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Man Gets Jail Time for Giving Inmate Snack Cake Save Email Print
Posted: 1:46 PM May 8, 2008
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McARTHUR, Ohio (WOUB) -- A judge has sentenced a man to 30 days behind bars in the Vinton County snack cake case.

21-year-old Timothy Caudill was accused of breaking the rules when he gave a Little Debbie snack to another man at a residential corrections program.

Caudill was looking at nine months in prison for the infraction, but Judge Jeffrey Simmons let him off with a month in jail.

Simmons found that Caudill "is amenable to continued community control" -- and noted that he has a job.

He's to start serving his 30 days on Monday and he has to reimburse Vinton County $1,500 for the cost.

Caudill was originally jailed for breaking and entering and was placed at the SEPTA Correctional Facility in Nelsonville.
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Posted by: WAUGH on May 14, 2008 at 03:45 PM
I WANT TO EAT A DEBBIE CAKE .BUT I WILL NOT PAY $1500 IN FINE NOR WILL I GO TO JAIL FOR 30 DAYS. GET A LIFE MR. JUDGE!!!!!
Posted by: JC on May 13, 2008 at 03:30 PM
I hope I don't run out of gas in Vinton County, and someone on probation comes along and offers me a gallon. Poor person would be locked up.
Posted by: rob on May 13, 2008 at 08:37 AM
My kid took a little debbie cake last night without permission. She knows she can't have them after 6pm. Think I'll fine her $1500.00 since the precedent has been set. I could use the money for some projects. O yeah and now she has to stay inside for 30 days also.
Posted by: CAKE on May 12, 2008 at 10:56 AM
HERE COMES THE JUDGE BETTER HIDE DEBBIE CAKES,YOU GET 30 DAYS IN JAIL AND 1,500 IN FINE . MUST HAVE BEEN A NUTTY BAR!!!!
Posted by: Donna-Mason County on May 11, 2008 at 07:04 AM
Sure 30 days for a snack cake....now if he would have slipped him a little dope he would be out by now...the Judicial system at its best........
Posted by: Annoyed on May 11, 2008 at 03:26 AM
I wonder how often these instances take place, and the usual punnishment. The man was already incarcerated for B&E, so was supposed to be following rules. While what he did shows compassion, he deliberately disobeyed that facility's rules, and should be repremanded in some manner. I am sure this happens more frequently than we are given knowledge of, but I would love to know what the standard punnishment is. We really weren't given the information to know if this is actually a normal procedure, or if he received a more harsh punnishment (because it was a BIG Oatmeal cake like that other man said). Personally, I agree with everyone here that thinks this is stupid, but I am just trying to see the other sides point of view. ???????
Posted by: Linda on May 10, 2008 at 11:12 PM
This guy was given a gift--a second chance. He repeatedly and deliberately broke rule after rule, thumbing his nose at us, the taxpayers. Sharing a treat sounds like a petty offence but it was part of his pattern of behavior. Breaking the big rules got him into trouble; breaking the small ones will keep him there.
Posted by: anonymous on May 10, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I agree with VC Citizen, Gleeson is on a power trip. He is up for reelection this year and it will be a shame if he gets elected again. Vinton County is a good place to live if you can stand the embarrasment that the judicial system has brought to us in the last few years.We made the national news a few years back when a judge and our prosecutor decided that a murder suspect couldn't be tried because there was no money to pay for the legal proceedings. STUPID!STUPID!STUPID! Gleeson wanted to give Mr.Caudill 9 months for his "crime" but you have to give the judge credit for his "judgement" of 30 days.Good luck sharing any Little Debbies in jail in Ohio!!!!!!!!
Posted by: ANON on May 10, 2008 at 10:34 PM
WAY TO GO IN THE TRISTATE! ANOTHER STUPID AND MEANINGLESS CONVICTION WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT KILLING PEOPLE AND DEALING DRUGS AND YOU JAIL SOMEONE FOR DEALING A SNACK CAKE? WAY TO GO JUSTICE SYSTEM!!
