Comments on: Local Electric Car Owner Arrested For Stealing 5 Cents Worth of Electricity in Chamblee http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/12/04/area-electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-electricity-in-chamblee/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: LeifTerry http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/12/04/area-electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-electricity-in-chamblee/#comment-446293 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:14:14 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28889#comment-446293 If there is a legitimate trespassing charge (which I doubt), then the police should make it.

I can plug my phone in at a public place like a park or an airport, drink from the drinking fountain, use the restroom. All of those are a use of resources. None would reasonably be considered theft.

If he had implicit permission to be there, e.g. was taking a class in the space, I would think he would have implicit permission to use the water and electricity.

]]> By: Jo http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/12/04/area-electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-electricity-in-chamblee/#comment-445193 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 16:00:08 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28889#comment-445193 You beat me to it. I just read his blog and came to post it here. Doug is a friend of mine and a stand up guy.

]]> By: Steve http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/12/04/area-electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-electricity-in-chamblee/#comment-445162 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:56:45 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28889#comment-445162 From Doug Richard’s blog:
http://liveapartmentfire.com/2013/12/09/alternating-current/

]]> By: At Home in Decatur http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/12/04/area-electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-electricity-in-chamblee/#comment-443816 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 03:25:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28889#comment-443816 It all sounds so weird. Wouldn’t the tennis instructor be the one at fault if he/she is offering tennis lessons on courts without permission?

]]> By: At Home in Decatur http://www.decaturmetro.com/2013/12/04/area-electric-car-owner-arrested-for-stealing-5-cents-worth-of-electricity-in-chamblee/#comment-443809 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=28889#comment-443809 Interesting. There may be a new use for those childproof outlet covers. The convention could be that outlets covers with a red circle-backslash prohibition symbol on them mean no charging allowed. All other outlets are fair game.

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