Monday, June 25, 2012

Solving the Problem

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Associated Press

A Stow MA resident, Thomas G. Marshall, is under multiple indictments for having started what eventually became the wide spread targeting with pellet guns of boys walking around with their underwear showing. What started colloquially as "Shoot them in the Ass Monday", or "SAM", quickly spread from Mondays in the rural town of Stow Massachusetts to every day of the week in 9 neighboring states, with participants estimated to be in the thousands.

The numbers of victims remains unestimated, however emergency rooms region wide are reporting a dramatic increase in pellet wound cases.

The Middlesex County District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. indicated Tuesday that he was required to seek the indictments despite the fact that not one parent was willing to press charges. He pointed out that this was a situation where the law had to be maintained for safety reasons. The District Attorney further remarked that 4 of the parents had created legal defense funds for the Stow Resident.

A police officer in Stow who wished to remain unnamed commented "This guy became a local hero. His house is deluged with people attempting to shake his hand and have their picture taken with him. We are continually asking people to move along. We may need to hire an additional officer temporarily if this continues."

When asked how the idea came to him in the first place, Mr. Marshall commented simply, "As an engineer I've solved problems all my life."

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