Posted by: Brian on May 10, 2008 at 10:23 PM
We need to free more killers, rapists, thieves and other miscreants so that we can put compassionate, snack cake-sharing folks in prison. The prosecutor and judge should be placed in the middle of town with a "kick me" sign prominently placed on their bodies. Ridiculous.
Posted by: Beth on May 10, 2008 at 09:46 PM
Good grief! I have heard it all now.
Posted by: Sarah on May 10, 2008 at 08:40 PM
LMAO!!! LMAO!!! YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!! THIS IS HILARIOUS...and I though MY luck was bad hahahahaha!!! I dont agree with the judge's sentencing but we are all getting a laugh from him! I can bet he won't be re-elected this coming election!!
Posted by: MONICA LEEDY on May 10, 2008 at 08:13 PM
LOL...SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE SOME T-SHIRTS & GIVE THE MONEY TO THIS GUY SO HE CAN REIMBURSE THE COUNTY !!!!! I WANT ONE !!! THIS IS TOO FUNNY !!!!! OMG
Posted by: Citizen_Kane on May 10, 2008 at 05:33 PM
You deserve the Government you get.
Posted by: Madison on May 10, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Once again I am embarassed to be originally from Ohio. Never in my life did I ever think I would say those words, however I have found myself saying quite a bit lately. This is the absolute most ridiculous thing have ever heard. Some of the most violent people are running the streets of Ohio (some of my own family members) and have never gotten more than 30 days in jail for the horrible crimes committed. This guy SHARES a snack cake and gets 30 days!? I hope every Ohio voter remembers this. Simmons, you better be finding another job because providing justice to the Ohio community is definately not up your alley. One of these days someone with throw the "snack cake" at you.
Posted by: Emily on May 10, 2008 at 02:53 PM
Don't worry Mr. Simmons if Wayne Co. WV elects a convicted felon (Jr. Ramey) for Sheriff they will all be talking about us next week and this will all go away.Ha Ha!
Posted by: ASHLAND on May 10, 2008 at 02:50 PM
JAIL TIME? ARE THERE NOT WORSE PEOPLE TO BE PUTTING IN JAIL? LIKE THESE PEOPLE OUT DRINKING AND DRIVING THAT U LET GO WITH 8 DUI CONVICTIONS AND KILLING INNOCENT CHILDREN? FINE HIM FOR BREAKING RULES IS FINE BUT PUTTING HIM IN JAIL IS STUPID!
Posted by: Rob on May 10, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Can you say DUKES OF HAZZARD ?This is the same county that recently let an admitted rapist go free and let a local councilman out of jail early to pay restitution,then he proceeded to say "I am NOT paying",and was still left out of jail.What a place.
Posted by: Jojo on May 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM
That sugary snack cake could have caused a diabetic coma. He's lucky he got off as easy as he did.
Posted by: JC on May 10, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Don't blame the judge. Vinton county must have an idiot for a proscuter! Does this math work? Little Debbie approx. 25 cents. Exxon-Mobil 3.69 a gallon. How many dollars did the county spend on gas transporting the guy?
Posted by: Snacktime @ Alcatraz on May 10, 2008 at 08:57 AM
Lawmakers talk about the overcrowding of jails that desperately needs addressed, and then you see something like this happen. Absolutely amazing! If there was no crack cocaine or pills inside that creamy filling, then for God sakes let the man alone! The sheer ingnorance of our judicial system sometimes leaves me speechless. Imagine the guy talking to other inmates... Inmate#1: hey, i'm in here for theft. Inmate#2: well I'm in here for drunk driving. Inmate#3: well I'm in here for assault. (one of the imates turn to Mr.Caudill) What are you in for? Mr.Caudill: smuggling a Little Debbie cake into the jail, so don't mess with me! This whole thing is laughable, and this judge who sentenced him should concentrate on locking up criminals who have broken real laws that are governed by society. Can't complain about overcrowding while allowing this moron to sit on the bench!
Posted by: SHORT on May 10, 2008 at 07:52 AM
THE JUDGE NEEDED $1,500 for something????
