Southern Beale is shining the light on a scam when she caught a kid in a lie about Tuscan Readers Services, where people try to sell magazine subscriptions door-to-door. She’s written about this before.

The kid lied to me. I mean, I always figured they were lying, but this was a lie I could verify. She told me she lived in a particular house, but in fact I actually happen to know the family that does live there, and she isn’t one of them. She made up a whole big story about how they’re selling the house and moving one street over–also a lie. I know the family has their house on the market and they’re moving to another part of town.

This is what kills me. Every time they come to the door they make up a family name, pick a house in the neighborhood, and claim to live in it. Well, our neighborhood is pretty sociable with one another. We’ve had quite a few neighborhood get-togethers and while we don’t know everyone, I certainly know the people on my street. The assumption seems to be, since this is a suburban neighborhood, no one will know one another. Maybe that’s true for some neighborhoods but it’s not true for us.

She warns that some people do pay attention and now about their neighbors.

She cries foul and points out that just because they say Vanderbilt Children’s Services is getting the money doesn’t make it necessarily true.

I know my title isn’t as fun as John’s:  Blazing Lieutenant Governor might have to saddle up..(if New York spits out Spitzer) and Fish, not fishy, but this post from  Historic Germantown is worth reading even if the title is BugsBunny’ish.

Excerpts:

• Don’t rely on clamshell window locks. They’re uneven, don’t fit, and easily jimmied with a knife.
• Don’t leave packing materials from valuable purchases out on the curb or in the alley. Break down containers and dispose of discretely.
• Do consider a dog*– the larger the better. Use “Beware of Dog” signs. (Keep vacuum cleaner in obscure location, as thieves can run a dog into a bedroom if the dog fears the vacuum cleaner.)

There are many more really informative ideas on how to keep your home from being burglarized.  Read it all right here.

After seeing this story (”Witness troubles stymie police”–USAToday), I was reminded of an encouraging (to me, at least) local story from the other day. First, from USAToday:

Witnesses to killings and other violent crimes refuse to cooperate in law enforcement investigations with such regularity that their silence is driving down the rate of solved murders throughout the country, police officials say.

Which brings me a Nashville story from over the weekend. I’m curious to hear what people think about this local initiative called dosnitch.com. (here’s the Tennessean’s report) Apparently, it is a response to this type of thing.

For the record, I have never watched an episode of The Sopranos, but it does seem to me that there seems to be a sort of glamorization of the Mafia and “codes of honor” in the world of organized crime in recent years. I personally believe there’s no honor among thieves, but I think I may be in the minority.

But anyway, from the dosnitch website, its founders state,

Our purpose is to promote the empowerment of people seeking to live in a crime-free environment, by providing information on how to anonymously alert and aid law enforcement about past, present, and potential crimes.

It was always interesting to me when I was working in criminal law to observe defense lawyers (and even some prosecutors) deriding those who cooperated with, or provided information to, law enforcement.

Not to get off track, but I’ve had to process some of this same information in the area of teaching my children about “tattling.” There’s a reason that it’s wrong . . . I’m not sure the same thing can be said of “snitching.”

…being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

That is the Second Amendment to the constitution. A case goes to the Supremes today regarding this and it’s one of the most significant cases to be looked at by the Court in a long time. Several citizens in Washington, D.C., are challenging a ban on handguns by the D.C. government. The case is called Heller v. District of Columbia, and as you might guess, Say Uncle has a listing of links regarding the case. So why is this so big to the pro- and anti-gun groups? Well, there’s

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That’s one of the things that some people favor, isn’t it? Less governmental intervention sounds good. But it apparently doesn’t to Rep. Bill Dunn (R- K’ville) because he has proposed a law making it a crime to not call the police if you see a crime happening, especially if it results in bodily injury or death.

Granted, people have a moral and ethical responsibility to call as far as I am concerned. The article talks about two incidents, a carjacking and the recent school bus rape, where witnesses did nothing, and to me, that is reprehensible behavior. This is an example, one of many, where lawmakers are trying to compel what they see as moral behavior. Does this work in real life? How effective do you think legislating ethics can be?

As usual, Rachel and Aunt B bring to our attention something so important — something that could very well affect me, you, or a close loved one should such a tragic situation like this arise. That is, in some states if you or a loved one is raped, not only do you have to go through the further humiliation of a “rape exam,” but the victim has to pay for the forensics testing as well!

