
Broward County Sheriff's Office
The photo provided by the Broward County Sheriff's Department shows Steven Mulhall, 21, of Coral Springs, on Facebook holding a judge's nameplate that was pried from the door of Broward Circuit Judge Michael Orlando's courtroom.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Note to thieves. If you steal a nameplate from a judge, don't let anyone post a picture of you holding it on Facebook.
Authorities in South Florida say that's exactly what led to the arrest Thursday of 21-year-old Steven Mulhall on violation of probation charges.
Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that Mulhall pried the $40 nameplate from the courtroom door of Broward Circuit Judge Michael Orlando while making a court appearance. He says Mulhall has multiple petty theft convictions and now faces felony charges.
"The nameplate is like only $40, not that big of a crime, but what an idiot. He puts it on Facebook," Lamberti told the Palm Beach Post. "Here he is flaunting it on Facebook. He violated the terms of his parole by stealing, from a judge he appeared before, no less. He's got multiple convictions for petty theft, so now this is a felony."
Girlfriend’s Facebook page
Deputies picked up Mulhall, Lamberti added, after verifying the suspect had appeared before Judge Orlando. The judge's nameplate was pried from the door around Feb. 23, according to the arrest report. A tip to Broward County Crime Stoppers led authorities to Mulhall.
"The tipster gave us his address, name and the Facebook page," Lamberti told the paper. The picture reportedly was found on Mulhall’s girlfriend's Facebook page. The girlfriend's name was Natalie ComaToze Segura, according to arrest records.
The nameplate will be returned to the judge. A phone number wasn't available for Mulhall.
Msnbc.com staff contributed to this report from The Associated Press.
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Dumbass.....
The life of a pothead. Look at him, he is so baked. Yes, dumbass is a perfect description.
Pothead?! I didn't read that anywhere, and my powers of photoanalysis are just not so keen. Perhaps you assisted Bill Frist with the Terry Schiavo video diagnosis, too? Sounds like a real case of TeaStereotyping... Good job!
Sounds more like a product of parental failure.
Yeah, you know, because all potheads are degenerate thieves... ಠ_ಠ
Grow up and learn that just because you smoke doesn't make you a dumbass.
I'm with Blake...stick him with a fork...this kid is BAKED! I woudn't be surprised if this pic was taken moments after leaving the courthouse...Probably just passed the doober to the photographer and dropped his bic in his lap to create that perfect felonius kodak moment...dumbass is right!
Dudogger...speaking of stereotyping...your post seems to be a case of the teapot calling the kettle black...
Cost the government a lot more than $40 to deal with this. The citizens get screwed again.
So Clifford, you are OK with not prosecuting criminals if the crime they commit, costs less than it costs to prosecute? Hmmm...if that was the way our system worked, we'd have a lot more criminals walking around and the law abiding citizens would really be screwed!
as stupid as he is, and he IS pretty stupid...not sure this should be a felony. It's just a sign.
Mr Fix.it, did you read the article? He had multiple petty theft convictions and he violated parole - consider it a "frequent flyer upgrade"
Dodogger: Blake was simply offering his opinion of his own observation. The first thing I thought when I was the kids face was that he must have been high. Since Blake is not the reporter here, and since comments are opinions, why jump his ass? And mentioning Terry and teabaggers, is just ridiculous.
PAVoter: logic 101 - just become some one sees a thief and calls them a pothead is not saying that all potheads or thieves, nor are all theives potheads. Nor is the observation of Blake a statement of causation. He didn't say pot caused his thievery, nor did he say thievery caused him to smoke.
Let's just laugh at the photo and the story. Poor kid really screwed up, let's hope this time he learned his lesson.
Oh for cripe sakes, a fricken felony for stealing a fricken nameplate? What an asinine and inane law! You want injustice, how about the oil companies stealing our money and what do they get... huge bonuses!
Dear Everyone who has poor reading comprehension or are just to lazy to read the entire story:
I hate to say it, but this guy is a dumbass and deserves to get whatever he's got coming to him as a result of the felony upgrade.
Some people are alive simply because it's against the law to kill them......
You gotta love when the dumb@sses actually help the cops get them off the street!
dudogger-- this guy is definitely a stoner. He's practically fallen directly off-screen of Richard Linklater's classic "Dazed and Confused" -- the bic lighter on his lap, the dazed, irreverent expression in his eyes, the unkempt hair and slackened jaw... this is a dope-fiend, ladies and gentlemen-- and a kleptomaniac as well.
I have no problem with the former, but I don't put any stock in the latter.
Of course hes stupid , hes 21 years old .
