We Knew It Could Get Worse

Risking blinding a waitress for less than three dollars, this week has been a leader for silly and useless crimes.  I said then it could have been worse, and lo and behold we have a winner.  I wasn't even trying, I just stumbled upon such stupidity that I could not refuse to share it with you.

A feud between neighbors that escalated from egging each other's apartments to a friend of one resident getting fatally stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife has resulted in a guilty plea for murder.

Juan Antonio Rivera, 32, thwarted his jury trial Monday with a last-minute agreement that included a promise from prosecutors to ask for no more than 33 years in prison. State District Judge Raymond Angelini is set to determine his sentence next month.

Yup.  From egging apartments to a fatal stabbing. One could make an argument that in the old days, this would be written off as a feud.  I disagree, however.  In the past, this would have been known as "so stupid it's finer than frog hair" and dismissed as too dumb to be true.

It's surely wrong to wonder, but I'd love to read an account of the escalation path that led to this.  Or what excuse the defense may try to use to make this look like anything other than murder, and someone who should be separated from the public for the safety of the public.