The Irish Doggy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 link Woman, 89, arrested for keeping football By Jennifer Baker • jbaker@enquirer.com • October 20, 2008 BLUE ASH – An 89-year-old woman fed up with neighborhood children repeatedly throwing a football in her yard was arrested and charged with petty theft after she took the ball and refused to give it back, Blue Ash police said. Advertisement Edna Jester was cited to appear in Blue Ash Mayor’s Court Nov. 12, said Blue Ash Police Capt. James Schaffer. Officers were called about 6:30 p.m. Thursday to her home in the 4900 block of Myrtle Avenue by one of the children’s fathers, Schaffer said. The football apparently was thrown into Jester’s yard, and it wasn’t the first time, he said. The issue has been an ongoing dispute in the neighborhood, he said. When police asked Jester to return the ball to the children, she refused. They warned her twice she would be charged if she did not cooperate, Schaffer said. They tried to give her a citation, but she refused to sign for it, he said. Left with no other choice, he said, officers placed her in the back of a cruiser, took her to the police station and booked her, he said. She was cited to appear in court and released. Jester could not be reached this morning for comment. “She is certainly not considered a troublemaker,” Schaffer said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Someone needs a visit from Terry Tate. Honestly, this is such BS. I sure hope this does not actually end up having its day in court. :shakinghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveby Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I'm no lawyer but I don't see how they can charge her for theft when they threw it onto her yard? I'm also guessing the the little basturds were banging the ball off the side of her house and stomping through her flower garden to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I guarantee you the little brats deserved it. Gawd-danged parents today not controlling their little demonspawns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I need to go camping with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 yeah, I was gonna say....so is detlef the old granny stealing the ball and blitz is the d00shbag dad calling the cops on a 89 year old lady, or vice versa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 I need to go camping with her. She'll touch yer ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 She'll touch yer ball. and frisbee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 If she wasn't before, I guarantee that she is marked now. If the kids in that neighborhood are anything like the kids that I grew up with, then she will be a continuous target of eggs, toilet paper, mud pies, and random excessive noise for the rest of her days there. I'm assuming she is well outnumbered... she may as well pack up and move on to Arizona or Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Runt Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 F her. I don't care if she is old. Cantankerous old bitty sounds like to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I saw this on the local news last night. What a feisty old broad. Apparently, this isn't the first incident involving this certain next door neighbor and they have been feuding about noise and trespassing in her yard for years. Alittle advice for the old lady...good fences make great neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If she wasn't before, I guarantee that she is marked now. If the kids in that neighborhood are anything like the kids that I grew up with, then she will be a continuous target of eggs, toilet paper, mud pies, and random excessive noise for the rest of her days there. +1. my first thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If she wasn't before, I guarantee that she is marked now. If the kids in that neighborhood are anything like the kids that I grew up with, then she will be a continuous target of eggs, toilet paper, mud pies, and random excessive noise for the rest of her days there. I'm assuming she is well outnumbered... she may as well pack up and move on to Arizona or Florida. This is why I treat all the teenage kids in the neighborhood with the utmost respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip_Side Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) I remember when I was about 7 me and some friends used to play whiffle ball. We would constantly hit the ball over the fence into our neighbors yard. We had to go retrieve it a bunch of times everyday. The neighbor was an old grumpy man and if he saw the ball he would pick it up and take it away from us. He had a collection of about 100 probably. Him and my parents got into it quite a bit over him not giving us the balls back but nothing worth calling the cops on. Edited October 22, 2008 by Flip_Side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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