"Woman Jailed After'Flipping Off' Sheriff"

baggio248 · 03-16-2004, 11:43 AM

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP.org) -- A woman made an obscene gesture toward an SUV Monday - one carrying the county sheriff and chief deputy - and ended up in jail, police said.

Mary Ann Sweeney, 33, of Evansville was stopped behind a bus.

She pulled to the left to get around the bus at the same moment a Ford Explorer started to pass. The SUV braked to let her in, police said.

Sweeney then "flipped off" the Explorer's driver, Vanderburgh County Chief Deputy Eric Williams, he said. The passenger was Sheriff Brad Ellsworth.

The Explorer was marked as a sheriff's vehicle, but did not have a light bar on top, police said.

Ellsworth and Williams pulled Sweeney over to talk to her about her "road rage" and ran a check on her license plate.

They found that both she and her husband, Jerry DeWayne Sweeney, were wanted on outstanding civil warrants for $500 each, and that the car was illegally registered, police said.

Ellsworth said they found marijuana in the car and in the woman's purse and cigarette pack. Mary Ann Sweeney also was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.

The couple was taken to the Vanderburgh County Jail and later bonded out.

"I guess the moral of the story is, if you have warrants against you, you shouldn't flip off the police," Ellsworth said.

RoniMan · 03-16-2004, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by baggio248
"I guess the moral of the story is, if you have warrants against you, you shouldn't flip off the police," Ellsworth said.

umm...so if i don't have any warrants against me, then it's ok?

WTF?

Burzhui · 03-16-2004, 12:25 PM

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Originally posted by RoniMan

umm...so if i don't have any warrants against me, then it's ok?

WTF?

of course not only that but also you should do it as often as humanly possible

guiseppewv · 03-16-2004, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by RoniMan

umm...so if i don't have any warrants against me, then it's ok?

WTF?

Actually, yes, you can flip the po-po off if you want. I call that free speech. But beware they can pull you over they just can't charge you with anything unless you have done something else wrong or you do something else wrong.

bachviet · 03-16-2004, 03:40 PM

First I thought she was threw in jail for flipping.

To me she was just showing her middle finger.

Tommy Boomfiger · 03-17-2004, 02:07 AM

or if the town youre in has some obscure law about obscene gestures in public, you can get fined, arrested, etc

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Tommy Boomfiger Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Chi town Posts: 2,348	or if the town youre in has some obscure law about obscene gestures in public, you can get fined, arrested, etc

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