The law and the jungle

Oh, well, as long as he had something important to do:

Police say a Carmel man faces child neglect charges after he left his children home alone twice on one day to buy liquor, withdraw cash and visit a massage parlor.

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I didn't know this, but it doesn't surprise me:

Under Indiana statute, law enforcement officers are exempt from having to buckle up when responding to an emergency. But police agencies can set their own policies.

The Fountain County Sheriff's Department does not require seat belts for its officers. Now, Sheriff Bobby Bass says that might change after deputy Terry Holt, 35, crashed on his way to a call.

Do as we say, not as we do. Yeah, that works for me.

Haven't they learned in Posey that the Nigerians have the only legitimate big-money deals on the Internet?

Indiana State Police recently launched a criminal investigation after receiving information that a Posey County man had lost over $250,000 through a sweepstakes scam.

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A reminder to all town, city and county legislators througout the state -- it you intend for the ordinance to cover goats, put the darn goats in the darn ordinance:

A Hancock County judge has ruled that a Fortville town ordinance does not prohibit a local couple from keeping goats in their backyard.

Keep using that First Amendment, bloggers, while you still have it:

There's a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and “government dictating content policy.”

I missed the column in Sunday's JG by Mindy Waldron, an administrator with the county health department, but I heard Pat White talking about it on WOWO on my drive home yesterday, so I hunted it up. The department has gotten a reputation for being a bunch of rule-obsessed, meddling busybodies because of its apparent attempt to kill outdoor cooking by restaurants.

They just don't want to give up on the red-light cameras:

Both Lafayette and West Lafayette mayors said Monday they'll lobby state lawmakers to create a law authorizing municipalities to use red light cameras.

Well, OK, I write reminders on my calendar of upcoming meetings, and sometimes I leave a sticky note on the door about some errand I need to do that day so I will see it on the way out of the house. But this guy takes the cake for bad memory:

Police say they found hundreds of pictures of child pornography in a southeast Fort Wayne home. The home owner, 72-year old Lewis Jack Philpot is now facing 5 felony charges of possessing child pornography.

Give her some credit -- at least she didn't let the 3-year-old drive:

 Lafayette woman faces up to six years and six months in prison for being under the influence when she let her 5-year-old son drive her around.

Holly L. Schnobrich, 25, pleaded guilty Monday in Tippecanoe Circuit Court to two counts of neglect of a dependent, a Class D felony, and one count of public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor.

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The fact that we're the only state that still does a certain thing does not make that thing the wrong thing to do. But we should at least be open to the possibility that the other 49 states have it right: