70-Year-Old Utah Woman Arrested For Not Watering Lawn


	70-Year-Old Utah Woman Arrested For Not Watering Lawn

cpltaiji

7-9-2007 11:03 PM

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law, crime, human interest, bizarre, law enforcement

cpltaiji says:

Weird!

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7-10-2007 12:23 AM

The REAL Napster

Yeah... Police have nothing better to do than harrass 70 yr old women. Meanwhile the meth drug lords and murderers roam free.

7-10-2007 12:35 AM

dopesick

The REAL Napster said everything I could say.
Poor woman.

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