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- gankige, on 11/04/2009, -3/+235Would have been a completely different story if he'd been driving a donut truck.
- deweyhewson, on 11/04/2009, -3/+189"Sandy City Justice Court spokesperson Trina Duerkson says the felony charges would have been dropped had he agreed to pay the speeding charges. Instead he chose to fight all the charges."
Bribery is a felony, but apparently extortion is just fine and dandy. - pstroll, on 11/04/2009, -14/+120"cited by Sandy Police Officer Mike Wekluk for going 50 mph in a 45 mph zone"
That officer is worthless ***** piece of human garbage. Another reason why I would never consider a road trip across the continent... just too many of these little redneck ***** out there who would like to shakedown unwary travelers.
- Frankzulla, on 11/04/2009, -8/+108Haha, what a dick move by the officer. Hardly seems appropriate to charge him with bribery over something like a pizza from Domino's.
- coreyb, on 11/04/2009, -2/+80Domino's Pizza?! Sounds more like a threat than a bribe...
- cajungator3, on 11/04/2009, -2/+73We are told to bring free pizzas to the sheriff's office all the time. They call it a donation but I'm sure that it is a bribery because the cops never pull any of our drivers over.
- simonbp, on 11/04/2009, -1/+46What a convenient server error the police had there. I presume it magically repairs itself whenever things start going the cop's way again?
- xevidentx, on 11/04/2009, -4/+48the dick move is writing a ticket for 50 in a 45. cops are ***** retarded
- veriix, on 11/04/2009, -8/+52Shouldn't pizza be in quotations? It is domino's after all.
- chrissku, on 11/04/2009, -4/+39 Sandy City Police....give this guy a break.
Domino's Pizza....bring back brownie bites. Please. - veriix, on 11/04/2009, -5/+37what story?
- DontDoDrugs, on 11/04/2009, -1/+33@WiseGuy1020
It impedes traffic where I live too... The speed limit on the interstate is 55, and the average car is going 70+... so if I were to actually drive 60, I would be impeding traffic... - LonesomeFighter, on 11/04/2009, -1/+33there was cop in northern VT who retired last year who was very well known for ticketing people for 1 mph over. and yes, he would show up in court to defend it
- lbzfoxracingsmp, on 11/04/2009, -0/+31server error my ass!
- zaferk, on 11/04/2009, -0/+31Business as usual.
- DirtyVicar, on 11/04/2009, -0/+27The truck would be confiscated for "evidence". And the story would still end up on Digg.
- curtisag, on 11/04/2009, -3/+28I hate cops and their power trips.
- billpilgrim, on 11/04/2009, -5/+30aaahhhhhhh, your tax dollars hard at work
Keeping your streets safe, one pizza diver at a time
Keep up the good work boys - MindStalker, on 11/04/2009, -1/+26Yes, this is pretty much how our legal system works. Offer stuff ahead of time as a general understanding (Political donations, Giving cops free stuff when they come into place, etc) is perfectly acceptable. Offering stuff after you've got into trouble = bribe.
Yea its really the same thing, but they really WANT to take bribes, they just don't want to be accused of such. :) - ScottyAnimal, on 11/04/2009, -1/+26So they admitted it was 50 in a 45 but can just amend it to be 50 in a 35? What kind of ***** is that?
- inactive, on 11/04/2009, -0/+24Seriously Sandy City Police. He's a 53 year old man working as a delivery boy for Dominos, which is clearly not the top life option for any 53 year old. And on top of that he was going 50 mph in a 45. What kind of dick officer pulls someone over for going 5 mph above the speed limit?
- ancalagon73, on 11/04/2009, -2/+25Where I live in NY going 5 MPH over the limit actually impedes traffic.
- fonetikly, on 11/04/2009, -1/+23I grew up in South Jordan, a few miles from Sandy. The Sandy cops are notorious pricks. (Not as bad as Midvale when I left, but it looks like they are gaining.) I got a "Warning" once for passing a cop while legally doing the speed limit in perfect weather. (The cop was just going slow.) Try to report anything or take anyone up on a complaint and get ready for some harassment while nothing gets done! What a bunch of corrupt crooks. This guy is going to have one hell of a time driving around there from now on.
- barderer, on 11/04/2009, -3/+25This is why people hate cops and the group of lawyers and judges that back them up. They just want to get you in there and hit you with the largest bill possible. Total abuse of the law. The man wants to "push the issue" because he is getting screwed. A ticket for going 5 over is ridiculous. Obviously the cop pulled him over thinking he was in a 35 then when the man corrected him his fragile cop ego was sooo insulted he defaulted to being a total dick. The cops and judges and lawyers should be completely separated, the system is soo costly and impossible to fight. Another example of our false sense of freedom.
- CaviMike, on 11/04/2009, -1/+2050 in a 45? Are you ***** serious? This pig had a hard-on right from the start. ***** douchebag.
- RyeBrye, on 11/04/2009, -1/+20Sandy isn't just a little redneck town. It's got a population of 97k and a median income of around 70k.
- RizzosBack, on 11/04/2009, -7/+25If you're going to bribe me with pizza, at least use real pizza, not ***** Domino's.
- NJank, on 11/04/2009, -0/+18some people equate the plea deal process with extortion, especially when trumped up charges to 'force' pleas to lesser charges are brought into the equation.
