{"id":173218,"date":"2025-08-24T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=173218"},"modified":"2025-08-23T22:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T02:35:48","slug":"stupid-people-of-the-week-178","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=173218","title":{"rendered":"Stupid people of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_173219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173219\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-173219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mustangs-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mustangs-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mustangs-1.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mustangs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>DoorDash Customer Accused of Causing $10K Worth of Damage to Driver\u2019s Car Over Failed Chicken Wings Delivery: Reports<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>A woman in Milwaukee is facing a felony charge after allegedly causing around $10,000 damage to a DoorDash driver&#8217;s vehicle over a failed chicken wings order.<\/p>\n<p>On July 11, driver Faith Morris picked up a late-night &#8220;high-priced&#8221; food order that &#8220;was in the area,&#8221; she said, per Fox 6 Milwaukee, confirming she threw her kids in the car and went to get the food.<\/p>\n<p>However, Morris&#8217; phone service ended up shutting off due to an overdue bill, so she wasn&#8217;t able to complete the delivery, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Within five minutes, T-Mobile shuts my phone off. I\u2019m shocked,&#8221; Morris told Fox 6 Milwaukee. &#8220;We pull up to the location but the address will not load because my app won\u2019t load anymore. I sit outside the customer\u2019s house for 10 minutes and [was] calling T-Mobile to see if they\u2019ll turn my phone back on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She then returned home, but the customer was not happy and texted the driver, accusing them of stealing their food, the outlet stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to TMJ4 News, customer Janiyah Jones was allegedly able to track Morris back to her home and ended up calling her for around an hour after the failed order.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no way that she should have been able to call me for an hour after this happened. An hour? It&#8217;s absolutely insane,&#8221; Morris said, per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE identified the suspect as 22-year-old Jones, stating she&#8217;d allegedly thrown a brick at Morris&#8217; car, as well as striking &#8220;her vehicle repeatedly with a tire iron, smashing her windows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was so crazy how the glass was just raining from the sky when she was hitting it,\u201d Morris said, per TMJ4 News.<\/p>\n<p>Morris claimed she hasn&#8217;t been able to work as a delivery driver since the incident occurred, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee police investigators were able to match Ring doorbell video footage with body camera footage from a previous crash involving the suspect earlier this year, the criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE stated. Police had identified the woman in question as Jones after finding her to be the owner of the cellphone number through records obtained via DoorDash.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint stated that over $10,000 worth of damage had allegedly been done to Morris&#8217; car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She did this over a ten-piece chicken wing! She passed [Fryerz] to come here,&#8221; Morris told TMJ4 News on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n<p>A DoorDash spokesperson said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE, \u201cThis customer\u2019s actions are completely uncalled for, unacceptable, and disturbing. We have permanently banned them from our platform and are in touch with the Dasher directly to offer our support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company also said that they wouldn&#8217;t ever share or show a worker&#8217;s home address with any consumers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/doordash-customer-accused-causing-10k-150017642.html\">Yahoo!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Stabbing in Staunton State Park Found to be an Elaborate Hoax<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>At 2 p.m. today, the Jefferson County [Colorado] Sheriff\u2019s Office authored a warrant for the arrest of 26-year-old Callum Heskett for multiple misdemeanor and felony charges.<\/p>\n<p>Heskett, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Seasonal Ranger at Staunton State Park, radioed for help at approximately 9:30 a.m. on August 19, claiming he had been attacked and stabbed. He also reported that the alleged assailant fled on foot and gave a detailed description of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>In response, JCSO deputies and numerous front range first responders rushed to the scene to provide aid and begin searching for the suspect. Jeffcom 911 issued a Lookout Alert to 8,600 residents in the immediate area, warning of the potential danger. Several schools and nearby citizens were asked to remain locked down for safety.<\/p>\n<p>To support the search, JCSO SWAT and Drone teams were activated, along with investigators and patrol deputies. The Colorado State Patrol SOAR and Aviation teams were also deployed to assist. Heskett was airlifted to an area hospital while the search for the alleged suspect continued for several hours. During that time, two people of interest were detained, interviewed, and determined to have no involvement.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation progressed, inconsistencies in Heskett\u2019s statements emerged. That, along with other conflicting and questionable evidence, further raised concerns about the validity of his allegations. After investigators conducted their first interview with Heskett, it became even more clear that his story was flawed and erroneous.