Philadelphia Story

[jackfengshui]

This would have been just a run-of-the-mill news story about a prostitution bust near Philly, except for these two features:

• The trouble the reporter took to give a blow-by-blow account of the bust
• The charges: "one count each of misdemeanor prostitution and felony criminal use of communication facility (cellphone)"

http://www.thereporteronline.com/gen...waives-hearing

[JohnnyCap]

http://law.onecle.com/pennsylvania/c...5.012.000.html

The link above simply leads to the info below, I added it merely to include that it is indeed Pennsylvania. I suspect something is missing, it does not seem proper for a person to get charged with an extra felony for the manner in which they committed a misdemeanor, and, in fact, the law as I found it is written as such; felony for felony.

If my suspicions above are correct, the shame will still be on the reasonably priced, ample hip'd provider instead of the fucking idiots who charged her with a felony and the dumbass news persons who screamed it from the mountain top, which is why, as I just told Frankie, I RARELY FUCKING EVER READ THE FUCKING NEWS. THANKS JACK!

§ 7512. Criminal use of communication facility.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a felony of the third
degree if that person uses a communication facility to commit,
cause or facilitate the commission or the attempt thereof of any
crime which constitutes a felony under this title or under the
act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled
Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. Every instance where
the communication facility is utilized constitutes a separate
offense under this section.
(b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15,000
or to imprisonment for not more than seven years, or both.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"communication facility" means a public or private
instrumentality used or useful in the transmission of signs,
signals, writing, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any
nature transmitted in whole or in part, including, but not
limited to, telephone, wire, radio, electromagnetic,
photoelectronic or photo-optical systems or the mail.
(Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1240, No.157, eff. 60 days)

1998 Amendment. Act 157 added section 7512.

[Lexxxy]

That's crazy just like our condom thing, every condom can be used against you in NY.

[Luvbubbles]

I would love to know how many of our favorite politicians commit the above felonies on their cell phone !!