Snowball
fights are a welcome sign of winter.
The sight of kids (and adults) throwing balls of freshly fallen snow at
each other is always featured in new stories that winter has finally
arrived. A popular commercial for the
Vancouver Olympic Games even featured a multi-country snowball fight. Unfortunately, playtime can turn to jail time
if you start throwing snowballs at police officers.
Four friends from the
The charge: criminal
possession of a weapon. And yes, the
weapon is the now melted snowballs.
A recent LegalMatch
study revealed the major concerns surrounding a charge of possession of a
weapon. Although LegalMatch has never
had a case or question surrounding snowballs, convictions of criminal
possession of a weapon are often charged as a felony. Unfortunately, in the case of the
When I first read this story I had a
really hard time equating a snowball to the more commonly charged weapons such
as guns and knives. If a snowball can be
classified and charged as a weapon, what else is next?
By: Violet Petran
That is funny kind of. That stinks for the one charged though. I think that the cop should have taken it in strides really. It is a snowball that is going to heal.
Posted by: Lawadvicenow | March 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM