tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post6755030434335565952..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: Hot productTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-86927396816370603272009-02-23T20:53:00.000-06:002009-02-23T20:53:00.000-06:00I can only afford a cheap MP3 player but it still ...I can only afford a cheap MP3 player but it still holds a lot of music. How can these kids all have IPODS...do they have jobs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-91815287995959862432009-02-23T16:20:00.000-06:002009-02-23T16:20:00.000-06:00My junior high/high school self would hate this co...My junior high/high school self would hate this comment, but I think the schools shouldn't allow kids to bring their IPODS in to school. Darn technology is making those "CRAVED" items so much smaller and easier to steal! Back in the day, it would have been alot harder for someone to take my skip-resistant, bass-bosting portable CD player and my CD collection from my backpack without me noticing. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-83564979690154850592009-02-23T14:23:00.000-06:002009-02-23T14:23:00.000-06:00M Roselius-The threshold for a felony is $500, not...M Roselius-<BR/><BR/>The threshold for a felony is $500, not $300. It's always difficult, because the law is not specific as to whether the basis for the value of the thing stolen is retail, wholesale, replacement, fair market value. It has been my career-long experience that it is difficult to get felony charges filed on theft cases unless the dollar loss is quite large--way over the threshold, and that even then, plea bargains to misdemeanors in felony theft cases are common.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-8606941973248534902009-02-23T13:57:00.000-06:002009-02-23T13:57:00.000-06:00With the threshold for felony theft being pretty l...With the threshold for felony theft being pretty low at $300 - when you "solve" one of these thefts - are you able to charge them with a felony? How often is that plea bargained away to a misdemeanor? (I know that's out of your control)<BR/><BR/>While the price of iPods has dropped below the $300 mark - at $1 a song - the content on the device quickly becomes worth more than the iPod itself.<BR/><BR/>Just wondering if the deterrent effect of jail time for this type of a theft is allowed to run it's course.M Roseliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447989193524477962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-75614441391416317422009-02-23T13:39:00.000-06:002009-02-23T13:39:00.000-06:00http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=1...http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10570843<BR/>The news of the blog was a good red.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-14378989350404815262009-02-23T09:58:00.000-06:002009-02-23T09:58:00.000-06:00Even if 99% of Lincoln's population exercised sens...Even if 99% of Lincoln's population exercised sensible caution in their daily activities, that still leaves around 2,500 condition-white wannabe-victims walking around effectively trying to enable a crime, every single day. A lot of them are the kind that could not envision the merit in keeping their hands up, until they get a straight right in the nose - and sometimes not even then.<BR/><BR/>I think a far greater problem than making one's media player an easy target is making one's purse or pocketbook an easy target. If your purse is too big to carry with you at all times, then it's just too big! If it gets ripped off, your life will be turned upside-down; scan the daily incident summaries for all the forged checks that businesses report to LPD almost constantly - most of those come from purse thefts. Get a bar-hopper wallet or a neck wallet, and leave your too-big-to-carry purse at home.<BR/><BR/>In any case, never leave anything (including a purse) visible through the windows of your parked car, even if the doors are locked, and you're only running in the store "for a minute". never leave your purse in a shopping cart or on a counter "just for a moment", or in an unlocked locker. You don't need to be an upscale bag-lady with half of your material possessions in that weekender bag you call a purse. It's just dumb.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and if I see many more theft of vehicles that were unlocked, running, and with the keys in the ignition, I'll need to wrap duct tape around my head to keep it from exploding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-62799194205677174192009-02-23T09:46:00.000-06:002009-02-23T09:46:00.000-06:00And to think...when I was in school, you weren't a...And to think...when I was in school, you weren't allowed to have any electronic devices in your possession except for a calculator.<BR/><BR/>How many of these thefts could be prevented if the kids were made to leave these devices at home? In turn, how much police time would be saved?Grundle Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748007604078024036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-73340993001985344122009-02-23T08:29:00.000-06:002009-02-23T08:29:00.000-06:00I hope no one steals my iPod.I hope no one steals my <A HREF="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2379/2174050703_848cbca521.jpg?v=0" REL="nofollow">iPod</A>.ARRRRG!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09956649539508503776noreply@blogger.com