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(KSDK St. Louis)   Redneck sheriff and two of his redneck deputies behind bars for felony rednecking   (ksdk.com) divider line
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3916 clicks; posted to Main » on 17 Mar 2023 at 4:30 PM (7 days ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-03-17 3:28:12 PM  
Jeff Foxworthy nods.
 
Ethertap [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 3:40:07 PM  
Oh, it's Warshington.

Yeah, story tracks then.
 
west.la.lawyer [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:03:30 PM  
Maga
 
special20 [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:32:18 PM  
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The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:32:42 PM  
It's nice to see their sheriff is so healthy.
 
fiddlehead
2023-03-17 4:34:28 PM  
The men are also accused of putting a fake "stop and hold" instruction on the child's mother's record, so if any police officer stopped her, she would be detained. The men are also accused of getting the mother and daughter's real-time location by fraudulently obtaining a ping from their cellphones. Gaston then used that information to go to a location in Jefferson County where they were seeking "refuge" from him, according to the documents.

JFC.
 
RankStranger
2023-03-17 4:35:38 PM  
Middle jail orange guy will be the first to flip and testify
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2023-03-17 4:35:56 PM  
Criminal street gang activity. I bet none of them that coming, since that's a blah person crime
 
Someone Else's Alt [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:37:58 PM  

special20: [Fark user image image 701x241]
The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.


Anyone willing to bet the combined IQ is under 200?
 
Pudding Taine
2023-03-17 4:38:24 PM  

Gyrfalcon: It's nice to see their sheriff is so healthy.


Yeah the nasal cannula on the sheriff is *chef's kiss* perfect. Probably a plague rat recovering from COVID.
 
Mrtraveler01
2023-03-17 4:39:03 PM  

Ethertap: Oh, it's Warshington.

Yeah, story tracks then.


Worse, it's Ironton.
 
suburbanguerilla
2023-03-17 4:41:58 PM  
Anyone wanna guess what political party the sheriff belongs to?
 
fiddlehead
2023-03-17 4:42:00 PM  

Pudding Taine: Gyrfalcon: It's nice to see their sheriff is so healthy.

Yeah the nasal cannula on the sheriff is *chef's kiss* perfect. Probably a plague rat recovering from COVID.


Yeppers.

Last year, the sheriff was hospitalized for nearly four months, part of that time spent on a ventilator because of COVID, the Sheriff's Office said.

Last week, days after Burkett was interviewed by patrol investigators, he checked himself into the hospital. The Iron County Sheriff's Department told people on Facebook that Burkett was hospitalized March 10 for complications from COVID-19.
 
Begoggle
2023-03-17 4:42:25 PM  
Republican heroes.
Back the blue.
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-03-17 4:44:03 PM  
Redneck sheriff is super redundant
 
strathmeyer
2023-03-17 4:47:32 PM  
"He's a great guy," she said. "He wouldn't do anything that would jeopardize him in his job."

Uh yeah because they usually get away with it. What else have they been getting away with?
 
Neondistraction
2023-03-17 4:48:56 PM  
No one stalks his wife like Gaston.
 
Troy Aikman's Giant Thumbs
2023-03-17 4:49:03 PM  
That's an impressive collection of Real Murican facial hair. Just need the chinstrap to collect the whole set.
 
emersonbiggins
2023-03-17 4:50:36 PM  
Coming soon to a cush position in a department in the next county over
 
jtown
2023-03-17 4:54:47 PM  

Gyrfalcon: It's nice to see their sheriff is so healthy.


That's because he can't get the ivermectin  to take out the 'rona.

Don't worry, folks.  He'll be reelected in a landslide.

How does a county with only 9,500 people even afford a sheriff's department?  I would have assumed they would have to get coverage from the state or surrounding counties.
 
erewhon the opinionated
2023-03-17 4:56:49 PM  
ACAB
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:57:01 PM  

jtown: Gyrfalcon: It's nice to see their sheriff is so healthy.

That's because he can't get the ivermectin  to take out the 'rona.

Don't worry, folks.  He'll be reelected in a landslide.

How does a county with only 9,500 people even afford a sheriff's department?  I would have assumed they would have to get coverage from the state or surrounding counties.


They had a special election probably and raised everyone's property taxes half a percent. Nobody bothered to vote because nobody knew about it and the county and the sheriff have been skimming ever since. It worked for the City of Bell, so they probably figured why not?
 