Posted by: Sam on May 10, 2008 at 07:49 AM
And to just think - there are hungry children in Burma that are starving. What a mockery of the American Justice system. They must really be bored in Vinton Co - makes ya just wanna go and live there - don't it! hehehe - i hope this is an elected judge - cause you know what to do whith this one - no votes - even if he offers free Little Debbie Cakes!!!!! hahahahahahahahahha
Posted by: Beth on May 10, 2008 at 07:35 AM
Remember that face, I would not want to cross that criminal. Our kids are not safe, he will over dose them on sugar.
Posted by: Joseph on May 10, 2008 at 12:44 AM
What do you expect from a state that continues to elect idiots!!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 9, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Well thats Vinton County for you.
Posted by: eloise turley on May 9, 2008 at 10:59 PM
good thing he wasn't a drunk driver or anything cause he could have gotten a slap on the back or something huh!
Posted by: anon on May 9, 2008 at 10:19 PM
think about it folks. this Judge is running for office again. what a Judge. if he only treated the CRIMINALS like that we would all be better off. someone who works there just dont like this person. stupid
Posted by: Amy on May 9, 2008 at 09:04 PM
this is so stupid, are you serious..Ohio?? Tax payers are going to pay for a man to be jailed for another 30 days for giving some one a snack cake.? Their are mothers here in Portsmouth letting people abuse and kill their children also leaving them unattended and the child dying..and there isn't any thing done about it.... but a man can give another man a snack cake and get jail time and a huge fine from it...the laws in Ohio are the stupidest and the cops and judges are worthless...people involved in this sentencing outta be ashamed of them selves.
Posted by: Payment on May 9, 2008 at 06:16 PM
Lets see, I bet the Judge is going to pay for the jail time, food, medication ETC on this guy......NOOOOO We will,,, the great broke tax payers of OHIO... It's Ok judge, we vote on your position
Posted by: Anonymous on May 9, 2008 at 03:06 PM
He shared a snack cake. So what is this really about? Breaking rules? We all have to follow them. But this is taking things a bit extreme don't ya think?
Posted by: Mike on May 9, 2008 at 02:34 PM
Maybe they will lock him up with the hamburglar. This is about the dumbest thing Ive ever heard.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 9, 2008 at 02:16 PM
JUST TO THINK THAT OUR MOMMIES ALWAYS TRIED TO TEACH US TO SHARE.
Posted by: Di on May 9, 2008 at 01:30 PM
This is the most assanine thing I have ever heard of. You get arrested for selling drugs, you pay your bond and you are back out on the streets selling again. But, lets not break the law of giving someone a snack cake, instead lets sell cocaine, heroing, pot, oxys, loratabs, etc to our children. Our Judicial system is the biggest joke. Get real people, spend the taxpayers money on something beneficial.
Posted by: I SHARE ARREST ME on May 9, 2008 at 12:55 PM
WATCH OUT HE HAS A DEBBIE CAKE RUN LOL WHATS THIS WORLD COMMING TO
Posted by: Kathy P. on May 9, 2008 at 12:49 PM
This has got to be one of the stupidest judges in the country. Lets see a man rapes and murders a mother and her two daughters he cries to the courts that he won't get a fair trial please move it to another county so I can try to fool them into thinking I'm innocent. Another guy with a drunken driving record gets to steal a truck and kill four innocent people after what is it 30 priors? The poor guy from this story gives a guy a snack and gets jail time. Aren't we taught in kindergarten that its NICE to share??? Too bad he didn't give the guy a joint or a hit of cocaine then he'd be home free. Its no wonder then that criminals are running the tri-state area. Better watch it and keep your twinkies to yourself or you may be the next one with a criminal record.
Posted by: a mother on May 9, 2008 at 12:34 PM
nothing else to spend tax dollars on?? i guess you have got all the murderers , rapist and etc that something so stupid is done???
Posted by: Jeff on May 9, 2008 at 11:49 AM
This is why we are proud to live in Kentucky and not Ohio.
Posted by: Paul on May 9, 2008 at 11:08 AM
To James: Let me ask you this: Was the package of the Little Debbie Snack Cake already open? If it was not open then how could there be a razor blade in it? Think about that.