The Vol Abroad notes that (finally) in Tennessee, legislation was passed wherein the cost will be funded by the Victim’s Compensation Fund for sexual assault victims; however, that will most likely be a reimbursement rather than out and out payment. Thus, the victim has to pay for it and then go through a bunch of red tape to be reimbursed.

I’m sorry, but what a bunch of bullshit.

I really appreciate and agree with what Mack had to say on this topic today:

Isn’t the sole purpose of the kit to gather evidence? As such, it seems like an expense that should be covered by the police, or the State.

I ‘m wondering if I show up at an ER claiming to have been shot, if I would be charged for collecting and storing the bullet fragments as evidence? Or, what if the police want to make sure I didn’t shoot myself, and gave me a GSPR test? (Gun shot powder residue) Should I have to pay for that? What if I decide not to press charges? Is it OK to charge me for the costs incurred investigating the crime?

I’m just sitting wondering what kind of message this sends to women. Are we saying that they, as victims of rape, are somewhat, kinda sorta, in a way complicit? I think it does.

Kat Coble and AuntB and Elizabeth at “Pith in the Wind” and Gavin (and others I’m sure–please let me know in the comments) are posting about the recent Nashville Scene report that the Southern Baptist Convention (”SBC”) seems to be punting rather than deal with the issue of sex abusers within the SBC.

This is a tough subject. I have ZERO sympathy for sex abusers. And as far as criminal justice is concerned, you likely haven’t seen a less sympathetic person than me. (Some of you are nodding your heads). On the other hand, I can sympathize with the SBC in this context. The SBC isn’t like the United Methodist Church or the Catholic church (or any other large denomination, frankly) so comparing what other denominations can do or have doesn’t seem fair. The reality is that the SBC could be the biggest, most powerful loosely affiliated organization in the history of the world. The organization represents a subtle balance between orthodoxy and autonomy, and I’m not sure where maintaining a database and investigating complaints and refereeing disputes and expecting compliance squares with autonomy. Indeed, the Scene article is entitled “What Would Jesus Say?” but this really isn’t an issue of what the SBC should say, it is about what they will do, and maintain, and enforce. As a lawyer, I also think the SBC’s reticence could fairly be about how implementing proposals advocated by the SBC’s detractors could force the SBC to assume liability without a means to manage their liability, given the way that the SBC is “organized.”

Unlike the federalist-circumventing tactic of our nation’s speed limit laws or DUI laws which are imposed through the carrot and stick of DOT money; unlike the disciplinary or leveraging tool of denominational ownership of church property, there doesn’t seem to be a way to impose something from the top down in the SBC, given the nature of their organization and given the proclivities of so many of the leaders in the member churches.

I won’t pretend that I do not have a reflex to believe the best about the SBC–the things that make them so controversial in the blog universe (which tilts left) endear it to me. And I won’t pretend that I am rather disinclined to believe the best about groups Kat Coble termed “tortseekers.” That being said, I will admit that this situation gives me pause. While infidelity or taking advantage of one’s position as a pastor may be issues properly resolved within a church body (or perhaps a denomination, which doesn’t include the SBC), I don’t believe that crimes are “issues” or “conflicts” that should be kept quiet or in-house. Hopefully churches, especially SBC churches that have no other available filter, are doing criminal background checks on prospective hires.

For a whole host of reasons, the SBC is on the Scene’s naughty list. And holding up a couple of pastors (or former pastors) who turned out to be abusers and who happen to have been seen with current leaders within the SBC at one time or another is not the same as demonstrating that the SBC is shuffling sex abusers around the org like priests or public school PE teachers. For the time being, I think I’ll direct my outrage at the sexual perpetrators.

Update: Glen Dean describes why he would label the Nashville Scene story is a hit piece.

Newscoma has linked to an article in the Commercial Appeal that is important to political bloggers. There’s a line that’s being drawn in the legal sand and we may be on the wrong side of the line. The question at the heart of the matter is whether a blogger should be considered a journalist. Journalists are protected from having to release the names of their sources. Bloggers may not be considered journalists, depending on how this case works itself out, and thus may not be protected.