Gleaming the TimeCube
2023-03-17 4:57:27 PM  
In a statement, an attorney representing Burkett called the charges "politically motivated."
"There has been an ongoing attempt to remove Sheriff Burkett from office before he even took office," the statement said.

Yeah, and...? "People have been saying for a long time that cold weather could affect the O-rings on the Space Shuttle boosters."

Also, judging by the numbers on the booking placards, they got Sheriff Butthurt (what it looks like in photo) days before the others. Whaddya wanna bet Sheriff Butthurt folded like origami and tried to blame everybody else?
 
olorin604
2023-03-17 4:57:33 PM  
Hopefully iron county learned from the other Missouri sheriffs that got hit with criminal charges and still got to finish their term as sheriff without being legally able to fill the position.
 
JeffSon069
2023-03-17 4:57:36 PM  
"Politically motivated" is the new "It wadn't me..."
 
Dinjiin [BareFark]
2023-03-17 4:57:46 PM  

Someone Else's Alt: special20: [Fark user image image 701x241]
The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.

Anyone willing to bet the combined IQ is under 200?


Anyone willing to bet that this isn't the first time they've abused police assets for self gain?

According to the article, Iron County has 9,500 residents.  There are neighborhood blocks in NYC with higher populations than that.  Maybe it isn't such a great idea for states to allow towns and counties with such small populations to run their own police forces.  Delegate the responsibility to the Missouri state police and let them operate a satellite station in that area so they can keep an eye on employees.
 
Mr. Shabooboo
2023-03-17 4:57:50 PM  

special20: [Fark user image 701x241]
The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.


Fat, white, middle aged men with goatees...Natures greatest monsters...
 
special20 [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 4:58:03 PM  

strathmeyer: "He's a great guy," she said. "He wouldn't do anything that would jeopardize him in his job."

Uh yeah because they usually get away with it. What else have they been getting away with?


Yeah, when did that guy stop beating his wife? Or yours?
 
freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:02:16 PM  

Dinjiin: Someone Else's Alt: special20: [Fark user image image 701x241]
The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.

Anyone willing to bet the combined IQ is under 200?

Anyone willing to bet that this isn't the first time they've abused police assets for self gain?

According to the article, Iron County has 9,500 residents.  There are neighborhood blocks in NYC with higher populations than that.  Maybe it isn't such a great idea for states to allow towns and counties with such small populations to run their own police forces.  Delegate the responsibility to the Missouri state police and let them operate a satellite station in that area so they can keep an eye on employees.


I lived in a smallish town in MD, larger than this, and they did just that.  No "local" sheriff, just county police and a substation - mainly just a parking lot where they can keep a couple squad cars and a fridge where they can keep lunch if they brown bag it.
 
Slypork
2023-03-17 5:03:17 PM  
FTA: According to the charging documents, they were helping Rick Gaston, an Iron County resident, with a scheme to kidnap Gaston's children from their mother after a domestic dispute.

No one disputes like Gaston
Is in cahoots like Gaston
With law enforcement brutes like Gaston
The evidence against him's incriminating
It's jail with no bail for Gaston!
 
sinko swimo
2023-03-17 5:04:17 PM  
if it was all women you'd be singing a much different tune.
 
browntimmy
2023-03-17 5:07:25 PM  
Gaston looks like he's 60 in that pic, how old are his children?
 
Maturin [OhFark]
2023-03-17 5:10:04 PM  
You can get shot for callin' a hillbilly a redneck
 
khatores
2023-03-17 5:10:27 PM  

jtown: Gyrfalcon: It's nice to see their sheriff is so healthy.

That's because he can't get the ivermectin  to take out the 'rona.

Don't worry, folks.  He'll be reelected in a landslide.

How does a county with only 9,500 people even afford a sheriff's department?  I would have assumed they would have to get coverage from the state or surrounding counties.


Now I don't wanna be too darn tootin' or nuttin', but I figure...if yer a fella who's lived in Iron County for a stretch...

...well...

(tips chair back , tips hat back, puts piece of hay in mouth, waits 5 minutes)

..ya know, the thing is...ain't a whole lot goin' on here, most of the time.


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/i'ts about 60 miles from the northern edge of Iron County to St. Louis
//as the crow flies
 
khatores
2023-03-17 5:11:53 PM  

browntimmy: Gaston looks like he's 60 in that pic, how old are his children?


Not the map below.  There's nothing to do out there besides fark and fark some more.
 
Someone Else's Alt [TotalFark]
2023-03-17 5:21:37 PM  

khatores: browntimmy: Gaston looks like he's 60 in that pic, how old are his children?

