# Fellow members of the SDMBBA What strange crimes have you seen charged? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883 "2025-02-27T18:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/21 "2025-03-03T00:09:52Z")
So help me, this is what I was coming in to post, only it predated your occurrence by about 20 years and happened in California at Montaña de Oro State Park: > [@dorvann](#): > > New Hampshire had a man arrested for standing in the tank of woman’s outhouse in White Mountain National Forest back in 2005. I was working as a paralegal at the county Public Defenders’ Office when they were assigned to represent the defendant in this case. The Sheriff’s Office wasn’t even sure what charges they could make stick, and I honestly don’t remember what crime(s) they finally charged the guy with. I do remember the most jaw dropping detail was that the defendant had… packed a lunch. The lawyers in our office were fighting over who would get to represent him. We, the staff, were laid out on the floor with laughter, as they practiced their proposed closing arguments. Of course someone came up with alternative lyrics to the song, _Under the Boardwalk_. The incident earned itself a spot on Paul Harvey’s _The Rest of the Story_. (Some of you will remember that radio show, I’m sure.) The guy disappointed us all by accepting a plea deal. But the case lives on in fond memory among certain of my former peers. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/22 "2025-03-03T00:26:25Z")
So wait, _two_ guys on the opposite sides of the country were arrested for standing in the tank of a women’s outhouse in a national park?! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/23 "2025-03-03T00:48:56Z")
Apparently it’s a bigger fixation than anyone knew! Or maybe… it’s the same guy? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/24 "2025-03-03T01:00:25Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > The incident earned itself a spot on Paul Harvey’s _The Rest of the Story_ I didn’t realize Paul Harvey worked blue. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/25 "2025-03-03T01:02:32Z")
His presentation about it was very delicate, very tongue-in-cheek, if you’ll excuse the expression. Nothing terribly graphic. But he got the point across. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/26 "2025-03-03T15:14:18Z")
I once saw a battery charge because a defendant threw a T-shirt at somebody. I’m currently representing somebody who got charged with battery after she sprayed her ex with a hose. ---
**Author:** ![DooProcess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/27 "2025-03-13T19:37:12Z")
Bumping my own thread with a recent docket entry in my jurisdiction. There is a 3 count complaint for Livestock At Large! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883/28 "2025-03-13T19:54:08Z")
> [@DooProcess](#): > > There is a 3 count complaint for Livestock At Large! - That sounds like a lot of bull. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883.md?page=1)