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California father arrested after repainting crosswalk, adding stop signs near children’s park (www.latimes.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [M] to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Why did they arrest him?

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    The charges include interfering with a traffic control device, grand theft, and vandalism exceeding $400, Sgt. Paul Saldana of the El Segundo Police Department said.

    Repaint a crosswalk? Sure. Fill a pothole? Yeah I get that. Putting up stop signs gets a bit iffy though. Duder shoulda ran for city council about it.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    What did he do that was vandalism? What did he steal that was grand theft? What traffic control device did he interfere with?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    He painted the road with new markings (stop) that didn't exist, and took down signs indicating there was a crosswalk and replaced them with stop signs. Obviously none of these should be some sort og huge crime but you could definitely be an ass about it and charge someone for all of these crimes for it. Doubt it'd hold up in court for any actual punishment.

    Painting on the road = vandalism

    Changing the signs for different ones = interfering with traffic control device

    Taking down signs that are government property = grand theft

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