Yep! People are stupid. This guy takes the cake though. He forgot to take the Munchkins advice and follow the Yellow Brick Road to get a brain. In fact he stopped off at the corn field and hung around on a pole as a dummy. Now it will be Cell Block D as in Dumb Criminal. Just when you thought you've seen it all. Simply amazing idiot.
haha!!!
Well,
In all reality, this guy will probably get six months in jail and a fine. It's not common to put a petty thief, even a stupid one, on the state's bill for little things like this. He'll be in and out of jail for the rest of his life, eventually living his life between the streets (where he can ply his trade), jail, and homeless shelters.
It's sad how smoking a little pot and maybe clipping a carton of cigarettes now and then can lead to a lifetime of @!$%#.
Follow most of the rules and have a decent life.
Where in the article is marijuana mentioned at all? This is the second time someone has brought it up but it's not mentioned anywhere. You don't need to use drugs to be a stupid criminal.
Now he just needs to lack a heart and courage and he'll be perfect for a career in politics.
Clarification - GNOP politics.
to those of you confused as to why people keep calling him a pothead... maybe you should check out the yellow lighter sitting in plain view in his lap in the picture.
Just because there's a lighter doesn't mean there's pot
And smoke doesn't necessarily mean fire...however, i think in this case the shoe fits quite nicely...he was busted for marijuana in 2009 in Broward County...same place he took the nameplate from...I'm sure it seemed like a great idea when he was stoned...
05/13/2009
POSS.MARIJUANA OVR 20 GRAMS
URL mugshots.com/US-Counties/Florida/Broward-County-FL/Steven-P-Mulhall/details/
Yes, the lighter could be for cigarettes...or crack LOL
Well @!$%#, I guess that means everyone who smokes cigarettes is a pothead right?
Don't be a moron.
I think the girlfriend's name says it all. Natalie Coma Toze Segura? Are they kidding us? (Comatose, really?)
Ha Ha!
NB8, I thought I was the only one that caught that, Comatose? More like camel toes I bet.
What a fool! First regular jail, and then a couple years in stupid jail.
A couple of years in "stupid jail" will be costing the taxpayers about 35K a year plus medical . You better buckle down and get to work because _you— will be supporting him for the rest of his life .
Just waiting to hear why in the name of "fairness" I must pay for this guy's healthcare, unemployment, housing, food stamps, cellphone, broadband internet, heat, airconditioning, water - ALL THIS WHEN HE IS NOT IN JAIL.
Keep it up, democrats. watch USA turn into a sewer filled with rats like this one.
@ Miaw, it's because democrats say we republicans (assuming you are) make too much money and should give it away to pukes like him... Not only that they deserve a chance, but to be allowed to blow their chance and still sponge off the system.. that's what's wrong.
@Miaw:
And why do I have to pay for a pointless war in Afganistan or a fighter jet that doesn't work, or an unneeded aircraft carrier?
Oh, that's right - when it is collected as taxes, just as it is when I pay for gas or groceries, my money ceases to be my money. Why is that so hard for some folks to grasp?
Stupidity will turn our country into a sewer, and it appears that we are well on our way.
So, how many of you republicans are being laid off due to budget cuts because your representatives and senators signed a piece of paper swearing to all mighty Allah that they will, under no circumstances, raise taxes, even though taxes are at the lowest rate they have been in a long long time.
If you're making less than $1,000,000 a year, you should be voting democrat.
Well now.. You will be paying for his healthcare food and housing... He will be in jail! lol
Ah yes, as to all the other people out there you might be asked to "pay" for.. Societies form in no small part for the benefit of the individual. The vary definition of society includes that each individual in society WILL gain some advantage or benefit from being in the society. In turn individuals are expected to try to contribute to that same society. It is a fact that there are those that do no do what they are supposed to do. Then again, it is also a fact that our society has no idea how to take care of its own.
You do not want to pay for other? Go to an unpopulated island and live there. While you are here in this society you are expected to care about your fellow Americans, and yes, your money might go to pay for someone else, just like someone else money might have to pay for you one day.
hey big Jeff if youre not making $1000000 a year and you vote democrat you never will
because your big government will take it and give it to all the whiny losers who feel entitled because its not fair that someone who works hard and is productive should have more than the slacker who doesnt
And Why do I have to pay for a health care plan I don't want, or pay the fine if I don't buy it... Oh, never mind, I won't have to pay it myself. The government will widthdraw it every month straight from my bank account (and yours).
Why do I have to pay for two $1,000,000 busses so the sorry excuse we have for a president can spend his last year in office out on the roads campaigning for re-election?!
Our country is in bad shape, you're right. Most of us are having a hard time.
Glad to know the Obamas are doing well though...
