Or so the media has dubbed them.

Here in Philly we have quite a notorious case developing regarding an attractive, extremely well educated and privileged couple who seem to have chosen the easier and softer way than working to lavish themselves--intense identity theft and fraud.

cbs3.com - Couple Seeking Plea Deal In Identity Theft Charges

There are some television news coverage videos and pictures in the same link.







People like this bring out the biggest anger in me when it comes to crime. I'm in court regularly and consistently see people who have all sorts of problems and disadvantages (alcohol and drug addictions, financial and/or family crises, lack of education, horrible and deprived backgrounds, etc) that played a role in their troubles. This kind of couple, however, have absolutely no excuse for what they did. They had every break in life--great education, good families, good looks, family money in the woman's case -- you name it. Instead, they choose to not work and steal from those who do in order to live better than everyone else.

The media is giving them lots of press attention--almost in starstruck fashion--about them, their lavish lives, their looks, the bewilderment of why they did it and how broadly and boldly they did it, etc.

What I hope is that the judge just calls them for what they are--evil minded despicable big time thieves who meant what they did for the worst reasons and had every reason not to be engaged in this massive fraud and thievery given their family, education and other advantages. The woman even has a prior conviction for retail theft and learnt nothing. They deserve, IMO, getting smacked to Pluto with prison time. It would encourage this kind of conduct and diminish the credibility of the fairness of the justice system if they didn't sentenced to a very long time in prison.

I'll say this: She does a pretty fair job of fillin' out that bikini...

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And if she goes to prison, I am sure there are people there who will appreciate that as much as you do.

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Thanks in part to her plastic surgeon dad. Her old man mailed her silicons for Xmas and told her he'd implant them, which he did. He also gave her a nosejob.

I am not saying it is right, but if two people grow up with a sense of entitlement, like these two have - it doesn't surprise me that they are going to do as little as possible to maintain their standard of living.


Mailing implants? That is just ten times wrong. I'd have been one pissed off mail lady had they busted on my route.

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I'm sure that was where their heads started--extreme shallowness and self-service. However, most with those advantages get the head starts they need to maintain that standard with good jobs. What bugs me even more about them was the woman actually threatening victims who caught her. That adds a real nasty edge to her too. I'd like to think of reducing her standards just a wee tad bit . . .



Him too.

I don't particularly care about the hows or whys she's able to fill it out...

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"

Really? He could have done a better job with both of those....

Let's face it, these two will have great lawyers, and they will get minimal prison time, at minimum security facilities, and be out on parole in relatively short order. Let's face it, they don't exactly pose a major threat to our society, and the laws against crimes white people tend to commit are pretty lenient.

They may even end up with a book deal and a movie deal out of this(does Pennsylvania have a Son of Sam law?), which will allow them to make restitution and come away from the whole thing with a little jingle in their pockets.

Meanwhile, there's a brother who got caught with 5 grams of crack who needed the Supreme Court to say that ONLY 15 years in prison was punishment enough.

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They are slimey.

(Wanted to stay on topic while bumping this. When one goes to the main page...the page guests and potential new members see... it would be a shame for them to see some "Whitey" thread topping the list.)

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I was going to say, some of that stolen money went for a boob job... You can kind of tell in the bathtub pic, but moreso in the bikini pic.

I'm not saying I'm an expert, but for some reason those kinds of pictures sharpen my eyesight.

In any case, they were knowingly doing all that with stolen money and it looks as if they are getting off pretty lightly.

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