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87-year-old man accused of soliciting a prostitute earns pass from prosecutor
Michigan Live ^
Posted on 09/02/2015 12:01:51 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The 87-year-old man police say was soliciting an undercover cop posing as a prostitute will not be prosecuted.
"What would be the purpose in prosecuting him? " Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth said Tuesday, Sept. 1. "He wouldn't and shouldn't go to jail and 87 years without involvement in the criminal justice system has, in my opinion, earned him a pass."
Howard Arthur Klein, likely the oldest person ever charged with this crime, was arrested by Grand Rapids Police around 10 p.m. June 26, near Broadway Street NW and Leonard Avenue, not far from his home.
Klein was arrested along with two other men and two women, the rest of whom were booked into the Kent County Jail. Klein was not taken into custody, due to his age, and was arraigned July 8.
“What would be the purpose in prosecuting him?" Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth.
Klein allegedly claimed he thought the woman he approached was someone he knew from church.
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Whatever happened to law and order? OUT the window I'm telling you.....
To: bigdaddy45
What a man
What a man
What a Dirty Old Man !!
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:03:19 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: windcliff
To: bigdaddy45
The 87-year-old man police say was soliciting an undercover cop posing as a prostitute will not be prosecuted. Klein allegedly claimed he thought the woman he approached was someone he knew from church.
What kind of church does this guy attend?
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:03:53 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
To: bigdaddy45
Let me guess, he charged the prostitute with attempted murder.
To: bigdaddy45
87 and functional? Man is a model to us all... LOL
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:05:56 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(We need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' on Iranian bombing runs. It is not vituous)
To: bigdaddy45
I can see letting him off, but was the “Atta-boy!” necessary?
LOL
/s
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:06:45 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
To: Gamecock
One that takes a biblical interpretation of the word “knew” as in Genesis 4:1.
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:07:25 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: bigdaddy45
Every so often, common sense rules the day.
Don’t prosecute this 87 y/o man, better to give him a high five and a Betty Grable Calendar.
To: bigdaddy45
The prosecutor agreed not to pursue charges in exchange for the man revealing the name of the Church he attends...
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:07:37 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Gamecock
“What kind of church does this guy attend? “
“The Church of the Gooey Death, Baptismal Carwash, and Discount House of Sin!” Haven’t you heard of it?
To: bigdaddy45
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:08:23 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Cut the crap!)
To: bigdaddy45
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:08:28 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(The mill grinds exceedingly fine.)
To: bigdaddy45
They humiliated the old guy anyway. Mission accomplished. We are so much safer now. Your tax $$$ at work.
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:08:33 PM PDT
by
Forgotten Amendments
(Trumpbots - why conservatives can't have nice things.)
To: bigdaddy45
i have no problem with this.
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:08:49 PM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: Gamecock
“Klein allegedly claimed he thought the woman he approached was someone he knew from church.”
I never tried that before.
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:09:05 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: Gamecock; bigdaddy45; stylecouncilor; stephenjohnbanker
HAH .... better look in the mirror, jagoffs
We'll prolly not MAKE it to 87 ... and if we do ............... where will we be ?
A judge with common sense
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:09:09 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: bigdaddy45
Assault with a dead weapon ?
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:09:46 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(If stupidity hurt ... liberalism would be agonizing)
To: stephenjohnbanker
To: bigdaddy45
It is the conceit of every generation to think that it discovered sex. Kudos to this old fella for deflating that conceit.
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posted on
09/02/2015 12:11:06 PM PDT
by
Loyalist
(Who whom?)
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