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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:55 PM Mar 2013

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NY man gets summonses for laughing too loudly

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York man says he didn't know it was a crime to laugh.

Robert Schiavelli of Rockville Centre, on Long Island, was slapped with two summonses for "disturbing the peace."

Police responded to his home on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13 after receiving complaints from his next-door neighbor that his loud laughs could be heard across the driveway.

The 42-year-old was charged with acting "in such a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere with, obstruct, or be offensive to others."

At his arraignment Tuesday, a judge declined to dismiss the charges.

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Schiavelli tells the New York Post ( http://bit.ly/WPGKHp ) his neighbor often taunts him due to his disability. He deals with it by laughing him off.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_LAUGHING_SUMMONSES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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NY man gets summonses for laughing too loudly (Original Post) The Straight Story Mar 2013 OP

It is in fact the neighbor who should be arrested for disturbing the peace Drale Mar 2013 #1

I'd have all my friends come by and walk past the neighbor's house, guffawing loudly. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #2

that one will get laughed out of court MindPilot Mar 2013 #3

. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #5

...a judge declined to dismiss the charges. Kalidurga Mar 2013 #4

I had an apartment neighbor who watched a movie from 11pm to 1pm every night & laughed like a donkey Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #6

Drale

(7,932 posts)

1. It is in fact the neighbor who should be arrested for disturbing the peace

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:56 PM

Mar 2013

as well as misusing police services and filing a false police report.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

2. I'd have all my friends come by and walk past the neighbor's house, guffawing loudly.

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 01:58 PM

Mar 2013

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)

3. that one will get laughed out of court

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:13 PM

Mar 2013

Your honor, this is no laughing matter!

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

5. .

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:19 PM

Mar 2013

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

4. ...a judge declined to dismiss the charges.

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 03:15 PM

Mar 2013

I hope the judge gets booted from the bench. This is a ridiculous charge brought by someone who hates disabled people.

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

6. I had an apartment neighbor who watched a movie from 11pm to 1pm every night & laughed like a donkey

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:22 PM

Mar 2013

hated it. Noise came from outside into my window.

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