With only a day to spare, we finally have our Hoosier Teenager of the Year!
MUNCIE -- Police arrested a teenager as he was apparently preparing to urinate on a southside church early Tuesday.
Matthew Lane Stockton, 18, 3418 S. Juniper Lane, faces charges of public indecency and public intoxication, both misdemeanors.
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Things you never see at the high-end steakhouse:
WARREN, Mich. — A man who walked into a Michigan diner with a 5-inch knife stuck in his chest ordered a coffee and complained only about the cold weather.
The 52-year-old man, who has not been identified, called a 911 operator in Warren on Sunday night to ask that an ambulance be sent to Bray's, an eatery in neighboring Hazel Park.
Complained about the weather
A "self-proclaimed vampire leader" (can there be any other kind?), despite claiming to follow vampire law and therefore being "exempt from traditional laws," has been sentenced to more than two years in jail for threatening to impale and dismember a judge and decapitate the judge and his wife and children.
A 12-year-old boy in Gary left home with a gun, and he was later found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Now, everybody is trying to figure out what happened to someone who "never showed any signs that he was troubled."
These are not good days for libertarians with delicate sensibilities:
The Founders viewed the criminal sanction as a last resort, reserved for serious offenses, clearly defined, so ordinary citizens would know whether they were violating the law.
I've written several times, the most recent being Saturday, that we can't ignore the death penalty:
One thing I do know for sure is that we should pay attention to every execution, to all the details mundane and profound, from the last meal to the last words. The death penalty is carried out in our name. The executions are done because we (a large majority, according to polls) want them done. We can't just let them pass unnoticed.
Some days, it just doesn't pay to leave the house:
A 27-year-old Bloomfield woman, Goldie L. Kieninger, was arrested late Saturday after police were called about a woman swaying back and forth while standing in a puddle and yelling at people who were minding their own business.
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Kieninger was asked to give a breath sample. She complied and tested .24 BAC (Blood-Alcohol Content) on a portable breathalyzer.
This is interesting. Most people who follow gambling just accept it that casinos can and will ban those who "count cards" to increase their chances of winning at blackjack. But one gambler didn't, and so far he's winning in Indiana courts.
Whether we want to admit it or not, most of us do have a double standard when it comes to child molesting, don't we? It really doesn't seem as bad when an adult female sleeps with a boy as it does when an adult male sleeps with a girl. And even if we think the women should start getting as much attention as the male perverts, does this seem a little excessive?
I admit to being morbidly fascinated by the last-meal requests of condemned prisoners, so I searched all the stories about Matthew Eric Wrinkles' execution at the state prison in Michigan City early this morning until I found out what he ordered:
Wrinkles received his "last meal" Tuesday -- prime rib with a loaded baked potato, pork chops with steak fries, rolls and two salads with ranch dressing.