Posted by: jeff on May 9, 2008 at 09:38 AM
wow...no wonder Ohio has no money I think I know why cops pull people over for going 5 miles over the speed limit...Ohio..what a joke
Posted by: Laughing Really Hard on May 9, 2008 at 09:26 AM
So was the charge "Assault with a Deadly snack cake?". Wow, if this one doesn't "take the cake". Heh.
Posted by: VC Citizen on May 9, 2008 at 09:24 AM
You can't really blame the judge as much as the prosecutor,Tim Gleeson.Gleeson pushed the issue; I think he's on some kind of power trip.We need to remember this in November.
Posted by: fed up from ky on May 9, 2008 at 09:23 AM
You people dont see the big picture.For one this guy is nothing but a jailbird and knows the rules. He could have put anything in that cake like maybe dope,but the bottom line is he knew better he should have got another year.
Posted by: Carl R on May 9, 2008 at 09:19 AM
Who elected Barney Fife to be a judge anyway?Maybe you can pick a better judge next time.
Posted by: Lola on May 9, 2008 at 09:04 AM
That is the most ludacris thing I have ever heard of! That poor guy!!
Posted by: Gallia County on May 9, 2008 at 08:50 AM
People the cake came out of the vending machine! Unless AVI put a razor blade or needles in the cake it shouldnt have anything in it. To me this punishment is uncalled for.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 9, 2008 at 08:45 AM
STUPIDITY!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Debbie on May 9, 2008 at 08:24 AM
So, I'd like to be a fly on the wall when another prisoner asks "What're you in for?" and after I get thru laughing, maybe I can find some little debbie crumbs to crawl all over.LOL
Posted by: craig on May 9, 2008 at 06:59 AM
Shame on Little Debbie! This was a conspiracy from the beginning of her sweet creme filled life. She knew all along she would have someone jailed.
Posted by: Sonja on May 9, 2008 at 06:22 AM
Sounds to me like a "rat" was eating a Little Debbie Cake.
Posted by: Kathy S on May 9, 2008 at 05:34 AM
Where's the person who originally posted on this thread when this story first came out..I LOVED what they said...they said something to the effect that they were mugged in Huntington by a Little Debbie Cake & they took their user fee! Now THAT I loved. THAT was funny. THIS real sentence is NOT funny though. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID! I posted earlier under "what a stupid judge". After reading your posts, I see I'm not the only one fed up with this "overcrowding" in jails crap! This guy didn't STEAL the cake for heavens sake, he bought the thing. He's only guilty of SHARING it! Well with all the PC police running around loose, we all better stop eating our snack cakes & for sure, don't SHARE with anyone guys! I can't believe that "WHAT?" posted here that they think he deserved the time. So "WHAT?"....are YOU the stupid judge who did this? Otherwise, you need help if you think this is right! Our taxpayer $$$$$ @ work as usual!
Posted by: Tommy on May 9, 2008 at 12:51 AM
How many fugitives is in this town in Ohio? Would taxpayers not be served better by using their manpower & $$$$ by locating them & forgetting about a stupid little Debbie cake?
Posted by: Anonymous on May 9, 2008 at 12:46 AM
WOW WELL WHATS IN THOSE LITTLE DEBBIE CAKES ANYWAY?or the judge was upset because the man did'nt share with every one us see 10 cakes come in a box does that mean this guy ate 9 cakes little debbie cakes are awful good
Posted by: bubba army on May 8, 2008 at 11:47 PM
It is hard to take pride in our state if we have a bunch of stuff like this going on. we have one man on death row wanting to die. and the courts just drag there feet never geting the right people to justice. this guy gets 30 days and $1500 fine. it costs the taxpayers more than that to keep this guy in jail.these judges need to get there ducks in a row.
Posted by: Bev on May 8, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Share your food get 30 days, kill someone get home confinement. What's wrong with this picture?????