Their average annual income since Obama has been in the US Senate and the
White House (last 7 years) is $2,440,000 (two million four hundred and fourty thousand a year).
Before 2004, their annual income was $252,746 (about 10% of what they are making now)!!!
Again - some dumb story that has nothing to do with anything but a dumb kid brings out the politics. Save it for a more pertinent article, will ya?
It's not a dumb story... They are actual numbers.
Obamas average income now - since "serving" in the US Senate and the White House
$2,440,000
Obamas average income before "serving" in the US Senate and the White House
$252,746
miguel, to be unbiased why don't you post how much cheney and his NO BID contracts earned him. i know why, cause he's a republican and anything they do is ok with you. well guess what, this is just payback for the 8 years of W- THE PRESIDENT stickers. well, O- THE PRESIDENT. you've got four more years of that to deal with, get used to it.
Oh yeah, well I ate spaghetti for dinner and I like turtles.
My statement has about as much relevance to the article as these political rants from the above peanut gallery. No wonder our country is going to crap. Hey, I have an idea, why dont you just vote for someone who is actually qualified for the job and not just because they're part of your cult click. But then there wouldn't be anything to fight about now, would there.
MSNBC has a section for you people. There's a button on top of your screen that says P.O.L.I.T.I.C.S. Please click on it and stay there so we dont have to read the garbage you post.
my screen has no buttons on the top. there's a power button on the bottom though. and no one made you read anything.
oooh, good one hatr. Your reply explains your political views tremendously. Its probably Obama's fault though. lol. You can use that thing called a mouse to scroll up sweetcheeks, unless your hot pockets are ready.
The other kids in his pretend gang club must be proud
The bright and intelligent future of America; this plus the mentality of the "occupy" folks.........we're doomed. Start learning Mandarin now.
@Miaw: Perhaps you should repost your comment after revising it into something that makes at least a little sense.
Poor kid needs counseling. I'm sure there's a program out there that's free for him. Poor 99 percenter.
A phone number wasn't available for Mulhall? Call the Broward County jail; they'll know where he's at.
This is funny and sad all at the same time. Stupid on his part, especially now that it was bumped to a felony. Though, someone definitely didn't like this guy to report him to the police, give them all the information and what not, knowing the amount of trouble it was going to get him into.
I can't even imagine the conversations he is gonna have in jail, "dude what are you in here for?" "I stole a nameplate off a door...." wow.
"...and let someone take a pic of me holding it."
Yeah, I guess she must have been. Or pretty darn close.
Wait..what? It was posted on a Facebook page -open to the world! Eventually, he was gonna' get caught. I see nothing sad about this -stupid, yes...but not sad at all! Like I said: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! -made my day!!!
he'll be a big hero for stealing from a judge
GF's name; really? Charlie - Thanks for pointing that out. <snicker> It must have been a hilarious day at that police station. Love to see that birth certificate. <guffaw>
Some idiots are just too dumb to be free.
Bwahahahahahaha!...oh and: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :-)
You all forgot about the girlfriend:
She was the one who actually posted this on her Facebook page. Talk about oops......
Women.... can't live without them, just can't live with them.
How lovely it is our justice system wastes money ruining peoples lives like this. Yeah hes a dumbass and probably deserves it, but hes a felon soon and won't be able to get a job and will just go on to be a career criminal now. Hes 21 and clearly hasn't grown up. 2nd, where were his parents? Most likely didn't do their job. Society needs to grow up and learn how to stop creating dumbass career criminals, its our responsibility too, but our society loves to blame others and loves even more to punish people. No wonder people go crazy shooting eachother, everyday. School earlier in the week, Tulsa courthouse the other day, clinic yesterday. And someone else will go on a shooting today or tomorrow somewhere in this country. Starts with parents and society.
Sounds like this guy already is a career criminal. And society didn't create him...he and his parents did. It's time to stop blaming society for everything.
Sorry Charlie, I disagree - not all youthful failures are the faults of parents. Society and peers play a very strong roll in a child's development. Sometimes parents just can't counteract all of the negative crap out there. Good parents can end up with failing children - and crappy parents can end up with amazing children.
What he needs to steal is some soap.
Your putting a smile on Bubba's face!
Not the sharpest tool in the shed. The prank is just a prank, but posting it? The charge should be 'Being too stupid to walk the street'. The lighter in his lap may give a hint. I believe pot should be legalized, but it definitely does give you the 'stupids'. LOL.
Got to love Libs oops I mean pot heads....
That's either the dumbest fake facebook name I've ever seen, or the most profound example of questionable judgment on the part of her parents.
I especially liked how the author of the article ended the sentence with an ellipsis, like even he couldn't believe it, too.
