Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Not Your Typical Fan

A couple quick updates to two of the stories in this previous post.

From the Boston Herald:

A Lawrence Yankees lover livid over the Red Sox' 14th-inning ALCS Game 5 victory shot a rival fan to death and wounded two others inside a moving minivan early yesterday morning, sources said.


And I thought the fans throwing debris onto the field were bad.

"It was a night of drinking gone bad," said a source.


You think?

And from the Boston Globe:

Boston Police plan to contact authorities investigating the alleged Columbine-style attack plot at Marshfield High School to determine if a gun that one suspect allegedly showed to another student was a .40-caliber handgun issued by Boston Police.


Now, where he could he possibly have got his hands on that? Hmm...I wonder.

Yesterday, Boston Police Lieutenant Kevin Foley said news reports that Joseph Nee was carrying a .40-caliber handgun "was really the first we'd heard of that particular allegation."

Foley said there has been no formal investigation by the department into whether the handgun was a Boston police firearm, but "given the seriousness of the information, we will naturally follow it up."

The Boston department will contact Marshfield authorities about the handgun allegation, Foley said, and then decide whether to launch its own investigation.


Unsure whether to investigate or not? There's a good chance a kid student (and legal adult) brought a cop's Glock to school. You'd better damn well investigate!

But Police Chief William Sullivan said yesterday the "probable cause" that led authorities to search the Kerns house was "not in play" with respect to Joseph Nee at the time the Kerns house was searched.


I'm no criminal justice expert, but if a student brings a gun to school, the adjective "probable" seems like a bit of an understatement to me.

During a lengthy interview with reporters Monday, Thomas Nee proclaimed his son's innocence and highlighted the fact that police have not conducted a search of the family's home.


Gee, the cops didn't storm in and ransack another cop's house in search of evidence against his kid - I'm stunned. Again, I'm no expert, but I would think a jury would require just a tad more info before acquitting someone on such serious charges.

"Nothing's changed since a month ago other than innuendo and people are taking sides on an issue in a small town," Thomas Nee said Monday of his son. "I personally witnessed police officers promise they wouldn't prosecute him."


Really? A student brings a gun to school, in violation of multiple state and federal firearms laws and the Marshfield Police Department is saying they won't bring charges against him? Care to name these officers? Didn't think so. I'm betting the Plymouth County District Attorney's office will have a slightly different take on this matter.

More business as usual in the Commonwealth.