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Aug 2, 2012 at 4:00 am
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Age: 42
Gender: Female
DOB: 07/1970
Crimes:
IDENTITY THEFT 07/28/2009
IDENTITY THEFT 07/28/2009
IDENTITY THEFT 07/28/2009
FORGED INSTRUMENT-CRIM POSS I 07/28/2009
IDENTITY THEFT 10/01/2009
IDENTITY THEFT 10/01/2009
Earliest Release Date: 06/16/2014
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Offender Name: UPTAIN, SHELLEY MAE
Age: 37
Gender: Female
DOB: 11/1974
Crimes:
MANSLAUGHTER II 01/31/2008
Earliest Release Date: 11/12/2013
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Offender Name: HERNANDEZ, TRUDY ROSE
Age: 38
Gender: Female
DOB: 10/1973
Crimes:
FORGERY I 07/27/2010
THEFT I 07/27/2010
IDENTITY THEFT 07/27/2010
IDENTITY THEFT 07/27/2010
Earliest Release Date: 10/31/2013
Hold on to your potato, Mercury,
Don't be so quick to go tooting on your lobsters. We all know Shia LaBeouf was not in Temple of Doom, however, you ought to be aware, neither was Randal. You must have been distracted, given the concentration demanded for setting such a meticulously engineered nerd trap, to have a quote from Clerks to slip into your Shorts. Short Round’s line from the film, which I believe you attempted to recall, is, “Hey, Doctor Jones, no time for love!” I'd have let this error pass were it not for the smugness accompanying your intentional trap, as if you weren’t outmatched on the nerd front.
-Colton Hicks
And the Portland Mercury is doing a disservice (and one with potentially serious, even fatal consequences) by treating as a continuing joke linking felons with unsuspecting suckers.
You mean people in prison are there because they were convicted of a crime?
Weird. My penpal told me she was there as part of an AmWay job training program.
"Inchoate" crimes make up a rather large percentage of offenders today, even though "inchoate" crimes have NO victim---in other words, they harmed nobody but themselves and got 'caught' doing it. Driving without the state's permission is another 'crime' where the only harm was that the state didn't get their money, and therefor hadn't given us their consent to use OUR own roadways.
DIVIDE AND CONQUER---how long are we gonna fall for that tactic?
You will note that not one of the listed offenses for which they were convicted is actually an "inchoate crime" (whatever that is): theft and identity theft are real crimes against real victims.
And I'll bet that the manslaughter victim felt it was "choate" enough.
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A Gresham woman, who was withdrawing from methamphetamine when she crashed her car and killed a 21-year-old a year ago, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.
Deputy District Attorney Steve Mygrant said Shelly May Uptain, 33, had been bingeing on meth when she missed a turn Jan. 5, 2007, smashing her vehicle head-on into a vehicle driven by Gary Allen Johnson of Sandy, who was killed instantly.
Blood tests confirmed that she had been using meth, Mygrant said, and a national expert testified during trial that driving during a meth withdrawal is more dangerous than driving high.
"Withdrawal-induced impairment is a very real and a very serious issue that could go unnoticed," said Mygrant, who noted that users are nearly catatonic after staying awake for days on end.
Circuit Court Judge Thomas Rastetter on Tuesday found Uptain guilty of second-degree manslaughter, drug possession and recklessly endangering.
Mygrant said Uptain's young son was in the vehicle when the accident occurred.
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Victims: Gary Allen Johnson of Sandy, aged 21. Gary's mother, father, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and even Shelly Uptain's son because he is without his mother.
Damosa, you are as ignorant and close-minded as the people and institutions you profess to hate.