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MickeyDavis wrote:Basically a playoff game. While 9-7 could get in, I doubt it.

A Packers fan from Slinger had to celebrate the team's win over Houston in jail Sunday after deputies say he stiffed a cab driver nearly $500 for a ride home after the man got drunk, lost his cell phone and was separated from his friends at Lambeau Field.

Nathan Tyler Meleski, 24, convinced the Yellow Cab driver he'd pay him when he got home, but instead slipped away from a truck stop ATM, only to be tracked in the fresh snow to a Richfield bar and arrested.

According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the cabbie called 911 about 5:30 p.m. from the Richfield Truck Stop, located west of Interstate 41 at Holy Hill Road. He told a responding deputy that he had driven a man from Lambeau to the station, where the passenger said he would use an ATM inside to get the $475.60 fare.

But the sheriff's office says Meleski slipped out the back of the business and left the 59-year-old cabbie without paying.

Deputies tracked Meleski through the fresh snow, and after about an hour found him at Fat Charlie's, a downtown Richfield bar. Meleski told deputies he'd been at the Packers game, got drunk, became separated from his friends and lost his cell phone.

But he was sober enough to persuade the cab driver to take him all the way to Richfield — 111 miles — on a promise to pay on arrival.

Meleski's next ride was free — in a patrol car, to the Washington County Jail, where he was arrested and booked on a charge of defrauding a taxi cab operator, a misdemeanor, and released. He had not been formally charged as of noon Monday. A conviction on the charge brings a maximum penalty of nine months in jail and a $10,000 fine.

The owner of Yellow Cab Green Bay, who would identify himself only as Rod, said the company's driver should have required advance payment for any ride outside the city.

MickeyDavis wrote:For anyone going to the game this Sunday, don't do this (I thought this might be Twirl but he lives in Hartland with the other area polo and bridge players.)

MickeyDavis wrote:Basically a playoff game. While 9-7 could get in, I doubt it.

humanrefutation wrote:Starks has been a huge disappointment this season, but I can get why Michael hasn't gotten more carries. He has to learn the playbook, the audibles, the protection schemes, etc. That takes time. He could be a good source of intelligence on the Seahawks offense, though.

Mags FTW wrote:

MickeyDavis wrote:Basically a playoff game. While 9-7 could get in, I doubt it.

We still have a 79% chance to make it if we lose to SEA, and then win out:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/green-bay-packers-nfl-playoff-picture.html?_r=2#gb-sea-14=loss&chi-gb-15=loss&gb-min-16=win&det-gb-17=loss

MickeyDavis wrote:For anyone going to the game this Sunday, don't do this (I thought this might be Twirl but he lives in Hartland with the other area polo and bridge players.)

A Packers fan from Slinger had to celebrate the team's win over Houston in jail Sunday after deputies say he stiffed a cab driver nearly $500 for a ride home after the man got drunk, lost his cell phone and was separated from his friends at Lambeau Field.

Nathan Tyler Meleski, 24, convinced the Yellow Cab driver he'd pay him when he got home, but instead slipped away from a truck stop ATM, only to be tracked in the fresh snow to a Richfield bar and arrested.

According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the cabbie called 911 about 5:30 p.m. from the Richfield Truck Stop, located west of Interstate 41 at Holy Hill Road. He told a responding deputy that he had driven a man from Lambeau to the station, where the passenger said he would use an ATM inside to get the $475.60 fare.

But the sheriff's office says Meleski slipped out the back of the business and left the 59-year-old cabbie without paying.

Deputies tracked Meleski through the fresh snow, and after about an hour found him at Fat Charlie's, a downtown Richfield bar. Meleski told deputies he'd been at the Packers game, got drunk, became separated from his friends and lost his cell phone.

But he was sober enough to persuade the cab driver to take him all the way to Richfield — 111 miles — on a promise to pay on arrival.

Meleski's next ride was free — in a patrol car, to the Washington County Jail, where he was arrested and booked on a charge of defrauding a taxi cab operator, a misdemeanor, and released. He had not been formally charged as of noon Monday. A conviction on the charge brings a maximum penalty of nine months in jail and a $10,000 fine.

The owner of Yellow Cab Green Bay, who would identify himself only as Rod, said the company's driver should have required advance payment for any ride outside the city.