- boozedrinker, on 11/04/2009, -1/+18Sandy City? Sounds like a fiction place from GTA....
- mparker21311, on 11/04/2009, -0/+16Good call!
- TobiasParker, on 11/04/2009, -3/+19How is "Plead guilty so you save us some money and we will go easy on you, fight it and we will throw the book at you" not extortion. How many innocent people have gone to jail because they were afraid of a longer sentence.
Actually when i was 18-ish someone i knew chose to go to jail for a year for linking to a website that showed how to make molotov cocktails because the prosecutor said if they didn't plead guilty they would prosecute him as a terrorist and he would be looking at a life sentence. This of course was post 9/11. - toxicshok, on 11/04/2009, -0/+16THEY HAVE DONUT TRUCKS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
- AwesomeDeluxe, on 11/04/2009, -2/+16“They treated me like a child molester, so I just got the ***** out of there,” Booth says.
Clearly a badass guy. Also, ***** the police. - psion01, on 11/04/2009, -1/+15Second job? Between jobs? Doing it to help out the owner as a friend? A writer doing research?
- TobiasParker, on 11/04/2009, -0/+14It was early 2002, by birthday is in February. It was sometime between when I was 17 and 18.
I don't know why they went after him, but they charged him with something like providing material support or something. They had no case but when faced with a year in jail versus life, he chose not to risk it.
And yea, some people cannot afford lawyers, you basically admit that the entire justice system is a way to keep poor people in jail. - dickmnixon, on 11/04/2009, -0/+14I know a few older drivers who love their job. I delivered for 5 years after high school and it was the best job I ever had. In a good area a driver can make good money and most of it in cash. You drive around, get to smoke, listen to music, no boss watching all the time. And if you want the best weed, find a pizza driver. :) Remember different strokes for different folks.
- Jektal, on 11/04/2009, -0/+14Why? He's 53 years old and delivering pizza, not exactly how he thought his life would turn out, I'd bet. Yet he still routinely gives out soda and/or breadsticks if the customers are unhappy about something? Sounds like a pretty cool guy, considering.
And he was pulled over for going 5 MPH over the legal limit. Honestly, I'd expect someone to be pretty mad at that point.
And you know, so what if he SUPPOSEDLY offered the officer a $12* bribe? I don't want people bribing cops, but was the officer really incapable of resisting the lure of a pizza? Shouldn't it be more illegal for a cop to take a bribe than it is for a citizen to offer one? And I said/emphasized "supposedly" because TFA states that the cop's in-car camera/microphone didn't record the first portion of the ticket, where the bribe allegedly took place. What happened to "innocent until proven guilty"?
* Value of the pizza, according to TFA - zantos420, on 11/04/2009, -1/+14that's no joke, either. i used to work drive thru at a starbucks a few years back and any cop that came through i would give the coffee to him free and refused to take money and would say, "just remember my face" jokingly. a couple months later and a dozen or so free cops satisfied with daily free coffee i got pulled over for 60 in a 45 and the cop remembered me, told me to slow down, and let me go :)
- hutch619, on 11/04/2009, -1/+1342Vindictive is worthless ***** piece of human garbage.
- Tubal22, on 11/04/2009, -1/+13If redneck's make $70k/year on average, sign me up.
Sandy is far from redneck. It's baically where you live if you're well off in salt lake city. - lolfantastic, on 11/04/2009, -0/+11He should have offered bacon or donuts.
- Frankzulla, on 11/04/2009, -0/+11Maybe that's why they charged him! A better pizza might have gotten him out of it.
- fxu1989, on 11/04/2009, -3/+13"Booth disputes the offer was even made.“Nobody made an offer like that, because if they did, I would have taken it,” he says."
"“I think the only acceptable outcome is a dismissal of all charges,” he says. “I won’t cop a plea for the 50 in a 35. [They] owe me so my faith in the justice system can be restored.”"
True, he said that after they supposedly made the offer, but he's a moron if they offer you again and not take it. You have no evidence, and it's your word against the police's. A speeding ticket over a felony charge. Let your pride go and do what's best for you. - diggbigwig, on 11/04/2009, -0/+10No.
- diggbigwig, on 11/04/2009, -0/+10I'm guessing he probably makes more money than you get in allowance.
- curtisag, on 11/04/2009, -0/+10I don't care how they feel. Feelings aren't suppose to be a part of law enforcement. The guy deserved a ticket, but he doesn't deserve to have a felony on his record for the rest of his life for a ***** pizza. The guy is just trying to make a living. He's 53 years old and stuck in a dead end job.
- Zerohcool, on 11/04/2009, -0/+9You are straight up retarded. If a cop wants to lower the ticket they change the speed you were going on the ticket not the speed limit.
- RizzosBack, on 11/04/2009, -3/+12Cops take bribes like this constantly. Ever want out of a speeding ticket? Have a Starbucks smock in the back of your car. They bribe the cops with free coffee all the time, and thus get out of things like this.
But hey, systematic bribery is fine, one guy, that's a crime. - vilago, on 11/04/2009, -4/+13i don't. these cops need to chill the ***** out with this crap. i haven't met a decent cop in my lifetime and i've met more than a few. if your a cop = most likely a douchebag army personality where you feel entitled to everything and feel better than everyone else
- bigteebo, on 11/04/2009, -0/+9Funny how those 'server errors' pop up at the worst time.
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