June 10, 2008

YouTube Pranksters Pay Price -- On YouTube

Judge Orders Them To Post Apology After They'd Videoed Prank And Put It On The Site

  •  (CBS/EARLY SHOW)

(CBS)  Call it Internet Justice: A Florida judge has ordered two teens to post a video on YouTube apologizing for having put another video on the site -- of them playing a prank on a fast food worker.

Jessica Ceponis, 23, was at the drive-through window of a Taco Bell in Merritt Island, about 50 miles east of Orlando last July when the teens taped themselves tossing a 32-ounce cup of soda at her as they yelled, "Fire in the hole."

But Ceponis managed to track them down, leading to two counts of battery and one of criminal mischief.

A judge sentenced them, among other things, to make the video saying they're sorry and put it on YouTube.

"We thought it would be funny to victimize fast food employees by drenching them with ice cold soda," one of the teens says in the video. "We take this time to apologize to the victims. And we take full responsibility for irresponsible behavior. Instead, we should have used better judgment. Think before you act. Don't be stupid. Your future depends on it."

Former Orlando State Attorney's Office prosecutor Andrew Moses says the sentence was appropriate.

To see an Early Show report on incident and portions of both videos, click on the arrow in the image below.



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by skyk-2009 June 11, 2008 10:51 AM EDT
I still say gopsoccermom is a GUY.
Rush Limbaugh in drag or something.


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Posted by deacon20081 at 11:45 PM : Jun 10, 2008
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Naw! It''s a shemale! Has all the tats to prove it too!!
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by deacon20081 June 11, 2008 2:45 AM EDT
I still say gopsoccermom is a GUY.
Rush Limbaugh in drag or something.
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by wogerwabbit June 11, 2008 1:25 AM EDT
Posted by newsjunky5 at 02:27 PM

that was good, man... finish it.
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by nothappyatall June 11, 2008 12:34 AM EDT
Reminds me of our right wing board resident Rick "singinrick" posting as "jenkebenz", remember, he posted THIS recently in part:


" In a simmilar incident some years ago I walked over and poured the remants of a large iced soft drink over them "

Posted by jankebenz at 03:48 PM : Jun 06, 2008


Now in THIS article, we see two teens were charged with a CRIME- 2 counts of BATTERY for doing exactly that:

"But Ceponis managed to track them down, leading to two counts of battery and one of criminal mischief.
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by fredhetz June 11, 2008 12:00 AM EDT
One of the things about YouTube and its like is that people seem to be looking for outrageous things to put on it. "WOW...look what we did!" It creates this unfortunate freak show and people are more than willing to populate it.
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by workin3 June 10, 2008 11:56 PM EDT
I went to youtube and they do not even have the apology in their video archive....what kind of redemption is that. The parents should be interviewed. and held responsible as well, since the kids are juviniles.they should apologize in person to the poor lady who was just trying to make a living in this recession era we are in. where''s her justice.
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by omded June 10, 2008 7:31 PM EDT
I finally figured out what gopsoccermom meant by "bringing Jesus to the fast food employees". She hands out those miniature Jesus action figures! Good idea gop! When they hand you your free collectable, you say "thank you", and hand them a Jesus Action Figure. After only a few visits, you can give them the entire set! Now that''s what I call "bringing them Jesus"! Hey, do you have any of the new Karl Rove "soldier Jesus" action figures yet? You know, the one where Jesus is riding on a tank manning the machine gun, dressed in his camoflouge tunic? "I think they call it "Jesus the bad guy hunter".
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by newsjunky5 June 10, 2008 6:15 PM EDT
"I remember back when i was in HS working in fast food... we had alot of the town''''s football & wrestling team working there too..."
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Did most of the football and wrestling team stick with it?
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by ov442 June 10, 2008 5:46 PM EDT
whenever I am at the drive through window, I try to bring fast food employees Jesus...... by gopsoccermom

LoL.... what.? you Keep large KJ version bibles in your car and launch them at the fast food workers with a sling? Wow You ARE satanic!
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by newsjunky5 June 10, 2008 5:27 PM EDT
"Don''''t forcibly preach, but if more acted like Jesus in the first place, imagine how much better society would be."
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There is already a housing glut. Carpenters, we do not need.

Jesus was a carpenter, built houses, stores and banks,
Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes,
and hammered nails in planks

He was level on the level, shaved even every door,
and voted for Eisenhower, ''cause Lincoln won the war.

He went to church on Sunday, took me with him too,
Stained glass in every window,
hearing aids in every pew.
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