Sherriff Needs a Golf Partner, Frees Inmate to Play with him.
By Steve Kinsman, 15th Apr 2012 | Follow this author
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Some golfers will go to almost any lengths to get a game going.
Let's play golf!
Addiction and common sense are never partners, and golf addicts are no different. They will sometimes take partners wherever they can find them, in order to get a game going, and many will jump at a chance to obtain a free lesson.
Last summer, Frank Carillo was serving time in the Los Angeles County Jail for committing a string of burglaries at several golf courses, when Captain Jeff Donahue of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department found out that Carillo was an ex golf pro. Donahue is now under investigation because, according to Carillo, one day he let him out of his cell, put him in his patrol Jeep, and drove him to a golf course, where the ex pro gave him a lesson.
Carillo says he was still wearing his prison yellow jump suit when he gave the lesson. "He kind of has this swing that's old school and risky, but he hits it every time. I would probably say he's a fourteen or fifteen handicap. Not too bad."
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15th Apr 2012 (#)
Oh Steve, I love you for putting into the public's eye the strange (for want of a better word!) happenings that go on...congrats on the star page too...
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15th Apr 2012 (#)
Thank you cnwriter. I appreciate that.
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15th Apr 2012 (#)
... and if he gets to feelin' kind of lonely at night ...
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Yeah, who knows?
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Very interesting piece of news. This Captain Jeff Donahue might have been thinking of a way to put the talent of a prisoner to the advantage of the society!
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Nice comment, Pradeep. Thank you.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Kudos Mr Accountability!
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Thank you Peter. I appreciate that.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Actually it occurs to me they should be playing together on the prison links.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Good comment, that.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
A nice article Steve. Good going for the star page also.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Thank you Clarence for that supportive comment.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
This is tragic-comedy, Steve. LOL.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Thank you Buzz.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
I remember years ago, after few drinks all were treated equal in India when class divisions were more strident! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the goings on - so I had both! Thanks, Steve - siva
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Thank you for commenting Siva. I appreciate it.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
What a great article Steve, and it made me chuckle. Well done on the star.
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16th Apr 2012 (#)
Thank you Carol. I appreciate that.
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18th Apr 2012 (#)
It is a strange old world Steve...:0)-LOL
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18th Apr 2012 (#)
Indeed it is Delicia. Thank you.
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12th May 2012 (#)
I loved this story, Steve. Tennessee Williams said, "If people behaved the way Nations do, they would all be put in straitjackets", so we must be making sense somewhere along the line.
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13th May 2012 (#)
Thank you Ivyevelyn, for a very interesting and funny comment.
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