Archives April 2008
Man Arrested at Mall for Violating Womens Privacy With Technology
Jesse James Calkins, a 24 year old resident of Burns, Oregon, was arrested Saturday night at the Boise Town Square Mall. The charges? "Video Voyeurism," according to the Ada County Sheriff's arrest records.
Calkins was allegedly attempting to score some upskirt footage with a concealed camera which was likely attached to his shoe, though we do not actually know what his technical setup was.
The cops said when they approached Calkins he made an effort to destroy the memory card from the video camera, and that he might be facing an additional felony charge for destruction of evidence.
18 Should Be The Legal Driving Age
Yesterday 16 year old Brian Panzella managed to crash his mom's car into a 2-inch gas line at the Metro Express Car Wash in downtown Boise.
How did this happen? In Brian's words, as published at fox12news.com, "We'd just pulled out of the car wash and my mom told me to put it in drive instead of neutral. Kept my foot on the brake the whole time as soon as I put it in drive the car just took off. No idea what happened. Tried to avoid going into the street so I made a hard left and ran right into the gas line!"
Now, we all know that young Brian Panzella did not actually have his foot on the brake pedal, seeing as how the car "took off" when he put it into drive. And of course, Brian's mom should definitely not have had him in the driver's seat in the first place, but the real lesson here is that, frankly, 16 is way too young to operate a motor vehicle.
Anyone who has been in a car accident can attest to the importance of respecting the dangers involved in just driving a car in the first place. They are incredibly heavy and powerful machines that can be very dangerous and cause great amounts of damage if not used properly. We were lucky yesterday that Panzella's mishap didn't cause a major gas explosion at 13th and Front where the gas line was ruptured.
We know we're not going to get the driving age changed any time soon, so can we at least recommend to all parents to please take the driving instruction very seriously, and even when your teen does get licensed, it might be a good idea to not lend them the car without a few more weeks (or months) of supervised driving. It is just so much more serious than a typical 16 year old realizes. We're betting that Brian Panzella has a decent idea of the seriousness now, but really he should be disallowed to drive until someone shows him which pedal is the brake...
BPD Busts Meth Lab on Wheels
We didn't realize that meth dealers were still doing this, but apparently we were wrong in thinking the fad of "rolling meth labs" went out with the '90s.
Boise Police stopped Lucas P. Donaldson, a 33 year old Boise resident, Tuesday evening after receiving a report from a concerned citizen that he may be driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The vehicle was stopped, BPD officers found evidence of drugs in the car, and a drug detection police dog also "indicated a positive alert" on Donaldson's car. When the officers found evidence of meth-related chemicals in the car, they stopped their search and called the narcotics unit, who then moved the car to a safe location for further searching.
Sure enough, inside the vehicle were all the tools and ingredients necessary for manufacturing methamphetamine, as well as some of the finished product.
Needless to say, Donaldson is now in the Ada County Jail and is charged with felony Manufacture of Methamphetamine. Have fun cleaning up in the clink, Lucas!
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