Comments on: Canoeist paddle to save woman, fined $85

By: Mike D

Mike D — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:02:05 +0000

oops.. I was late on that they didn’t mention the town so a search didn’t catch it ..

http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Outrageous_Heroes_Fined_85

orginal article.. pre hd-dvd

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:54:18 +0000

“TWIN FALLS — Two canoeists who were given two $85 tickets for not carrying life jackets as they recovered a suicide victim’s body Sunday from the Snake River have had their citations dismissed.

The Twin Falls County prosecutor declined to file cases today against Dennis Bohrn and Michael Futrell, both of whom were cited with failing to carry a personal flotation device.”

Sorta happy ending…

By: Mike D

Mike D — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:15:12 +0000

submitted to digg
http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Twin_falls_county_Idaho_tickets_Heroes#c6485808

hopefully we can let the sheriff’s office know what the digg effect is about

By: annon

annon — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:21:27 +0000

Wow can you believe it?
The Charged a man with BE right after he saved the life of the person
who he was robbing.
Turns out that old Mr Henderson eats to much at night and just happened
to start choking on some left over KFC in the kitchen.
Our brave hero herd a noise and a man choking while he was in the living room
loading up on a new big screen tv and decided to go check it out.
And yet the police want to charge the “suspect”

What an outrage, don’t you you think the law should work so that people who do good things get to do bad things in order to balance out the universe?

Frigging Hippies
Why don’t you go drive a woman in labor with out a seatbelt on. While drinking behind the wheel.

You break the law, you break the law.

By: Tensenki

Tensenki — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:10:17 +0000

That cop should find a new line of work, hes on a power trip, and hes and ass to boot.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 03 May 2007 01:28:32 +0000

smash!!!

Thinkin of Bitty Browser?…

Anyway I would of ripped that ticket right there in front of the officer

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:25:07 +0000

It sounds like the canoe just happened to be floating near where the body fell and they just basically pulled it to shore.

In any event, that deputy sounds like a heartless jerk for not looking the other way on this one.

By: Dogcow

Dogcow — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:55:03 +0000

I feel the officer was completely right, but picked poor timing. Because these “rescuers” (who may have little to no canoeing or water rescuing experience) didn’t have life vests, they are putting themselves in a dangerous situation of rescuing a body. I have no idea about the conditions of the area but regardless if they had failed in the rescue, its potentially 2 more deaths to worry about. Rescue is no excuse for recklessness.

By: Micahel Pascual

Micahel Pascual — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:20:37 +0000

The officer doesn’t have to enforce Class C misdemeanors they overlook these things all the time he had the option to give warnings if he had to give anything. He is just being a “Richard Head”.

By: marcintosh

marcintosh — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:06:50 +0000

It’s like I always say – People Suck! If it were me the officer would be going for a dip need saving himself.