July 2005 - A Beer Can In A Canoe
Franklinville • Franklin Township New Jersey USA
-- Franklinville Code: 278-4(A)
While in the park... no person shall:Possess alcoholic beverages... in park areas or consume same while there or be under the influence of intoxicating liquor while there. Violation of this Subsection A shall be punishable by a fine in the sum of $200 or imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum of 90 days, or both
See Citation and Officer Piper's written report here ~
Franklinville Residents
Wayne Sulzman • Richard Reigens • David String
1. Officer Eric Piper2. Officer Thomas Little
Shift Supervisor • a cool guy3. Lt. Edward Keener • good guy • straight shooter • honest • internal affairs
Probable Cause Info 1 ~ Info 2 ~ Info 3 ~
Supreme Court case law has indicated that rumor, mere suspicion, and even "strong reason to suspect" are not equivalent to probable cause... a man of reasonable caution or prudence in the belief that a crime has been or is being committed...
A police officer stopping a person must be able to point to specific facts or circumstances even though the level of suspicion need not rise to that of the belief that is supported by probable cause. A reasonable suspicion is more than a hunch.reasonable suspicion
In United States law, a reasonable suspicion is an articulable reason to suspect that a person has engaged in or is planning to engage in a criminal act.
To be valid, a reasonable suspicion must convince an uninvolved reasonable person when described to him; a mere hunch or nebulous suspicion is not enough.
This is the weakest standard of evidence that has meaning in U.S. law.
The Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio ruled that a person can be stopped and frisked by a police officer based on a reasonable suspicion.
This brief detention is called a Terry stop.
December 2004 - Taco Bell Picnic Bench
Tim Chell, Glassboro New Jersey prosecutor
officially dropped the 2 criminal charges brought in August 2004 against Taco Bell Customer David String:1. Loitering -- GLASSBORO CODE Chapter 354
2. Obstruction of Justice -- NJS 2C-29-1A
Thus:
-- The Town of Glassboro New Jersey lost the case.
-- Tim Chell, Glassboro New Jersey prosecutor lost the case.
-- Glassboro Patrolman J. Jones #962 lost the case.
-- Glassboro Patrolman Christopher B. Herner #960, lost the case.
-- The Glassboro, New Jersey Police Department lost the case.
Thus, an appropriate claim may be filed against the town of Glassboro, New Jersey by David String -- for at least 3 fresh tacos and a soda, if not some additional U.S. Constitutional remedies for violations of String's civil rights.
Glassboro NJ prosecutor Tim Chell
in the court record has threatened that if a complaint is filed against the town of Glassboro, New Jersey, the criminal charges against Taco Bell customer David String that he dropped -- will be reinstated.He made a motion to dismiss the case without prejudice.
The attorney for David String objected.J. R. Powell, the Glassboro, New Jersey Court Judge
ruled that the case would be dismissed without prejudice -- and could be reinstated.
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE - When a case is dismissed for good reason and the plaintiff is barred from bringing an action on the same claim.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE - When a case is dismissed but the plaintiff (Glassboro NJ prosecutor Tim Chell) is allowed to bring a new suit on the same claim.