{"id":8869,"date":"2006-04-01T12:53:47","date_gmt":"2006-04-01T19:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/04\/01\/litterbug.html"},"modified":"2006-04-01T12:53:47","modified_gmt":"2006-04-01T19:53:47","slug":"litterbug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/01\/litterbug.html","title":{"rendered":"Litterbug"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you have to stretch the law a bit to cover circumstances<\/a> that were … unanticipated by lawmakers.<\/p>\n

A Littleton man accused of breaking into homes to masturbate was bound over for trial Tuesday on unusual charges \u2014 two felony counts of burglary with intent to litter.<\/p>\n

Robert Kent Peterson, 45, waived his right to a preliminary hearing and agreed to undergo a psychological evaluation. Free on $50,000 bail, he is due back in court June 5.<\/p>\n

Peterson, who works for Lockheed Martin, was convicted of similar charges in 1999. He told his probation officer that he had broken into homes at least 40 times and masturbated at half of them, according to court records<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

. <\/p>\n

Burglary with Intent to Litter?<\/em><\/p>\n

Which reminds me of this bit from Alice’s Restaurant<\/a>:<\/p>\n

And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest father raper of them all, was coming over to me and he was mean ‘n’ ugly ‘n’ nasty ‘n’ horrible and all kind of things and he sat down next to me and said, “Kid, whad’ya get?” I said, “I didn’t get nothing, I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage.” He said, “What were you arrested for, kid?” And I said, “Littering.” And they all moved away from me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I said, “And creating a nuisance.” And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the bench ….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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