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Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:44 pm
by Mark
updated 11:58 a.m. HT, Mon., Nov. 17, 2008
LINCOLN, Neb. - A driver who threw an axe at another motorist, wounding him, has been sentenced to 37 days in jail.
The man, 51, was sentenced Friday in Lancaster County Court for third-degree assault and criminal mischief after pleading no contest to the charges.
Authorities said two vehicles were traveling near an intersection on June 13 and one cut in front of the other, prompting both vehicles to stop.
The man threw a 3-foot axe through the other driver's passenger window, striking him in the ribs with the blunt end.
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:47 pm
by Tsukiyumi
About the same as if you don't pay parking fines...
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:49 pm
by Captain Seafort
Jesus wept...
Why exactly didn't this joker get charged with attempted murder?
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:49 pm
by Mark
Remind me to avoid Nebraska
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:55 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Hey, come on, it was only an
axe.
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:57 pm
by Mark
That's true, it's not like it was anything REALLY dangerous.............................
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:58 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:02 pm
by Teaos
Why did he have a axe with in hands reach?
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:43 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Teaos wrote:Why did he have a axe with in hands reach?
In case he gets attacked by Ents, of course.
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:39 am
by Mark
Huh?
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:43 am
by Tsukiyumi
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:47 am
by Mark
Now I get it!!!
Go on, hit it.
www.instantrimshot.com
A little late
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:36 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Mark, shame on you for not knowing your Tolkein.
Oh, and they damn well should have charged him with attempted murder for this. You don't throw a fucking axe at someone's upper body/head unless you intend to kill them.
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:05 pm
by stitch626
Except the sentencing board apparently.
Re: Driver gets jail for throwing axe at motorist
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:15 am
by Mikey
Come on - it was CLEARLY intended as a warning shot, just deflected by breaking through the window.
In truth, though, I have to say that with the way I get when I drive (especially considering using the northern end of the Jersey Turnpike the last few days) the only reason that it wasn't me in that article is because I don't own an axe... and the only hunting knife I own has been in my family since before they emigrated from Poland, and I wouldn't want to lose it.
