{"id":1862,"date":"2009-05-12T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/12\/2009-5-12-our-amazing-news-media-somethings-missing-edition-html\/"},"modified":"2009-05-12T13:46:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T13:46:00","slug":"2009-5-12-our-amazing-news-media-somethings-missing-edition-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/2009-5-12-our-amazing-news-media-somethings-missing-edition-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Amazing News Media – Something’s Missing Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Rustic,<\/a>
Friends,<\/p>\n

The news desk here at Jaunty Central is humming at least 24 hours a week to bring you<\/strike> aggregate the latest news about Idyllwild (or containing the word “Idyllwild” somewhere in the text). This morning, chilling news about a man who appears to be a pencil distributor. The Press-Enterprise’s own John Asbury has some, but not all of the details<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Man arrested outside Idyllwild school<\/span>
6:15 AM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted by: PE News<\/p>\n

An Idyllwild man was arrested Monday after deputies said he was offering children pencils<\/i> outside a school.<\/p>\n

A parent called authorities to report that a man tried to lure four 11-year-old students to his car to give them pencils outside the Idyllwild School, according to a Riverside County sheriff’s report.<\/p>\n

Police arrested [some dude], 64, on suspicion of child annoyance and a probation violation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I get the annoyance part. If he was handing out Wacom tablets<\/a> and copies of Photoshop<\/a>, they might have changed their tune a little. My question (and yours too, I would think) is what is this fella on probation for? My guess is not for the wanton distribution of writing implements…<\/p>\n

– bob<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Leave it to the Town Crier to flesh out the story. We still don’t know why this guy’s on probation, but J.P. still brings the goods<\/a> in this week’s paper:<\/p>\n

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Man arrested at school<\/b><\/p>\n

By J.P. Crumrine, News Editor<\/p>\n

[Some dude], 64, of Idyllwild, was arrested last Friday on suspicion of annoying children at Idyllwild School. Principal Matt Kraemer sent a note home with the students alerting parents to the situation.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, a man apparently approached several students and offered them free pencils to use for the state testing exams, which had already concluded<\/i>. The man told children that if they accompanied him to his car, he would give them the pencils.<\/p>\n

None of the students whom he approached complied. Instead, several came to the school office and reported the man, who was gone by the time Kraemer went searching for him.<\/p>\n

On Friday, a suspect fitting the same description repeated his solicitation with an 11-year-old girl and her three friends who were on the school steps. Her parent reported this to the school and the Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n

While Kraemer was discussing the incident with a sheriff\u2019s deputy, [that dude] entered the office area to complain that a parent had tried to abridge his free-speech right<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Kraemer escorted [that same dude] into his office and listened to his complaint. After informing him that the right does not carry onto school grounds and children, the officer arrested [the dude].<\/p>\n

Late Friday morning, [creepy dude] was booked at the Southwest Detention Facility for annoying school children and violation of probation, according to Sgt. Stephen Mike of the Sheriff\u2019s Department Hemet Station.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Free speech? Are you kidding? And by the way, how great is it that exactly none of the kids at the school fell for this joker’s “solicitation?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends, The news desk here at Jaunty Central is humming at least 24 hours a week to bring you aggregate the latest news about Idyllwild (or containing the word “Idyllwild” somewhere in the text). This morning, chilling news about a man who appears to be a pencil distributor. The Press-Enterprise’s own John Asbury has some, … <\/p>\n

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