<\/p>\n<p>Heskett was arrested today (082125) but remains under a doctor\u2019s care at the hospital. He will be transferred to the Jefferson County Jail upon his release. Heskett faces charges for: attempt to influence a public servant (F), tampering with evidence (F), false reporting to authorities (M), reckless endangerment (M), obstructing government operations (M) and 2nd degree official misconduct (PO). His bond is set at $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office remains committed to ensuring public safety and holding individuals accountable when false reports create unnecessary risks for the community and first responders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffco.us\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2444\">Jefferson Co Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Former deputy arrested after allegedly robbing Rowan County bank, again<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>A former Davidson County deputy was arrested on Thursday after allegedly robbing a bank in Rowan County for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>Records showed 58-year-old Jeffrey Athey was placed in jail under a $50,000 bond and charged with common law robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The robbery reportedly happened around 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, at the F&amp;M Bank along Avalon Drive in Salisbury.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they were dispatched to the bank for a holdup alarm, which they confirmed as a robbery in progress.<\/p>\n<p>Officers in the area reportedly detained Athey after he exited the bank with money he had allegedly obtained by handing a note to staff.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear if Athey showed or implied he had a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Athey is no stranger to the F&amp;M Bank on Avalon Drive \u2014 police previously apprehended him there in 2022 for committing the same crime.<\/p>\n<p>Not only was it the same crime, but it was also carried out in the exact same manner.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said in 2022, Athey handed a note to the teller demanding money, and after receiving it, walked outside and got into his pickup truck. A short time later, he was found by police, still in his car, and was arrested in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Athey was charged with common law robbery and jailed under a bond of $75,000.<\/p>\n<p>Athey was also accused of robbing a third bank nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>That robbery reportedly happened around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, at the F&amp;M Bank along West Main Street in Rockwell.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Athey walked into the bank, pulled out a black Glock 42 handgun, and told the clerk he needed money. Athey reportedly left the bank in a silver Mustang after receiving $1000 in $100 bills from the bank teller.<\/p>\n<p>The Rowan County Sheriff\u2019s Office said he was taken into custody near the intersection of Highway 52 and Crescent Road within five minutes of a 911 call regarding the robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The handgun used during the alleged robbery was said to be found in his pants pocket.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2025\/07\/31\/former-deputy-arrested-after-allegedly-robbing-rowan-county-bank-again\/\">WBTV<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Judge sends ChatGPT-using lawyer to AI school with $5,500 fine after he&#8217;s caught creating imaginary caselaw: &#8216;Any lawyer unaware that using generative AI platforms to do legal research is playing with fire is living in a cloud&#8217;<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>As someone whose special interest is not going to prison, I&#8217;d be pretty keen on my lawyer not using AI to advise them in the courtroom. So I suppose I can be glad that I was not the debtor who enlisted the Semrad Law Firm in a bankruptcy case last year (via Damien Charlotin). The firm and its attorney in the case\u2014Thomas Nield\u2014have been rapped over the knuckles by judge Michael Slade for using ChatGPT to dredge up relevant legal history to help them represent the debtor.<\/p>\n<p>Problem was, the relevant cases ChatGPT spat out\u2014and which were submitted to the court by Nield\u2014didn&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n<p>The bankruptcy case in question has been ongoing since 2024, but AI reared its robotic head last month. After a back-and-forth, Nield and his firm filed a chapter 13 repayment plan (essentially, a plan detailing how the debtor he represents would pay back the money they owe their creditor). Alas, the creditor in question, Corona Investments LLC, didn&#8217;t like the look of it, and so filed a &#8220;kitchen sink&#8221; objection that disputed (among other things) the plan&#8217;s feasibility.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where things get weird. Nield and Semrad filed a response that argued Corona didn&#8217;t have the standing to contest the feasibility of the proposed repayment plan. This had judge Slade a tad baffled, so he gathered his staff and &#8220;began to examine the issue in depth to see if Semrad\u2019s argument was supported by the caselaw&#8221; and quickly found, well, problems.<\/p>\n<p>Nield cited four pieces of previous caselaw to support his argument: In re Montoya, 341 B.R. 41 (Bankr. D. Utah 2006), In re Coleman, 373 B.R. 907 (Bankr. W.D. Wis. 2007), In re Russell, 458 B.R. 731 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2011), and In re Jager, 344 B.R. 349 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2006). Let&#8217;s take them one at a time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In re Montoya: Judge Slade&#8217;s examination found that &#8220;not only does the language quoted by counsel [Nield] not appear anywhere in the court\u2019s opinion, but the opinion does not address issues of standing at all.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In re Coleman: This case actually happened in Missouri, not Wisconsin, and judge Slade found that &#8220;again, not only does counsel\u2019s quotation not appear in the case at all, the opinion does not discuss the proposition for which it is cited, let alone support it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In re Russell: This case actually happened in Virginia, not Wisconsin, and judge Slade found that &#8220;yet again, the quotation from counsel\u2019s brief does not appear anywhere in the court\u2019s opinion, and the opinion does not touch on the topic of standing at all.