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O'Byrne and Kostopoulos arrested


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BTW, credit cards do count towards the charge.

You do not need to be the cardholder to get money from it. You can buy almost anything through an automated machine nowadays, Gas, casino etc.

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if 20$ is grand-theft, then what is petty larceny? Charging someone with Grand theft because they happened to have a high limit on their visa seems to be making a mockery of the system. Basically, O'byrn is being charged with the same crime as someone who car-jacks ... pretty pathetic IMO!

I couldn't agree more, but that's what happens when a 'Get Tough on Crime'/'Zero Tolerance' mentality grips frightened populations and pandering politicians looking to score cheap points by 'cracking down on crime' whether or not it makes any sense to do so.

Incidentally, the Harper government is trying to nudge Canada in the very same direction via tougher rules for mandatory sentencing despite considerable evidence that sentencing has no effect on crime rates. Just a thought. ^_^

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:lol: I found this story highly amusing when I found out, although I wish it could have happened with another team. O'Byrne always seemed to come across kind of like a doofus, and Kosto didn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed either. This was just a stupid mistake they made while wasted (although in their mugshots they don't appear to be too hammered). I doubt this will have an effect on the team, and I don't see it causing serious legal problems. These are rich guys backed by a wealthy organization, they find ways to get out of serious punishment in a relatively minor case like this.
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the funny thing is that the American judiciary is moving a little bit away from mandatory sentencing.

Yeah, but the Reform Party/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Canadian right has waited 15 long angry years to come to power, they're not going to let a little thing like good sense get in the way. :lol:

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Yeah, but the Reform Party/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Canadian right has waited 15 long angry years to come to power, they're not going to let a little thing like good sense get in the way. :lol:

I've been living in the U.S. so long that I am really out of touch with Canadian politics... apparently that isn't always such a bad thing.

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one very important thing to note is that the police do not decide what a person is eventually charged for. The District Attorney will look at the case and pick a charge, then they will probably offer a plea down in order to avoid a trial. O'Byrne will probably end up copping to a Nolo plea for disorderly conduct and pay a fine.

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Ya i guess but Border laws are tougher than ever now.

my little unscientific survey at law school predicts a fine... The whole limited travel thing is usually for repeat offenders. I actually know somebody who clerked in a Florida court and they agree. Exact words were "non-issue".

It sounds like O'Byrne did a crummy thing, but the legal aspect is way overblown.

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The Gazette's Pat Hickey reports that CKAC has said the woman involved in the events with Ryan O'Byrne and Tom Kostopolous has decided not to press charges, but that has yet to be to be confirmed.

We will have more details as they become available.

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completely unsurprising..

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:clap:

I'm sure she's still getting back much more than the $20 "missing" from her purse or whatever the story was.

I doubt it. She probably had a lot to do with all the false information going around. If she took it any farther and then the courts found out she was not completely honest she'd burn too. So I'll bet everyone decided it was better to leave it alone. Nobody got a big pay-out to shut -up. Not in this case anyway. I hope Ryan levels some dudes tonight just to get this all out of his system.

A good team bonding moment that's for sure......

Who wants to bet that Ryan will hit someone real hard tonight......a scrum will occur, and guess who will fly in to the rescue and get beat like a goat? :lol:

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Maybe the coke in her purse was worth a couple grand. Or maybe he paid her for service rendered, he was less than satisfied

and ripped the purse from her hands to get his money back.

That's a classic Chris Chelios story... He got ripped off by a hooker and stole her purse to get his money back.

I tell you, this O'Byrne story is nothing compared to what the boys would do back in the 80's. No grand conspiracy theory here, nothing outrageous, just a bad idea followed by a dumb lie to the cops and bang: it's all over the World.

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I am sure she was pursuaded to drop the charges and compenstated for any grief the invasion of her privacy might have caused. This is pretty typical in these cases where it is up to the victim to decide.

Not sure about Kost however. Did they drop those charges too, or are they going to sweat him a little. :)

One theory is that they were deleting pictures she took of them. Might be why they did it, but doesn't really make it right. If I get drunk in a public place and do something stupid, I am taking my chances with all the damn camera phones around. Good lesson for him however. :)

I still suspect that there was some internal punishment for the embarrassment caused. Wonder if O'byrne is carrying the goalie's bags for the rest of the season? Perhaps he has to tie the team's laces before games... lol

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3 reporters on RDS just said that this droping charges thing WAS BULLSHIT WRONG WRONG AND WRONG

most charges get dropped. The ones that do not get dropped get pled down. About 1-2% of cases go to trial. This is in no way surprising. The surprising part was the degree to which Montreal reporters willfully ignored how the justice system works.

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Well according to reporters on the team 990 as well as on CKAC Sports 730, the lady whose purse was "stolen" will not press charges. Once again, this whiole story was blown up way out of proportion, and who do we have to thank for this? The Montreal Media. Apparently this wasn't even a story in Tampa!

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