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Frazzled wrote:

Phoenix wrote:Guess it's time to finally finish building that flame thrower that I keep putting off. Home depot, here I come.

In other news, I must say I'm always depressed when I see a good harmless prank like this followed up by people saying crap like "We will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law". Dude, chill out, it was 2 hours of silly traffic sign message. It didn't even say anything that bad. People need to lay off the litigation and just let some stuff slide these days.

Sorry you misperceive. In Austin, "fullest extent of the law," is 30 days. They don't call it Berkeley East for nothing. Ironic I'm there, oh so ironic.

It is a Class C Misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine only. In fact if they came through my work they would probably spend a whopping 16-20 hours in jail and the majority of that would be processing. As for fines... if they went through my court... they would probably get hit with a $78.00 fine and $122.00 court costs which would be done with the second the judge signed the paper work. So... really empty words on the part of law enforcement. But you know... this is Texas... they need to be tough on crime!!!

Oh yeah... to clarify a few points... before they get questioned...

1. The maximum fine that can be assessed is $500.00 plus court costs. I know as of right now in Harris County where Houston is, the court costs would be either $122.00 if they were arrested on a warrant ,or $72.00 if they were caught in the act.

2. The jail time I mentioned is when they are arrested. If they had just been ticketed and went to court on their own and did what the judge tells them they would never see the jail. It is only when you are arrested that you see jail even though these are "fine only" crimes. Usually though by the time you see the judge you will have earned enough to begin processing out.