Someone leaked something to a blogger, Thaddeus Matthews, and the police want to know what and who. Matthews has been following the case of Dexter Cox, an 18 year-old, who is charged with the killing of police officer Edward Vidulich. Memphis police believe Cox was a brutal killer who targeted Vidulich. Matthews has uncovered evidence that there’s more to the story. Matthews believes it’s a tangled web of sex, extortion gone bad, police lying about Cox and covering up for each other.

Bill Hobbs notes that the Tennessee Association for Justice (previously the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association) was still shoveling campaign contributions to State Rep. (and then-House Judiciary Chairman) Rob Briley well after his arrest for DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and felony evading arrest. From the article,

Randy Kinnard, the PAC’s treasurer, explained why they gave Briley more than the other members of the Judiciary Committee.

“We anticipated a very competitive race for him in the next election,” Kinnard said. “That was high on our agenda. And another thing that was high on our agenda is that in the past his voting record has shown to us that his mind and his thinking and his heart take into consideration our clients’ needs.” (emphasis added)

Hobbs titles his post, “Trial lawyers still love Briley.” Whether or not they love him, they sure feel like they can trust him. Too bad his wife and children, constituents and law enforcement can’t say the same.

David at The View From Below explains a case of continuing injustice…

The next time you get caught in some relatively minor bureaucratic nightmare, consider the case of Paul House. House is very literally rotting away on Tennessee’s Death Row for a crime he didn’t commit. House was convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of Carolyn Muncey. House was sentenced to death because he was convicted of both rape and murder. He was convicted of rape because forensic testing revealed that semen found on Muncey’s clothing was consistent with House’s blood type. He was convicted of murder because blood stains found on a pair of House’s pants was Muncey’s blood.

Sounds all neat and tidy, right?

Wrong.

I hope you will go over and read David’s excellent post about this case.

I thought you’d be interested in a follow-up on the info about Sprint and an endless spasm of fraud which I posted yesterday.

In The Editor’s attempt to correct the problem she encountered another glaring lack - the Knox PD failed to verify her identity, which made the LAPD balk instead of taking action:

What the KPD doesn’t seem to get is that LAPD wants the K-town police to verify that I am who I say I am. And when Sgt. MC waved the police report in front of me saying, “You have this!” she failed to reason that NO ONE EVER VERIFIED MY IDENTITY WHEN THEY TOOK THAT REPORT! If someone knew my name and a phone number, they could have made that report.

LAPD wants KPD to verify who I am. And I don’t see what’s wrong with that, given that the reason I’m in this situation in the first place is because Sprint didn’t do much to verify someone’s identity who claimed to be me.

I just kept waiting for and hoping that one of the departments would suck it up, act like a grown up, and take the high road. Instead, I felt like I was in this fight between two spoiled children trying to get out doing chores. I mean, honestly! There I was, standing in the police station with all my ID and information, and all they needed to do was FAX the LAPD’s Financial Fraud Department. But, “That’s a long distance call!”

Her post is here.

Could it be that identity fraud is being initiated by large companies?

I’m starting to think so, especially after reading of the nightmare scenario from The Editor, aptly titled “Why Sprint Sucks”. The Editor has endured totally unacceptable treatment at the hands of Sprint. 4 times now, the company has contacted her seeking large amounts of cash for accounts she did not start. The Editor has NEVER had a Sprint account. And they demand she prove she is a victim, despite the fact the company has victimized her 4 freakin’ times.

“I contact Sprint and finally get through to a person (hitting 0 a lot helps), and give them the account number. They tell me the account was open in December 2005 from an LA phone number and address. They tell me three lines were open under this account!!! The phone number given was my old phone number. They tell me one of the addresses associated with the account is my old address and there is another address that I have never lived at. I know no one that lives at this address. It is one of the addresses that showed up on my credit report. I tell them that this is the 4th time someone has fraudulently opened or tried to open an account in my name with Sprint. That prior to 2005 I had expressly asked that no account should EVER be opened in my name, and yet, here we were with an account in my name. Last time Sprint actually contacted me to ask. So what gives? I gave them specific instructions as to what questions MUST be answered in order for an account to be open.”

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“I receive the Fraud Packet from Sprint. The fraud packet is set up under the assumption that you, the victim, must prove your innocence. It asks more from me than it did of the criminal who stole my identity.”

Her post also includes nearly a dozen links to other reports on Sprint’s bad, bad policies.

So imagine hundreds and hundreds of people intentionally set up with false accounts, unable or too fatalistic to fight back. Who benefits most?