Posted by: James on May 8, 2008 at 11:36 PM
The guy keeps breaking the rules. That's what it's all about. The only way one can give an inmate anything; food, clothing, whatever; it has to be approved by the Warden. You can't just bring anything in to the inmate without permission. There could have been a razor blade inside the cake. He broke the law. Now he has to pay.
Posted by: joe on May 8, 2008 at 11:17 PM
I have said it before this is the worst crime ever. this man shared a BIG oatmeal creme pie with someone that was in jail!!
Posted by: Patty on May 8, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Who would have really cared if he walked away with nothing . He really did the right thing by sharing . LOL !!!! Its just crazy what this world has came to .
Posted by: Megan on May 8, 2008 at 10:18 PM
granted it is very stupid that they are giving him time for a snack cake but there are reasons behind the judgement. the correctional system is affraid that the snack cakes will have things such as drugs or weapons hidden inside of them, thus the rule of no sharing. it is a pretty common rule and inmmates are aware of it and the punishment for the infraction.
Posted by: Verlena J McComas on May 8, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Really this has to be the most trying Judgement i ever saw. A little Debbie Cake,.What would he get for a Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing. My goodness and a 1,500.00 fine. Is this court in need of money or what. This to me is a case of undo punishment and should be thrown out.
Posted by: me on May 8, 2008 at 09:04 PM
this is really a lame charge but at least he has to pay the cost back mabey he will follow rules after this ordeal
Posted by: MIKE on May 8, 2008 at 08:29 PM
We should form a possie and track Desperados like this guy down and hang them from the highest Little Debbie Truck we can find. We all know now that there is at least one Ignorant Judge in Ohio.
Posted by: Bob on May 8, 2008 at 08:12 PM
This guy could have been hungry don't the system ever stop and think,what is a little Debbie going to hurt? this is stupid of our country doing this.Now you can get jail time for giving food to some one that is hungry,maybe you should have gave drugs. You would have got the same time jail.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 08:06 PM
this is a good example of what is wrong with the system...we have real criminals out here hurting people and stealing the community blind that are still free. and yet this man gave another man a debbie cake and he is going to get 30 days..this is just holding up a cell that a real criminal could using ....
Posted by: June on May 8, 2008 at 07:58 PM
With all the advertisment that the Little Debbie Company is getting from this story, perhaps they can help Timothy in some way. Maybe start a Little Timothy Snack Cakes line. Donate a portion of their sales to help those released from prison.
Posted by: BIRDEYE on May 8, 2008 at 07:24 PM
THIS IS SO FUNNY, I CANT BUY DEBBIE SNACK CAKES NO MORE.AFRAID I WILL GO TO JAIL FOR 30 DAYS!!!!WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL THESE JUDGES IN OHIO?
Posted by: ashlee on May 8, 2008 at 06:47 PM
OMG!!! Why did they really give time for the guy?? How stupid do people have to get and have to be as we were growing up we was tought to share out things! But now when we share FOOD! somebody gets sent to jail? Oh lord I am praying for the person that sent this dude to jail.
Posted by: samm on May 8, 2008 at 06:41 PM
Im sending this story to CNN, The world deserves to know we have a LIttle Debbie thief in town!!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 06:03 PM
If this is the only thing Vinton County has to worry about, I'm packing to move there now. Anyone want to go with me?? This is the most absurd thing I've ever read. Lets go over this. The drug dealers get out of jail and back home before the Police finish searching their homes, but this guy is going to jail for giving someone a snack!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 06:00 PM
What a stupid decision on the judges part. Bet this same judge probably has let many druggies, rapists and murderers out on less
Posted by: V on May 8, 2008 at 05:45 PM
Nothing suprises me anymore. Does this mean that I'm going to be sentenced to jail time if I give my husband a snack cake? UUHHMMM....right! I can remember our church group taking snack cakes to the county jails to the inmates there. I just give up. WE, as law abiding citizens, have no rights anymore. Those have all been given away, one at a time, to the criminals, etc. No wonder so many people turn to a life of crime and drugs. There's no punishment. But if you .....oh never mind!
Posted by: anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 05:40 PM
if this isn't about the biggest waste of time and tax payer money i don't know what is. this is typical of our government and their way of abusive spending!!
