OT - Ben Wallace sentenced to 1 year in prison (suspended)
Former NBA and Virginia Union University basketball star Ben Wallace entered a plea of no contest after he was arrested Tuesday for leaving the scene of a February car crash. Wallace received a one year jail sentence. The Henrico County judge suspended all but two days of the sentence. Wallace started serving his two day sentence Tuesday. “It’s kind of light for a situation like that,” said Tim Olive who lives near the scene of where the crash happened.
So Tim Olive is just some guy who lives near the scene? I'm not sure that really makes him qualfieid to speak about the relative harshness of sentences.
Little know fact is Tim Olive looks like this.
March 19th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
President Reagan approved!
March 19th, 2014 at 10:24 AM ^
left the scene of an accident and got 30 days in jail. He had already had a DUI, so based on this one case I know of, the two days sounds about right.
There's a reason it's a law not to leave the scene of an accident. One of the bigger reasons (I suspect) is proving whether the operator of the vehicle was under the
influence which, depending on the number of times that's occurred in the past, can carry some stiff penalties.
Anyway, my point is simply that it doesn't necessarily matter to me if no one got hurt. The opportunity for someone getting hurt was certainly there on top of the fact that he left the scene.
In the picture from the article he has a shaved head(!) and hints of gray (!!).
March 19th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
Someday Ben Wallace will write a comedy about his experiences and call it "The Longest Free Throw."
It's two days more than Irsay will get.
C'mon Ben. You should be better than that
I like the fact that Ben Wallace thought he could just run away from the scene and not get caught.
"What did he look like, sir?"
"Uh . . . you might want to look for the 6'10" guy."
March 19th, 2014 at 11:13 AM ^
I'm pretty sure that dude has a Patrick Duffy leg.
March 19th, 2014 at 10:08 AM ^
I'm sure Ben will rebound from this.
[Shows self out]
March 19th, 2014 at 11:50 AM ^
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March 19th, 2014 at 12:16 PM ^
A professor I had in college said that one theory that has been used is to keep a beer under the seat, in the glove compartment, etc. Then if you get in an accident while drinking, grab the beer, shut off the car, step out of the vehicle, and open/drink the beer in front of the officer.
March 19th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
Indiana is that other turd Michigan can't pinch off.