• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    He is charged on 22 counts, which include vehicle trespass, property thefts and criminal possession of ID documents.

    None of the charges relate to the purported sex tape.

    Clickbait headline. The 22 charges should be the focus.

    But at the same time this kid is 18. He’s young and stupid, who cares? Stupid kid does stupid things and is dumb enough to get caught.

    • The Uncanny Observer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      None of the charges relate to it because he wasn’t arrested for the sex tape, they found out about it while investigating the theft. Any charges for the sex tape will be done separate. They don’t lump charges for crimes together unless the second crime was committed along with the first.

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      8 months ago

      “But at the same time this kid is 18. He’s young and stupid, who cares? Stupid kid does stupid things and is dumb enough to get caught.”

      Perhaps though if it was you or me (at that age) or any teenager off the street, it’s not national “news.” Many people grow up to regret youthful indiscretions, and fortunately most of those acts didn’t become national headlines that follow one forever. (I’m just not a fan of every act in this digital age being preserved on the internet in perpetuity. A prime example are those parasitic websites that scrape arrest records to then extort those who have been arrested (whether or not eventually found innocent at trial or charges dismissed)).