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TOP NEWS - RELEVANT HEARSAY: Unsupervised
'NINJA' DAD LEAVES SON, 4, HOME ALONE TO PLAY NINJA IN STREET
(FindLaw's Legally Weird) - Ninjas have been popular for a while now. Perhaps it's the mystery or the mystique. But one thing ninjas do not want to be known for: endangering the welfare of children. Ross Hurst, 28, of Scottdale, Pennsylvania was spotted by police in all-black clothing walking at 1:23 a.m. March 3. He told police he was jogging, MSNBC reports. Patrolman Joseph Lane noticed dried mud on the ninja dad's knee. When Lane asked Hurst about the mud, he first said he had fallen, then said he had knelt in a field. Finally came the truth: he was acting out a fantasy of being a ninja. Now obviously that in and of itself isn't illegal. But Hurst had a 4-year-old son at home alone while he was playing ninja, police say.
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TARGETING DISTRACTED DRIVING ON COMPANY TIME
(FindLaw's Free Enterprise) - Concerned about distracted driving on company time? Well, you should be. Whether or not an employee is in a company car, he's at work. This means that his distracted driving may be your legal responsibility. And with distracted driving causing nearly 20 percent of harmful car crashes, it's a big responsibility to bear. Enter ZoomSafer, an application designed to help you protect your business and target distracted driving amongst your employees.
| STARBUCKS TIP JARS 'INVITE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR?'
(FindLaw's Injured) - Could a Starbucks tip jar have been the catalyst for a patron's death? On March 3, 2008, Roger Kreutz, 54, of Missouri was ordering up some caffeine when Aaron Poisson, 19, grabbed the barista tip jar and tried to escape the store, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports. Kreutz caught up with Poisson and a fight occurred near Poisson's car. In the altercation, Kreutz was thrown to the ground when Poisson hit him with his car. Kreutz would later die from the injuries he suffered in the incident.
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CYBERLAW NEWS - DOWNLOAD THIS!: CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS: Celeb Status Question
DO HOLLYWOOD STARS GET BETTER PLEA DEALS THAN REGULAR FOLK?
(FindLaw's Celebrity Justice) - Celebrity criminal cases seem to be more in the public consciousness than ever. One question that frequently arises in the context of celebrity cases: do celebrities get a better deal that everyone else when they plead guilty? Mel Gibson was recently heard on tape threatening to beat up his ex, Oksana Grigorieva, followed by her claiming that she was beat up, along with physical evidence of injuries. But he didn't wind up getting any jail time in the incident. Instead his attorney struck a plea deal where he has to seek counseling. There are countless other celebrity cases that cause the public to raise their collective eyebrows. Charlie Sheen. Paris Hilton. Lindsay Lohan.
| Shady Sting
DIRTY DUI: SEXY WOMEN TRICKED MEN INTO DRINKING
(FindLaw's Blotter) - David Dutcher is just like any other man--when an attractive blonde woman offered up a little ménage à trois action, he jumped at the chance. Problem was that the blonde had gotten him drunk before dangling the threesome if he drove to her home. Less than a mile away from the restaurant, he was pulled over and arrested for drunken driving. Turns out it was a set-up. The case of David Dutcher is remarkably similar to at least four others investigated by the San Francisco Chronicle. The so-called "dirty DUI" scheme involves a private investigator, his law enforcement contacts, and a shady divorce attorney.
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