business and income. He licenses his name and likeness to make a living. Is it right, or even legal, for the police to use his name for a sting without his permission? That's the question at hand folks. Any copyright/trademark geeks want to jump in on this one? - inactive, on 11/07/2007, -0/+5It's a trap!
- houndeyex, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4... WHAT?
- shadowspawn, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4buried for using WordPress.
- bullhead2007, on 11/07/2007, -4/+8I live in Arizona, and I can tell you this is small potatoes compared to the stunts our Asshat Sherriff pulls. He's got a long ways to go to top Asshat Arpaio
- Bobtastic, on 11/07/2007, -1/+5And just how many of the people who got busted by the sting only owed $500? I have no idea if the article says, cause its broken and I'm too lazy to find my own mirror.
I used to work in a homeless shelter and knew a lot of the guys there owed a lot of money in back child support (a number of them were over the $20,000 mark and there was one man who admitted he owed more than $40,000). That's where cops should go if they really want to find some deadbeat dads. Some of the guys in the shelter were living there simply to avoid having wages garnished. - inactive, on 11/07/2007, -8/+12I take it none of you guys have seen Serpico?
Ozzy shouldn't be pissed, he should be happy that now theres a chance a bunch of kids will finally get the support they're owed. - thailand1972, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4"Deadbeat Dad" can equal a father denied access to visit his children (because the mother obstructs and refuses to co-operate), despite winning court orders that allow him visitation, or it could be a father who has seen the mother move across the country with his children because her new boyfriend works there and putting him in a situation where he will not be seeing his children more than once or twice a year. I can understand the bitterness of fathers in this situation where they feel their only power left is to NOT pay. It might not be right, but the situation is already wrong. Not all "deadbeat dads" deserve the stereotype portrayed in this thread. Also, women are less likely to keep up payments if they are the non-custodial parent, so the stereotype isn't really accurate (it's just that the majority of mothers win custody).
- mstoneburner, on 11/08/2007, -5/+8Just because some women may also be deadbeats doesn't mean that men who are should not be punished.
- cmw72, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Perhaps he was referring to the 1989 movie "Sea of Love" in which Al Pacino (of Serpico fame) and his fellow police officers do the exact same thing when they stage a fake meet & greet breakfast with the New York Yankees?
- EvaMonkey01, on 11/07/2007, -5/+8"You can do it Ozzy, Bite it's freakin' head off."
- jhuebel, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3That's just silly. There has to be a way to draw those people out. I think it was a clever idea. Deadbeat dads deserve jail time. You don't have children then abandon them emotionally and financially.
- Tyr7BE, on 11/07/2007, -7/+10"Now go ahead and digg me down like I know you will."
Oh, you know it!
What happens when the general public loses the ability to trust the police? "Oh what's this, meet and greet with Ozzy? Wait a minute, I remember what happened last time this happened! Maybe they suspect me of something. *****. I'd better sit this one out." When you get to this point you're pretty much looking at the state of affairs in Africa or some Central American nations, where the public trust the police about as far as they can throw them.
I agree that the police should be after these guys, but it should be through the normal, established channels. I mean, these aren't cunning criminal masterminds. For the most part these people are barely functional. Show up at their trailer and more than likely that's exactly where they're going to be. - kgmurray, on 11/07/2007, -2/+5Ozzy should be grateful that this cop got him all this free press time. What other reason would this lame has-been have for being in the news? As if anyone would have known or cared that he was in Fargo!!!!!
- fafaforza, on 11/08/2007, -1/+4The only person giving this story attention is Ozzy, not the police. If anything, the police would rather keep this quite, as otherwise they have to keep coming up with new ideas for stings. The Simpsons already ruined the boat giveaway.
And why is Ozzy pissed? That his good name might be tarnished in the eyes of deadbeats who flaunted the law to the point of being pursued in sting operations? Have you ever been in trouble with the law that they had to create entire operations to catch you? Me neither. These people appeared in court, were given a sentence of jail or financial restitution (whatever) and simply decided not to obey the judgement. If someone screwed you over for money, then you got a favorable judgement in court, but the guy simply decided not to repay you your money, would you also be sympathetic to Ozzy and critical of the cops trying to bring the guy in to face justice?
Why would you have sympathy for criminals and be so critical of police? Sure there have been plenty of bad press for cops, but does that mean every move they make is automatically bad? Why not use your brain and your own judgement and judge each situation on its own merits instead of deciding everything on prejudice? - inactive, on 11/09/2007, -0/+3Too often, that child support check doesn't mean money for the kid either. Too many deadbeat moms are spending that check on themselves and their boyfriends.
That's exactly why some dads decide to become "deadbeats". - jynxy, on 11/12/2007, -2/+5If your username is an indication you live in Bullhead, so Joe Arpaio is not YOUR sheriff. Also he follows the law, you may not agree with the law, but he follows it. I don't get how it's wrong to actually treat criminals as criminals? What the sheriff did in Fargo is completely legal and lets see Ozzy sue a sheriff trying to serve notice to criminals, he may but he'll have a hard fought case. Stop romanticizing criminals and sympathizing with them, most of them are bad people. You may not agree with the law they were incarcerated for braking but they broke societies laws to get into prison, and contrary to popular belief just because you believe "society is filled with ignorant people"(just because they don't happen to agree with you) does not make it right to brake their laws. If you do not like them, change them, If you repeatedly cannot change them, maybe it's only your opinion that they are wrong, and you should redirect your attention to other issues.
- Herolint, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Bush didn't get elected on his own merits, but rather the lack of merit in his opponents.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2If the money went to the kids instead of the moms and/or the moms had to account for how the money was spent, there would be far less "deadbeats" out there.
- smacksaw, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2I guess that deadbeat dads don't watch The Simpsons.
Simpsons did it! -
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