She's actually on facebook and totally unblocked. She is without a doubt an idiot!
Coma Toze refers to her being a fan of theirs. They're rappers.
A product of our public school system.
go ahead...leagalize drugs...they don't hurt anyone....what a moron...
mary52, where are drugs mentioned in the article?
FYI making drugs illegal has made many thousands of people criminals, and allowed organized crime to become as big if not bigger than law enforcement. Then you also have all the legal ways to get high , prescription drugs, glue, solvents, alcohol, etc. Obviously the "war" on drugs has been a huge failure and the people want a way to get high. Legalize all drugs, make the hard addictive drugs prescription and only administered by clinics. Then you can tax and regulate, just like alcohol and tobacco. You would save billions on law enforcement and incarceration and make billions on taxes.
BTW marijuana has never caused an overdose, is not physically addictive and will not cause you to lose consciousness. Plus it has many medical and non medical uses
Can you say the same about the "legal drugs"?
Dan0: If any serious person became President not like the POT/Cocaine addict we have now or past Presidents. The War on Drugs would be over by now.
If I was President right now I would have the War on Drugs won with in 90 days. In those90 days, ever Drug Cartel leader to foot soldier would be dead. All known Drug fields would be destroyed. By the time the 90 days was up. Cost of Drugs that were left would be so high YOU WOULD NOT BE-ABLE TO buy them.
if wishes were nickels...
so , if you were president, you would ignore congress and our constitution, invade hundreds of other countries and commit murder ? all in 90 days
Nixon was the most anti drug president we've had in years, he even disregarded his own studies and he couldn't do it. Reagan couldn't either
why? because its impossible, and the higher the prices go the more profit there is for the cartels
what about alcohol? would you get rid of that as well? how about tobacco? no medicinal use, no positive use at all, kills millions annually
Oh, let me add something Dano - don't forget, if Leatherneck got his wish on his version of the War on Drugs, the increased prices on drugs would increase criminal activity. Addicts might have to rob and steal to afford them - because drugs will never go away - no matter how illegal they are. Dealers and smugglers can afford advanced technology to avoid being caught, and will continue to do so.
Dan0: I take if you failed Government Class. The President can use Military Action for 60 to 90 days without congress. All he has to do is let congress know about the military action with in 48 hours after the fact. After 90 days if Congress will not act in that time all forces have to be removed.
what about alcohol? would you get rid of that as well? how about tobacco? no medicinal use, no positive use at all, kills millions annually. Nope sorry they are already legal and sorry but I seen all types of drug users in my time to know COCAINE, TAR, METHAMPHETAMINE AND OTHERS. If made legal will kill and destroy many many lives. Way more then Alcohol alone.
All the ones who want to legalize pot, guess what even if legal business still will fire and not hire your worthless *** why you would be a big liability. So keep dreaming. Some one shows up for work Drunk=FIRED. So do we need more poison entering the markets **** no.
you can get both illegal and legal drugs in any city in america faster than you can get illegal alcohol
COCAINE, TAR, METHAMPHETAMINE AND OTHERS, these are examples of drugs that should be made legal and dispensed through clinics overseen by doctors
the cost to manufacture these drugs is tiny, meth is already semi legal in cold medicines
it would cost alot less and any profit would go to the govt. instead of cartels
again, you cant stop it , if the majority of people want to get high then there is an obvious need
I'm sure if even a small portion of the money went to research they could come up with a non addicting drug that was relatively harmless, like pot
why so anti drug , yet ok for alcohol & tobacco, because they're legal?
the other drugs were legal once as well. In fact most of the illegal drugs were made illegal for racist reasons, ( had to get rid of the Mexican labor during the 30s, had to keep the black man down, etc.)
the AMA was against making pot illegal in the 30s, Nixons own drug committee recommended legalization
I am an adult, no record, educated, productive member of society, why is some unknown bureaucrat making decisions about what I can and cannot do. Am I so helpless that I need to be protected from myself?
and lastly prohibition didn't work then and its not working now.
I'm sure his parents are so proud.
I laughed so hard I peed a little. Damn you stupid criminals!
I wish folks would stop making something like this a Political or Religious Rhetoric Forum. It is not Bush's , Obama, Nixon or Lincoln's fault. It's not the work of the devil or due to not believing in a certain God or Organization. It is ONE idiot that should be accountable for his OWN actions and no other person's fault on this Earth but himself! I will admit this is one stupid Human, LOL!
It's Guy Fawkes's fault!
No, not really, but we've *gotta* have someone to blame!
stupid IS as stupid does, Forrest
If he wasn't plain stupid he wouldn't be commiting crimes in the first place! Duh!