Bill Hobbs has a post (”Taking on the Establishment”–BillHobbs.com) about recent developments in What Will Happen to Rob Briley’s Political Career. Hobbs reports that, “The House Democratic Caucus is backing Briley.” Though House Democrats are standing by their incumbents (per Hobbs’ report–no news there), they haven’t excepted Briley from this list.

But what do we expect? If they don’t defend elected officials who have extramarital affairs with lobbyists and drive drunk and flee the scene of a crash and (feloniously) evade arrest and hassle police officers and are convicted of DUI, soon no elected officials will be safe.

Identify a problem, devise a solution, implement the solution, problem solved. That’s they way you normally think of it going. But if you think it’s always smooth sailing, you’d be wrong. Sometimes when someone tries to accomplish a goal, the very tactics he employs to accomplish it work against him.

Thus it was with RIAA and a buddy of mine whose frustration while trying to listen to music and watch a DVD that he bought and paid for led him to a conclusion that I’m pretty sure all parties involved were not planning for.

Says Eric, in ‘Thanks to the RIAA I just bought my last CD!’

I’ll admit it… I’ve spent far too much money on music over the past few years. I’ve probably spent well over $1,000 on CD’s during the past ten years, and more than $300 on iTunes (that was back when I was still using Microsoft Windows… now I’m on ubuntu and I don’t use ITunes). I love music, and I love to constantly have a lot of it readily available.

But recently I’ve been met with insult after insult when spending my hard earned money on music and DVD’s. Normally I’m able to ignore the record label lawsuit war on its own community, but now I find myself starting to feel the heat. And I haven’t even done anything wrong!!!

Click through and find out the excruciating details on what happened. For the record, Eric is from Chicago, not Nashville. But his beef is with the record labels and their policies. Where better to post this than here in Music City? Perhaps some of the movers and shakers over on the Row would like to respond.

Blue

Kathy T, posting at This Is La Vergne writes:

The petition developed by Joshua Osborne to change state law is now online. We prefer residents of Tennessee to sign it, but support from other parts of the country would also be appreciated.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION.

Joshua Osborne asks you to sign the petition below to urge the State of Tennessee to change its child abuse laws:

1. Eliminate the statute of limitations for child abuse crimes to allow children time to recall and courts or care-takers time to document said crimes.
2. Allow children to testify about abuse against the accused in private (not in front of the accused).
3. Eliminate “first-time offenders” category in cases of child abuse.

While cases of child abuse definitely tug at my heart strings, I think we must consider potential ramifications. How might this bill hurt people in ugly child custody cases?
Can we assure that children will not be manipulated to punish others? Children’s memories are malleable. My brother and I don’t remember events in our childhood the same way. I just don’t know. What do you think, Nashville?

Who knew there was a Top 10 List for Vegetarian-Friendly State Prisons?

Well, PETA creates just such a list and their latest assessment says Tennessee ranks 8th in the Top Ten Vegetarian-Friendly State Prisons according to their press release.

The story is headlined “State Is Feeding Inmates’ Hunger For Healthy, Non-Violent Meals” and includes the following:

“Prison food has traditionally gotten a bad rap, but you won’t hear many complaints from vegetarians and vegans who are serving time in Tennessee. The vegetarian sweet and sour entrée, vegetarian chili, and veggie burgers have inmates asking for seconds.”

Who knew? Not me.

Gavin Richardson:

i thought it eerie that there were all these large gun toting police men around the new life church to give sustained feeling that people are now safe.

can the implement that sustained the terror really be the same implement that brings peace? or is it the hearts of the person that are the difference?

Art Ruch:

Not that it would bring back those lost lives if they were… But I want to know “why”. I want to know what went so badly wrong with a human being’s mind that he would shoot people at a place of worship and a mission training center.

JMG has some insight into a possible sexual assault on her college campus.

Why was this female student “incapacitated”? Is it possible, just by an off chance, that she had passed out from drinking herself into oblivion? I hear from students all the time about their drinking binges in which the next day they remember little to nothing of the previous night’s events. How does this student know that in a drunken stupor, she didn’t consent to sex?

And does she plan to tell her parents about this “possible” sexual assault? If she does, will they be objective enough to realize her level of irresponsibility in putting herself into that kind of situation? Or will they want to place all the blame on the male student, or even blame the university?

