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Bandwagon Central => General => Topic started by: EJ72 on October 21, 2005, 12:52:51 AM

Title: This guy is a REAL Larry Bird fan
Post by: EJ72 on October 21, 2005, 12:52:51 AM
 :sly

Hard time

Man requests longer prison term to honor Larry Bird

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to -- all because of Larry Bird.

The lawyers reached a plea agreement Tuesday for a 30-year term for a man accused of shooting with an intent to kill and robbery. But Eric James Torpy wanted his prison term to match Bird's jersey number 33.

"He said if he was going to go down, he was going to go down in Larry Bird's jersey," Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott said Wednesday. "We accommodated his request and he was just as happy as he could be.

"I've never seen anything like this in 26 years in the courthouse. But, I know the DA is happy about it."

http://www.concretefield.com/forum/index.php?action=post;board=4.0
Title: Re: This guy is a REAL Larry Bird fan
Post by: WEST is GOD on October 21, 2005, 01:04:36 AM
Funny story. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: This guy is a REAL Larry Bird fan
Post by: Sgt PSN on October 21, 2005, 01:28:57 AM
Already got a thread on it.  :)

http://www.concretefield.com/forum/index.php?topic=16845.0

BTW, why do you have a link in your post that starts a new thread?  Just wondering.  ;)
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