Posted by: Linda Bowling on May 8, 2008 at 05:23 PM
I wonder if Timothy Caudill had given the snack cake to an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT if he would have been given any jail time or even a fine? It was so nice of the judge not to give him the FULL NINE MONTHS! Maybe he wanted to save room for the rapists,murderers, terrorists, or illegal immigrants that might need the space later. As for the fine, I wonder how many of the above mentioned criminals have been made to make restitution to any one for anything? The guy that was convicted of holding his daughter prisoner, raping her, and even fathering children by her, only got 15 years. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?!!!!
Posted by: Bobby on May 8, 2008 at 05:17 PM
I'm a retired Police Officer,and I have never heard of anything like this before. Someone needs to look at this Judge's record to see how many real criminals he has given light sentence's to. Like drug dealers, drunk drivers; things like this. I could see doing this if this guy passed drugs or something. The citizens of that community need to elect a new Judge. Stupid,Stuiped Judge!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 05:16 PM
was it a nutty bar or a zebra cake?
Posted by: Me on May 8, 2008 at 05:09 PM
man this is ridiculous...I bet if that judge was in jail he would want a cake and no one would mess with him...This goes to show what kind of judges we have in our courts.......I agree with ya"What a STUPID judge....maybe the guy was hungryand the other person felt sorry for him.have you thought about that....
Posted by: jessica on May 8, 2008 at 05:04 PM
You've got to be kidding me!!! I'm just so glad that the guy didn't give him a pie, they might've hung him. I thought that the "Duct Tape Bandit" was bad.
Posted by: AMY on May 8, 2008 at 04:51 PM
Wow! That is just all I have to say...this just beats everything...which is worse for him--30 days in jail or the $1,500 fine, I'm assuming for the court costs????????
Posted by: Anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 04:43 PM
This is the most idiotic thing I have ever seen. HOW can they put him in jail for SHARING food. I thought we were supposed to be fixing people when they get put in jail, not teaching them not to share food with someone else.
Posted by: Jennifer on May 8, 2008 at 04:16 PM
so much for teaching our children how to share huh? Ya share a little Debbie cake and it becomes a federal case. What a waste of tax payers money. Its no wonder West Virginia is in the financial shambles that its in. Our governor is more concerned with Rich Rod than the state and we've got judges sending people up the river over a .25 cent snake cake
Posted by: Mom, on May 8, 2008 at 04:16 PM
You can get away with giving pot to toddlers by dont give an inmate any little debbie's you may get the electric chair.
Posted by: Geez on May 8, 2008 at 04:12 PM
What a waste of taxpayer's money.
Posted by: Mouth Piece on May 8, 2008 at 04:10 PM
Well isnt that special you get jail time for little debbie's but you can rape someone's mother, daughter, grandmother and walk away.
Posted by: joe on May 8, 2008 at 04:08 PM
Thank God they caught him,,LOL The court systems in this country are out of control,, and this is a prime example,, we are cluttering up our court systems with crap like this and letting the criminals continue to walk our streets awaiting trial,, and then when they do finally make it they are slapped on the wrist and let go again,, and we are soon to be the laughing stock for the rest of the country when this is on every news cast in the country tomorrow
Posted by: Chad on May 8, 2008 at 04:06 PM
This guy should be put away for a long time.I say give him the death penalty!!
Posted by: Kelly on May 8, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Im so proud to be an Ohioan! LOL
Posted by: Anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 04:01 PM
give him 20 years. why not the everything else is messed up
Posted by: jeff on May 8, 2008 at 03:49 PM
I agree 100%. You let people with multiple DUI's run free, but put this guy away.
Posted by: What? on May 8, 2008 at 03:40 PM
Everyone acting like it is so bad for him to get jail time. Take in the fact that he has been in jail for awhile, for breaking and entering. He broke the rules when he was thieving, as well did he break the rules by giving a debbie cake. Leave him there for a year for all I care!
Posted by: Scott on May 8, 2008 at 03:37 PM
Pathetic. A sad commentary on today's society. Just glad it didn't happen in WV!
