Most jurisdictions have all kinds of laws that make common things illegal. The laws are generally ignored by enforcement unless they are needed to cite an extreme violation.
For example, loitering is often illegal. But unless someone is being obnoxious, it's rarely enforced. In this case, I think it's a waste of taxpayer money to cite this "stealing" of electricity. Probably, somewhere not too far away, something much worse was happening at the same time. If it were to become a problem, it's easy for the school to ask for enforcement. Peri Hartman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SLPinfo.org Sent: 04 December, 2013 7:14 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: EV owner charged w/ stealing $0.05 worth of juice(video) Zeke, As true as that might be it doesn't change the fact that this guy took something that wasn't his and that he didn't have permission to take. The size is irrelevant. I'm no angel but even I see it as wrong. Unfortunately this also just gives more ammunition to the anti-EV crowd. Peter On Dec 4, 2013 6:22 AM, "Zeke Yewdall" <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone who leaves the door open a minute too long and lets cold air in > while entering the school is probably guilty of costing the school > more....... > > Z > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:47 AM, brucedp5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.11alive.com/news/article/314666/186/DeKalb-electric-car-owner-charged-with-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-juice > > Electric car owner charged with stealing 5 cents worth of juice > > by Doug Richards Dec 3, 2013 > > > > [video > > http://www.11alive.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2890461312001 > > ] > > > > CHAMBLEE, Ga. -- One Saturday in November, Kaveh Kamooneh drove his > Nissan > > Leaf to Chamblee Middle School, where his 11-year-old son took was > playing > > tennis. > > > > Kamooneh had taken the liberty of charging the electric car with an > > exterior > > outlet at the school. Within minutes of plugging in the car, he says a > > Chamblee police officer appeared. > > > > "He said that he was going to charge me with theft by taking because I > was > > taking power, electricity from the school," Kamooneh said. Kamooneh says > he > > had charged his car for twenty minutes, drawing about a nickel's worth of > > juice. Don Francis of Clean Cities Atlanta, an electric vehicle advocacy > > group, says the estimate of five cents is accurate. > > > > "I'm not sure how much electricity he stole," said Chamblee police > Sergeant > > Ernesto Ford, but he added: It doesn't matter. "He broke the law. He > stole > > something that wasn't his." > > > > Sgt. Ford says the officer should have arrested Kamooneh on the spot. But > > he > > didn't. Instead, the officer filed a police report. Then eleven days > > passed, > > and two deputies showed up at his house in Decatur. "They arrested me > here > > at about eight o'clock at night," Kamooneh said. > > > > Ford said he sought the arrest warrant after determining that school > > officials hadn't given Kamooneh permission to plug in his car. Ford said > > Chamblee Police did so without asking school officials if they wanted to > > prosecute the alleged theft of electricity. A DeKalb Schools spokesman > did > > not respond to a request for comment. > > > > Records show Kamooneh spent more than 15 hours in the DeKalb County jail > > for > > plugging his car into a school's electrical outlet. Kamooneh acknowledges > > he > > hadn't asked permission first. "When I got there, there was nobody there. > > It > > was a Saturday morning." > > > > "A theft is a theft," Sgt. Ford said. 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