Field blotter.

This is my field blotter post. A couple of stories tonight have me scratching my head and seeing red at the same time.

The first one comes from New York:

"Timothy West, 26, was cleared of four charges that he entered an Ozone Park home in 2009 through a window and raped and robbed a 21-year-old waitress at knifepoint in her bed.

One juror said the panel believed the victim must have known West, and that she let him into her home.

West has a history of break-ins and was on parole for robbery when arrested, but the jury did not hear that evidence: Buchter ruled it could prejudice the jury against him. "

Huh? Let me read that again......nope, that wasn't a misprint. Just wow! [Story]

The second story comes from Jacksonville, Florida:

"A 22-year-old mother in Jacksonville, FL, just pleaded guilty to second degree murder after killing her young son. The child, three-months old, was shaken to death because the mother had become angry that his crying interrupted her game of Farmville on Facebook.

The mother, Alexandria Tobias, faces up to 25 years in prison."

There seems to be a trend here. We should give out baby making license like we do driver's license here in A-merry-ca. [Story]

Of course we can't leave out those wonderful college kids:

"Police say a Penn State fan dressed in a blue and yellow Halloween costume was assaulted by four unknown fans at Beaver Stadium who mistook him for a Michigan fan.

The Centre Daily Times reports that the assault happened Saturday, the night the Nittany Lions defeated the rival Wolverines 41-31.

Police say the men attacked the fan because they thought the colors of his costume indicated he was a Michigan fan. Michigan's colors are blue and yellow.

The attackers have not been identified.

Police say the victim sustained a possible broken nose and was treated and released from a hospital."

Why are we so angry A-merry-ca? Even the young and educated among us. [Story]

And then, of course; there are the not so young and not so educated. They have some issues as well:

"Wendy Edmond Green, 41, is being held without bond in the Wake County Jail on charges of first-degree murder in the death of her live-in boyfriend, 52-year-old David Reuben Green Jr.

Wake County Sheriff's Office
Police in North Carolina charged Wendy Edmond Green, 41, with first-degree murder after officers found her boyfriend's body stuffed in a freezer in their home.
Investigators had been looking for David Green since early September, when family members reported him missing. On Sept. 7, authorities conducted a search of the couple's Raleigh home but were unable to locate him, Wake County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Phyllis Stephens said.

"They continued to investigate, and went back out there [Wednesday] to do another search," Stephens told AOL News. "[Investigators] were looking around, and they saw a freezer. They opened [it up], and there he was."

Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison told The News & Observer that investigators detected a "powerful smell" during their second search of the home. The power inside the home had been shut off in August."

And please, no cracks about interracial relationships. This could have happened to anybody. [Story]

Finally, if we are talking about crime, we can't leave out my hometown:

"PHILADELPHIA - A 15-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded early today during a dispute inside a bar in North Philadelphia, police said.

Police said the youth got into an argument with a young man about 2:30 a.m. inside the El Callejon II bar at North Second Street and West Indiana Avenue in the Fairhill section.

The older male grabbed the victim by the shirt and shot him once in the chest, police said. The gunman fled as bar patrons scattered.

Someone drove the wounded teen to his home and police were called there, officials said.

The youth was taken to Temple University Hospital in critical condition.

The nature of the argument and what the boy was doing in the bar at that hour are not yet known. "

I repeat: We should give out baby making license here in A-merry-ca. [Story]