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Showing Original Post only (View all)GOP staffer who called Sasha and Malia Obama 'classless' was arrested twice, age 17 & 19 [View all]
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/Elizabeth-Lauten-arrest-786543
Lauten, pictured above, was arrested in December 2000 for misdemeanor larceny, according to court records. Lauten, then 17, was collared for stealing from a Belk department store in her North Carolina hometown.
Because Lauten was a first-time offender, her case was handled via the District Courts deferred prosecution program, which resulted in the charges eventual dismissal after the future scold stayed out of trouble for a prescribed period.
Since Lauten was just another teenager caught shoplifting at the mall, it appears unlikely that she was publicly pilloried for her lack of class, nor were her parents criticized as poor role models.
--- per other sources, she was arrested again at age 19
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GOP staffer who called Sasha and Malia Obama 'classless' was arrested twice, age 17 & 19 [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
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She threw stones from her glass house... guess she thought those arrests would never come to light
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
#5
Or maybe she didn't even think about them.. so intent on her hateful screed.. conveniently down the
Cha
Dec 2014
#54
Really.. if you're going to write a hateful screed like that aimed at the teenagers in our WH.. we
Cha
Dec 2014
#55
Dailymail commenters, very rightwing hatefilled anti-Obama bunch, were united against her
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
#11
Bingo! That's why it took hours! Pass the popcorn and wait for the next blob to hit the fan.
Frustratedlady
Dec 2014
#13
I'm confused. I thought that the penalty for shoplifting in the US was summary execution.
Chakab
Dec 2014
#23
Oh good God, how did this woman ever get the nerve to criticize any teenager?
SunSeeker
Dec 2014
#25
I wonder if her parents raised the possibility during the talk she referred to
ecstatic
Dec 2014
#43