Posted by: sam on May 8, 2008 at 03:25 PM
This is utterly rediculous, "Man Kind Enough to Share gets 30 days in Jail". Just shows how much people like to waste the tax payers dollars. As far as the system goes its clearly corrupt you not innocent until proven guilty, if that was the case we wouldn't have innocent people in jail. I mean did anyone see where they let the guy out of prison after he had spent like 30 years in there for a crime he didn't commit, yeah they let him free because DNA proved it wasn't him. Guilty until Proven Innocent. The Judicial system is a piece of crap!
Posted by: warden on May 8, 2008 at 03:00 PM
how stupid can they be first they let the police off of serious crimes and police brutality and then there going to send some one to jail for not letting someone go hungery i think our goverment needs to do some soul searching in there hearts and get back to the basics of life because if they dont then know one will either just because there in jail they should not go hungery
Posted by: Debbie on May 8, 2008 at 02:46 PM
He broke INTO a correctional facility? I know most would like to break out. 30 days for sharing a Little Debbie cake? Glad our facilities aren't overcrowded or anything and we can keep this dangerous man locked up!
Posted by: Bernice on May 8, 2008 at 02:39 PM
I would LOVE to see this story featured on a national news program as a perfect example of our judicial system run amok. The celebrities in our culture get out of jail after serving a matter of hours or days for much more serious offenses such as DUI. Murderers and sexual offenders are placed on probation or paroled, but this unfortunate fellow gets the book thrown at him. This takes the cake, pun intended!
Posted by: teaching my child on May 8, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Attention all parents--Teach your children to NEVER share a snack with anyone. You could go to jail.
Posted by: cathy on May 8, 2008 at 02:32 PM
Iagree with what a stupid judge.
Posted by: laughing out loud on May 8, 2008 at 02:32 PM
this has got to be the most outrageous thing i have ever heard of geeze... now folks dont tell our children to share because they could end up in jail.. guess the judge dont like sharing ... um he could also not like little debbie snack cakes.. eeeek i better not say that i may end up in jail for attempted of snack cakes...
Posted by: ?! on May 8, 2008 at 02:24 PM
And we have CHILD MOLESTERS on PROBATION. I'm so sick and tired hearing of the "overcrowding in prisons." This NONSENSE is the reason why. How pathetic, Vinton County.
Posted by: anon on May 8, 2008 at 02:23 PM
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING! DID HE EVEN KNOW THE OTHER INMATE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THE SNACK?
Posted by: I agree on May 8, 2008 at 02:20 PM
I agree. Let the rapists and murderers wander the streets looking for their next victim without getting caught, but arrest the snack cake thief and give him time in jail. This is ridiculous.
Posted by: james on May 8, 2008 at 02:17 PM
what was her last name?
Posted by: It's all about who ya know on May 8, 2008 at 02:15 PM
This is a perfect example that something like this will get you jail time, when in Ironton a relative of the county auditor and the county sheriff steals $26,000 from taxpayers and only gets probabtion! UNREAL!!!
Posted by: EARL on May 8, 2008 at 02:11 PM
WHICH TYPE OF LITTLE DEBBIE WAS IT???
Posted by: Tammy on May 8, 2008 at 02:04 PM
This is by far the STUPIDEST thing I've ever herd of 30 days for sharing a little Debbie's whf??????? get real there's more people who's done worse things than sharing who needs to be in jail I opinion of this is a crock of crap!!!
Posted by: Gallia County on May 8, 2008 at 02:01 PM
This is still a little too much.
Posted by: What a stupid judge on May 8, 2008 at 02:00 PM
OMG! They really DID give this guy time for a Little Debbie cake! Just shows how STUPID our "system" and this country have become folks! But hey, let all the really bad people loose 'cause your jails are overcrowded or don't put THEM in jail at all, but bust the "snack cake thief"! Oh THIS will look wonderful on national news! But then this whole country is pretty much this stupid all over too or they wouldn't be letting rapists, druggies, murderers, drunk drivers & child molestors out of jail early for "overcrowding" either!
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