A jail cell for a cell phone (WEIRD)

New York Post Online ^ | December 7, 2006 | MARSHA KRANES

[DogByte6RER]

WEIRD BUT TRUE

By MARSHA KRANES, Wire Services

December 7, 2006 -- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - but a cell for a cell?

A woman in Sterling Heights, Mich., was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years probation for letting a party guest use a cellphone on her front porch at 4 a.m.

Carmen Granata, 23, was cited for violating the city noise ordinance.

Her guest, who reportedly stepped outside the house to avoid waking others sleeping inside, apparently wasn't thinking of the neighbors.

[DogByte6RER]

This is what happens when busybody government bureaucrats are allowed to legislate and criminalize virtually any kind of behavior.

At this rate, all of us will be criminals.

This case is a real abuse of government power and now this woman is going to spend 30 days without freedom all because of a stupid city ordinance that prohibits the use of a telephone on private property at 4:00 am.

Outrageous!

What is next to be criminalized...breathing too much fresh air?!?!

[Silly]

This is very bizarre. Something tells me there's more to the story.

[Silly]

This is very bizarre. Something tells me there's more to the story.

[Slings and Arrows]

This case is a real abuse of government power and now this woman is going to spend 30 days without freedom all because of a stupid city ordinance that prohibits the use of a telephone on private property at 4:00 am.

It was a noise ordinance. If she was making enough noise to wake the neighbors at 4 AM, I hope she enjoys her stay at the Graybar Hotel.

[Izzy Dunne]

Carmen Granata, 23, was cited for violating the city noise ordinance. Her guest,

SHE gets cited because HER GUEST steps outside?

[cripplecreek]

I wonder if this person was yelling into the phone or something.

[Leatherneck_MT]

"It was a noise ordinance. If she was making enough noise to wake the neighbors at 4 AM, I hope she enjoys her stay at the Graybar Hotel."

Yep, I hope so too. We don't have enough room for these people in the jails now, need to turn some murderers, thieves and child abusers loose first.

umm on second thought we already do that don't we.

Must have our priorities.

[ElectricStrawberry]

Something tells me that someone wsa ornery with the police.....but that's just a guess.

[Silly]

The legal thinking there is that she's responsible for the quiet on her property. For instance, if I have party which spills out on my porch, and it gets loud, I'm at fault (fairly). In this case it may be a "party of one".

I'm not saying it's right; it's just a guess.

[Silly]

The legal thinking there is that she's responsible for the quiet on her property. For instance, if I have party which spills out on my porch, and it gets loud, I'm at fault (fairly). In this case it may be a "party of one".

I'm not saying it's right; it's just a guess.

[Silly]

You're probably right.

[Roccus]

It's the homeowner, not the cell phone user, that is being charged.

[camle]

something is missing here. a lot of the story doesn't add up. we're not being told the whole story, just led to feel outrage at what the reporter feels is worth getting outraged at.

[Gator101]

I tend to think a fine would be more appropriate in this case.

[L98Fiero]

Whatever happened to, HEY!! SHUT THE *$&% UP!! I"M TRYIN' TA SLEEP OVAH HEAH!!

[sgtbono2002]

So this turkey can go past my house in the middle of the night in his 10 year old junkmobile with the whole Interior filled with space age speakers playing rap music so loud it shakes the paint off the house and the cops dont bother him because they dont want to write up a profile report. But this woman gets 30 days for using a cell phone?

[madison10]

So this turkey can go past my house in the middle of the night in his 10 year old junkmobile with the whole Interior filled with space age speakers playing rap music so loud it shakes the paint off the house and the cops dont bother him because they dont want to write up a profile report. But this woman gets 30 days for using a cell phone?

Wow, you're good! You understand how the system works like a cooperative citizen.

[CMS]

It was a noise ordinance. If she was making enough noise to wake the neighbors at 4 AM, I hope she enjoys her stay at the Graybar Hotel.

The HOMEOWNER was the one charged when it was the GUEST on the phone. This case is a travesty on the legal system in this country. It shouldn't even have been allowed to stand.

[ASOC]

We refer to these as

Weapons Grade speakers

at my house. Infrasound is the proper word.

I can see dishes physically rattle IN MY BASEMENT 5 min before the pimp-mobile goes by.

I don't understand why these guys are not bleeding from the ears and nose....

[stinkerpot65]

There's a little more to this. The "victim" had a history of loud parties and neighbors had already worked up a petition against her. On the night in question, police had already come out twice to tell her to quiet it down, on the third trip she was arrested.