I read, with interest, this information from the G-Man this morning:

Per my morning routine, I opened up Fox News and saw a disturbing headline that read, “Dixie Chick Natalie Maines starts defense fund for convicted killers”. I was immediately interested in reading the story, fully preparing to be outraged by what I read. The headline turned out to be misleading…..Maines is not setting up a defense fund for any random whacko out there killing people, but for a specific set of convicted killers who were almost certainly wrongly convicted. I agree with what she is doing 100% and this surprised me as I really cannot stand Natalie Maines. I won’t get into that at this time (maybe a rant for a later post) as it will only distract and detract from the real story here…..which is that the convicted killers Natalie Maines is setting up a defense fund for is the West Memphis Three.

Ms. Maines is urging everyone to check out the HBO documentaries Paradise Lost and Paradise Lost 2, but I also recommend reading the Devil’s Knot by Mara Leveritt. Seeing the original Paradise Lost in the mid 90s first drew my interest to the case but reading the Devil’s Knot fully educated me on what a travesty of justice this case really is. I’ll leave it to you to see the films, read the book, or visit their site (www.wm3.org, which apparently is down at the time of this writing) to get the whole story, but I will just say that when these murders occurred, the town was in the grip of “devil worship fever” and these boys were arrested and convicted because of the witch hunt that it spawned. They were targeted only because they were outcasts who looked different and enjoyed listening to heavy metal music such as Metallica. The police decided they had their men and refused to look at any evidence that pointed to anyone but them and also badly bungled the investigation and “lost” several articles of evidence. There is just so much here that points to these young men being wrongfully convicted that it just drives me crazy. Please at least read the Wikipedia article about them and I am sure you will begin to see what I mean. It’s a long article, but this is an important case and people need to be aware of it. There is a hearing coming up soon where the defense will present new DNA evidence. Please be sure to watch the headlines to see what happens…..I know I will.

You can’t say the girl isn’t putting her money where her (sometimes big) mouth is…

The Tennessean is reporting that the lawyer defending Eric Dewayne Boyd is seeking a change of venue for the trial, in part because of bloggers, who he believes “spread lies and helped create an urban legend surrounding the details of the final state of the victims’ bodies — details meant to outrage and taint any jury pool.”

Boyd is charged as an accessory in the January 2007 Knoxville carjacking that ended in the murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. At issue is online discussion of sexual mutiliation of the couple, which was (five months) later said to be untrue by John Gill, special assistant to the local district attorney. Boyd’s lawyer further stated, “Gill’s statement has so far had no effect on the bloggers and populace in Knoxville.”

The Tennessean piece makes no reference to specific blogs or bloggers or their statements, providing no insight as to what was actually said. An online blog search for posts unfortunately turned up numerous white supremacist sites (the murdered couple was white, those charged are black). KnoxViews noted that racist protesters turned up in downtown Knoxville to complain about media coverage of the story. Knoxville CBS affiliate WVLT clarified that the protesters were from a white supremacist group, and had New York-based radio host Hal Turner on hand, who made comments such as “If the families had educated their children to be more racially conscious, maybe their kids would be alive.” Even Michelle Malkin got in on the act, saying the couple had been gang-raped and that “rumors” suggested they had been “sexually mutilated,” and suggesting that the national media wasn’t covering the story because it didn’t fit a “political agenda” and wasn’t a “useful crime.” Locally, Volunteer Voters opined on the protest, calling those involved “outside agitators” (back when ACK was allowed to opine).

Meanwhile, actual Knoxvillian/nationally recognized blogger Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit said he’d seen no evidence that the murders were a hate crime, but did think that if the victims had been black and the accused white, the national media might have been all over it.

I know we have some Knoxville bloggers floating around here - what’s your take? When Michelle Malkin and an NYC radio host are getting involved, is a change of venue really that useful? Were “the bloggers and populace” in Knoxville really the problem, or those who were stirring things up from elsewhere?

WVLT has ongoing coverage of the story online and the Knoxville News-Sentinel did a roundup of facts vs. fiction in the case.

Earlier this week, our very own Aunt B. alerted us in a letter to her friend Supermousey about the story of Megan Meir that was featured in the St. Charles Journal out of Missouri. If you aren’t familiar with this story, it’s about a young girl who committed suicide after being the victim of some hateful and deceptive comments on her MySpace page.