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In re Jager: The cherry on the cake. Judge Slade found that this case simply &#8220;does not exist.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In sum, what happened here is that Mr Nield cited four cases for a proposition of law, but none of them exist as alleged in his brief. Worse still, none of the quotations relied upon in the Semrad brief are actual statements written by any court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because Nield had gotten them from ChatGPT. &#8220;I asked Mr Nield directly whether he used some sort of AI to come up with this portion of his brief,&#8221; wrote Slade in his memorandum, &#8220;and he stated the following: &#8216;I think the citation element of these cases, I guess, was\u2014I ran it through AI to some extent, but I didn\u2019t think that the citation was wrong.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To his credit,&#8221; continues Slade, &#8220;Mr Nield appears to both understand what he did wrong and to be remorseful for it.&#8221; Nield claimed he had never used AI to do his legal research prior to this case and that he hadn&#8217;t reviewed the data it gave him because he &#8220;assumed that an AI program would not fabricate quotes entirely.&#8221; Oh, Mr Nield, if only you knew.<\/p>\n<p>Appropriately contrite, Nield promised the court that &#8220;he will never again use an AI program to do legal research &#8216;without checking every element of the AI\u2019s work product'&#8221; and said that he had reported himself to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. Semrad, meanwhile, assured the court that it &#8220;strictly prohibits using AI for legal research or the generation of legal citations without manual verification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nield and Semrad asked the court not to sanction them over the blunder since, hey, &#8220;they have already voluntarily: (1) admitted their misconduct and promised not to do it again; (2) withdrawn any application for compensation in this case; and (3) watched an online CLE [Continuing Legal Education] video.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t quite fly: &#8220;while I appreciate their candor and efforts,&#8221; said judge Slade, &#8220;&#8216;[t]here must be consequences.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Slade justifies his decision to sanction for two reasons. For one, he simply dislikes how this case in particular was handled, and suggests that if Semrad did not have the resources to give all its clients the attention they need, it should have offloaded some of them to other firms rather than resort to GenAI.<\/p>\n<p>But he also takes issue with &#8220;Nield&#8217;s claim of ignorance&#8221; about the potential risks of using AI for this kind of thing. &#8220;At this point, to be blunt, any lawyer unaware that using generative AI platforms to do legal research is playing with fire is living in a cloud. This has been a hot topic in the legal profession since at least 2023,&#8221; writes Slade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bottom line is this: at this point, no lawyer should be using ChatGPT or any other generative AI product to perform research without verifying the results. Period\u2026 In fact, given the nature of generative AI tools, I seriously doubt their utility to assist in performing accurate research (for now).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can write a story that reads like it was written by Stephen King (but wasn\u2019t) or pen a song that sounds like it was written by Taylor Swift (but wasn\u2019t). But they can\u2019t do your legal research for you. ChatGPT does not access legal databases like Westlaw or Lexis, draft and input a query, review and analyze each of the results, determine which results are on point, and then compose an accurate, Bluebook-conforming citation to the right cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, it&#8217;s a tad concerning that a stuffy Illinois judge seemingly has a much better grasp on the limitations of AI than many tech and games industry CEOs, but I digress.<\/p>\n<p>So Slade sanctioned Nield and Semrad anyway. First up, they had to fork over $5,500 to the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court: &#8220;I view this as a modest sanction, and the next lawyer who does the same thing is warned that he or she will likely see a more significant penalty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Second, the judge reckons some education is in order here. He notes that &#8220;fortunately,&#8221; the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges is running its annual meeting in Chicago concurrently with this brouhaha. &#8220;Even more fortuitously, during the meeting, at 9.00 a.m. on Friday, September 19, 2025, NCBJ will hold a plenary session titled &#8216;Smarter Than Ever: The Potential and Perils of Artificial Intelligence.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr Nield, and at least one other senior attorney at the Semrad firm (chosen by Mr. Semrad), are ordered to register for and attend that session of the NCBJ annual meeting in person. Others reading this opinion are welcome, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Remember, aspiring legal scholars\u2014AI: not even once.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/judge-sends-hangdog-lawyer-to-ai-school-after-hes-caught-using-chatgpt-to-cite-imaginary-caselaw-any-lawyer-unaware-that-using-generative-ai-platforms-to-do-legal-research-is-playing-with-fire-is-living-in-a-cloud\/\">PC Gamer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DoorDash Customer Accused of Causing $10K Worth of Damage to Driver\u2019s Car Over Failed Chicken Wings &hellip; <a title=\"Stupid people of the week\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=173218\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stupid people of the week<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":173219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,227,603],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-police","category-stupid-criminals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/173219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}