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He’s a free man

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Rob

Back in July you may remember seeing the face of ModBlog regular IAM:Jessestar appearing in news all over the world.  Well this past Friday Jesse popped up in the news again, with word that the charges against him have been dismissed.

Jessestar

TULSA, OKLAHOMA – A charge of assault with a dangerous weapon against 28-year-old Jesse Thornhill of Tulsa has been dismissed.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Friday. An entry in the court docket says the charge has been dismissed.

The charge stemmed from an incident on July 13, 2010, when Thornhill allegedly tried to run over his landlord with his car.

–Source: NewsOn6.com

As Sean put it so nicely, “Is this the smile of a homicidal maniac?”  Now we know the answer, no, it isn’t the smile of a homicidal maniac, it’s the smile of a man with some fantastic modifications that happens to be part of the BME community.

Comments

14 responses to “He’s a free man”

  1. Caleigh Avatar
    Caleigh

    sending love your way!

  2. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Really glad that the charges were dismissed!! I’m wondering if the landlord was trying to get one over with the court knowing that most courts/judges arent fond of body mods?

  3. kevin Avatar
    kevin

    I’ll eat my hat if this gets anywhere near the same kind of media saturation and coverage the first story got. Vindication never does.

  4. nexi zydrate Avatar
    nexi zydrate

    glad to hear he is a free man!!!

  5. Raziel Avatar
    Raziel

    Keep On Keeping On, Jesse! congrats

  6. peteD3 Avatar
    peteD3

    Congratulations Jesse!!

  7. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    Having charges dismissed isn’t the same as an incident never having occurred at all. Like how “not guilty” isn’t the same thing as “innocent”. Keep some perspective. Kudos for the guy for getting off the charges, but the whole thing probably didn’t need to happen in the first place.

  8. egil skallagrimsson Avatar
    egil skallagrimsson

    Mainstream News: Tattoos? How can this man not be a criminal?!

    Mod-Blog News: Tattoos? How can this man be a criminal?!

  9. Crazy Face Avatar
    Crazy Face

    is that a new picture of Jesse? cos if so I might be wrong but are those stitches on a small/deformed left horn? if so….sadness 🙁

  10. Crazy Face Avatar
    Crazy Face

    ah…on second look, its a pic the article had, so im guessing its probably NOT new then?

    nevermind lol

  11. hm Avatar
    hm

    Anyone can be a ‘homicidal maniac’ regardless of smile and whatnot. sort of like saying some man can’t of raped a woman because of how ‘nice’ he is…

    [not talking about him was just saying, though I do agree with Jon P]

  12. Nienke Avatar
    Nienke

    Hurrah!

  13. Dimruthien Avatar
    Dimruthien

    I also agree with Jon P. *shrug*

  14. Nathan G. Avatar
    Nathan G.

    Congrats Jesse. As always the media won’t shed light on the fact it was dismissed, unfortunately.

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