What’s worse is that adults, friends of her family, set up this scam where a “boy” was talking to her as her friend on MySpace then verbally attacked her on the internet.

Jezebel breaks it down:

Megan was thirteen, awkward and overweight, though everything had been picking up since she’d lost 25 pounds and met “Josh,” a sixteen-year-old b0y on MySpace. Josh was hot, and friendly, and told Megan she was pretty without asking for her number or her measurements or anything sleazy like that, so Ron and Tina allowed their daughter to add him as her friend. And all was well, until right around Megan’s fourteenth birthday she got a message from “Josh” saying he’d heard she was a not a good person. Then one day, Megan spent the whole day frantically alternating between posting MySpace messages and running around the house sobbing.

Megan hung herself in her closet by the end of the day.

She was 14. There was no boy. It was a cruel joke by parents of one of her friends.

The issue that adults/parents would do this to amuse themselves is horrible. But the story has taken on new implications that has to do with bloggers who are accusing the local paper that ran this story of hiding the identity of the adults involved in this tragedy. The comments section on the story have bloggers asking the parents who did this to be named. The paper did not name them.

Bloggers did some digging and have outed the family themselves according to a story on Wired.

Jack Lail has several links that break it down and at any of these sites, the comment sections are angry and sometimes painful to read. Head to his place to follow the different blogs who are commenting on this.

• So, should the newspaper have identified the family, who incidentally was not charged with any crime?

• Was the blogosphere right in outing the parents themselves?

• Will this, as one commenter said at Jezebel, help put a nail into the coffin of traditional journalism?

• Are parents of young teens that are part of this community here in Nashville allowing their kids to participate in social networking?

• Should I have also added the names of the parents to this post?

I’d like to hear what you guys here at Music City Bloggers have to say about this and their your perspectives on this.
Lots of questions where there are no easy answers.

Update: CNN has picked up the story.

Catherine wants everyone to call Jim Fyke about the Bicentennial Mall security issue following the recent rape in that park.

Commissioner Fyke doesn’t seem to think the recent two-hour long, violent rape of a woman walking through Bicentennial Mall warrants any policy change, even though the park currently has no foot patrol between dusk and 7AM. More offensively, Commissioner Fyke also doesn’t seem to think anyone else is particularly concerned about it, either. Call him and let him know that’s not the case.

She’s also written the Governor and the Mayor with several good points.

While I understand the bureaucratic status quo that can be used to
weave the carpet under which the Commissioner’s office is sweeping
this event, some very simple conditions make this particular park
unique:

1. Bicentennial park is an expansive green space between a commercial district and a residential one. It is common sense, then, that residents will walk through the park, both in the day and at night.
2. Because the park is designed to be walked through, car-patrols are necessarily limited and inadequate in securing the park.
3. Because the park includes traversing local roads, it is impossible to secure the state-run areas separately from the local ones.
4. Because the park is situated in the district with the highest number of violent crimes last year, it is reasonable to assume that the park is, itself, in a more dangerous context and demanding of special protections.

Read the rest of her excellent letter here and more of her thoughts on the issue here.

Brian McMurphy wants to know:

The streets of Nashville are running with blood every night so I have a question to the Nashville blogger set as no one really seems to care about it from what I read around the internets. As we are now approaching a dozen murders in as many days, how confident are you in the ability of Chief Ronal Serpas and former(?) murderer’s rights activist turned Mayor Karl Dean to get it under control and who should be held responsible?

Personally, I do care about all these murders. I’ve been watching the news (shockingly, I usually don’t watch the news) and all these murders in Nashville are pretty disturbing. Unfortunately, I don’t have any answers whatsoever as to whether Karl Dean or Chief Serpas can get this under control. But I bet you readers do…

CJ Sorg of idiot blog writes an open letter:

What prompted this “open-letter” to you Erick, was that now the police are delivering envelopes to the house with your name on them. While waiting for the schoolbus with my son this morning, a state trooper pulled into my driveway asking for you. The state trooper had his “lie detector face” on and scared me and my son. For a moment, I think the trooper thought I was you! After talking with the trooper for a few minutes, his exhaustive detective work revealed that I am not Erick Rehkope.

Yikes. The entire letter is over at his place. Don’t go scaring George. CJ will come after you. And I’d do the same thing.

Someone broke into Craven’s truck, which is strange enough, but what they took was the really weird part.