Not the map below.  There's nothing to do out there besides fark and fark some more.


Poor sheep.
 
azxj
2023-03-17 5:24:49 PM  

Someone Else's Alt: Poor sheep.


"Honest ossifer, I was just pushing it through the fence!"  "Then why are you naked?"  "Uhhhh... aerodynamics?"
 
snitramc
2023-03-17 5:28:09 PM  

Troy Aikman's Giant Thumbs: That's an impressive collection of Real Murican facial hair. Just need the chinstrap to collect the whole set.


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Mouser
2023-03-17 5:28:48 PM  
From the title, I was trying to figure out how "rednecking" was felonious, but after reading TFA I have to agree with Subby's description.
 
Serious Post on Serious Thread
2023-03-17 5:33:27 PM  
I can't be the only one who heard 'Dixie' playing through an air horn after reading the headline, right?

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Begoggle
2023-03-17 5:35:17 PM  

Mouser: From the title, I was trying to figure out how "rednecking" was felonious, but after reading TFA I have to agree with Subby's description.


But they are your fellow voting demographic.
Are you one of the rich Republicans who makes fun of all the poor ones and sends them to do your dirty work?
 
henryhill
2023-03-17 5:40:23 PM  
That sounds like the type of plan that is hatched at 3am at the bar, but usually forgotten about by the next afternoon. Then there is these guys.
 
TheGreenMonkey [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-03-17 5:41:06 PM  

special20: [Fark user image 701x241]
The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.


The dude on the left almost looks like Fat Mike from NOFX.
 
Madame Psychosis
2023-03-17 5:54:33 PM  
Guy on the right was also charged with trying to kidnap a goddamn liter of cola.

/DNRTFA
 
Corydon
2023-03-17 6:04:33 PM  

Dinjiin: Someone Else's Alt: special20: [Fark user image image 701x241]
The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.

Anyone willing to bet the combined IQ is under 200?

Anyone willing to bet that this isn't the first time they've abused police assets for self gain?

According to the article, Iron County has 9,500 residents.  There are neighborhood blocks in NYC with higher populations than that.  Maybe it isn't such a great idea for states to allow towns and counties with such small populations to run their own police forces.  Delegate the responsibility to the Missouri state police and let them operate a satellite station in that area so they can keep an eye on employees.


This is how things are generally done in Canada, with the OPP and SQ providing police services to smaller municipalities in Ontario and Quebec respectively and the RCMP doing the same elsewhere.
 
Neondistraction
2023-03-17 6:06:42 PM  

Slypork: FTA: According to the charging documents, they were helping Rick Gaston, an Iron County resident, with a scheme to kidnap Gaston's children from their mother after a domestic dispute.

No one disputes like Gaston
Is in cahoots like Gaston
With law enforcement brutes like Gaston
The evidence against him's incriminating
It's jail with no bail for Gaston!


I beat you to the joke, but yours was much better.
 
Ken VeryBigLiar
2023-03-17 6:20:35 PM  

Dinjiin: Someone Else's Alt: special20: [Fark user image image 701x241]
The bonus nose gear on the shortest dude on the left takes the cake.

Anyone willing to bet the combined IQ is under 200?

Anyone willing to bet that this isn't the first time they've abused police assets for self gain?

According to the article, Iron County has 9,500 residents.  There are neighborhood blocks in NYC with higher populations than that.  Maybe it isn't such a great idea for states to allow towns and counties with such small populations to run their own police forces.  Delegate the responsibility to the Missouri state police and let them operate a satellite station in that area so they can keep an eye on employees.


Not all states have a "state police" force, sometimes they're just State Patrol and while they have jurisdiction everywhere in the state they're better utilized for traffic issues on interstates and bigger state roads. And do you really want to spread the cost of keeping these guys planted there with everybody in the state when they can have local idiots deal with the day to day? They cleaned out the guys they can charge, a few more might quit or leave when the new guy comes then we get to wait for these guy's next fark up.
 
anuran
2023-03-17 6:53:21 PM  

suburbanguerilla: Anyone wanna guess what political party the sheriff belongs to?


FAUX'News' will say he's a Demoncrap
 
anuran
2023-03-17 6:54:57 PM  

erewhon the opinionated: ACAB


Not all. Someone was willing to arrest these sorry corksoakers
 
Nonrepeating Rotating Binary
2023-03-17 8:00:35 PM  
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This is absolutely the face of a man who abuses his authority to intimidate others at every opportunity.
 
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