Texas Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Stealing Ribs!

[gblowfish]

Dude stole a slab of ribs from a grocery store in Waco, TX. Jury sentenced him to 50 years in prison. 1/4 of the time is mandatory. Now, I love ribs -I'm from KC- but it's not worth 12 years of my life, even if they are perfectly smoked, rubbed and sauced. Story is here:

http://tinyurl.com/lrajcw7

[Dayze]

he should watch out for his pork butt in the clink.

[Cannibal]

And yet we can't get one of these big bank CEO's that crushed the economy a slap on the wrist.

[Dayze]

well, yeah.

they did us a favor by not failing. we should be thankful.

[gblowfish]

he should watch out for his pork butt in the clink.

Instead of syrup or jelly, they'll be askin' him, "dry rub or sauce???"

[Rasputin]

Never steal a mans ribs! Should of got longer!

[Rasputin]

Florida should take note how justice is done in Texas. Maybe they wouldn't be such Florida?

[Dayze]

Instead of syrup or jelly, they'll be askin' him, "dry rub or sauce???"

lol
a dry rub sounds very uncomfortable.

[CleveSteve]

At first, I thought "Man, some parts of Texas are so racist." But, there is a little more to the story than the headline after looking at it.


Posted: May 30, 2013 10:33 AM CDT
Updated: May 30, 2013 11:43 AM CDT
By: The Associated Press




WACO, Texas (AP) -
A jury has sentenced a Waco man convicted of stealing a rack of ribs to 50 years in prison.

Forty-three-year-old Willie Smith Ward was convicted and sentenced on robbery charges Wednesday. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Ward's theft of the $35 rack of pork ribs turned into a robbery after he threatened a grocery store employee who tried to stop him in 2011.

The employee testified that Ward told him he had a knife.

The jury recommended Ward be sentenced as a habitual criminal. Ward has previous felony convictions for burglary, attempted robbery, aggravated assault, leaving the scene of an accident and possession of cocaine, and four misdemeanor convictions, including two thefts.

He must serve at least a quarter of his sentence before he's eligible for parole.


Can't post link, but above is from myfoxaustin dot com.

So really, it's not just petty theft of the ribs that got him sentenced. Threatening with a potentially lethal weapon boosts the seriousness quite a bit.

Still, 50 years? Seems crazy.

[gblowfish]

OK, he's a career criminal. But 50 years???? 50 months, maybe.

[Predarat]

Try stealing a rack of ribs from a farmer in Texas and you will end up dead, he is lucky it was only a store.

[Rain Man]

Is this technically cattle rustling?

[BigCatDaddy]

LMAO At the bottom of the page

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[houstonwhodat]

He's a habitual fuck up.

[BlackHelicopters]

Pork ribs?

[DJ's left nut]

I have no problem at all with mandatory minimum sentencing for repeat violent offenders.

This is the kind of guy that will someday actually stab a clerk when he's trying to grab some french fries while coked to the gills. People will whine and wail about the senseless tragedy.

OR.....we could take a guy that contributes nothing to society, is a career criminal and hardcore drug addict, and take him the hell out of the general population.

I'm fine with that.

[Frazod]

I have no problem at all with mandatory minimum sentencing for repeat violent offenders.

This is the kind of guy that will someday actually stab a clerk when he's trying to grab some french fries while coked to the gills. People will whine and wail about the senseless tragedy.

OR.....we could take a guy that contributes nothing to society, is a career criminal and hardcore drug addict, and take him the hell out of the general population.

I'm fine with that.

Better just to shoot him, frankly.

[Rain Man]

Better just to shoot him, frankly.

Maybe we adopt the Chinese system. Three strikes and you're shot.

[J Diddy]

and yet Eve got nothing...

[Frazod]

Maybe we adopt the Chinese system. Three strikes and you're shot.

Best thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ2kAoiXwhVJ4-N1dJA1aI_OtrilWdKg6bUfQVkG9HS3rm-tzja

[ChiefaRoo]

Better just to shoot him, frankly.

I bet he'll eat ribs from HEB in prison. Oh the irony.

[WhiteWhale]

So he steals food, and we send him somewhere where taxpayers have to feed him for at least 12 years.

Seems smart.

[Saul Good]

and yet Eve got nothing...

She used the "Adam told me he wanted to give me the bone" defense.

[Dave Lane]

And yet we can't get one of these big bank CEO's that crushed the economy a slap on the wrist.

Can we at least beat the shit out of them with some slabs of ribs.