Mrs.Sexy wrote on Apr 8, 2008 9:38 AM:
" HE'S OUT!!!!!!
WHAT NOW, YALL DONT EVEN KNOW HIM.
HE WASNT DOIN THE DRUGS, SO DRUG TESTING IN SCHOOL WOULDNT HELP.
HE JUST SOLD IT! "
unknown wrote on Dec 28, 2007 8:17 PM:
" just think if they had drug test in school as well as work place could catch and help some of these kids before it got out of hand "
Pete wrote on Dec 28, 2007 6:55 PM:
" Ok this story has nothing to do with dave turnmire or truner or what ever his name is! Its about what this kid did wrong! I know Leanord and am just curiouse as to how much time he is going to see behind bars and if he did get convicted yet or not! "
no name wrote on Dec 23, 2007 10:10 AM:
" It's cause you spelt his name WRONG it's DAVE TURNER not Dave Turnmine or however you spelt it. And why bring other people into his case anyway. This kid is 17 you may not realize it now but i know he can change. I my self have seen it happen.... "
free skinnard wrote on Dec 22, 2007 3:43 PM:
" man sum times you have to make choices in life that may be wrong but who is anyone to judge another man eveyone has made a wrong choice in life but its how you bounce back and im from pa and i knew leonard personally he was a good kid but i know just what he was goin threw, its amistake he made and will have to deal wit how long does he deserve a year at the most but i know the man will try to hang him bu hell make it trew the storm
free my yg
"
fed up (again) wrote on Dec 21, 2007 7:55 PM:
" Hey Judi in Eureka - just so you know, the Dave Turnmire I speak of was born in 1975, and is 32 years old. Like I posted earlier, keep up with the news, I wasn't slandering the Dave Turnmire you know "
judi in eureka wrote on Dec 21, 2007 6:14 AM:
" fed up
wrote on Dec 10, 2007 2:33 PM:".....Stop them young or they turn out like Dave Turnmire - who finally is serving for all his wrong doing - including MURDER."
i lived in the tomah/sparta/norwalk area from 1975 until 1999. i had a good friend named dave turnmire. he was the only dave turnmire i've ever heard of there. i've kown him since 1975.
this dave turnmire is one of the kindest, most generous and respectful persons i've had the pleasure to meet in my 50 yrs. he was always there to help in a pinch and there was never any thought on his part about going out of his way for others. there was also never any way he would take a cent for his efforts. this dave turnmire has a lot of compassion and heart.
he never drank or used drugs. he has been working at the same place since i met him in 1975...
i guess my point is, if you are going to use a specific person as as example of what someone can become, perhaps you should be more specific as to who you are talking about.
in not doing so, you maybe slandering a good person.
thanks for listening...
judi "
Pete wrote on Dec 20, 2007 3:32 PM:
" Yay I wanna know if he got convicted and if he did how long is he going to be put away for. oh yay those of you parents who think that those kind of people should not be in town. Well its your damn faoult you didn teach them right from wrong when they wer little! I hope Lenord gets out with in at least 5 years. "
question...... wrote on Dec 20, 2007 9:13 AM:
" Does anyone know any follow up on what happened at his court date last Friday?? "
RE: You dont even know wrote on Dec 19, 2007 12:36 PM:
" no one said anything bad about joel.. they were just stating that just because joel is good doesnt mean leonard is a bad player.i know both of them. they just had different issues. so drop that issue. "
Some guy wrote on Dec 19, 2007 9:40 AM:
" Weed good! Crack bad! Weed good! Alcohol bad! Weed good! Heroine bad! Weed good! LSD bad! Weed good! Mushrooms bad! Weed good! Cocaine bad! Weed good! Huffing bad! Weed is goooooooooooooooooooooood, and all other drugs are bad, especially the legal ones like alcohol, caffeine and nicotine. Nixon could not get them hippies on anything, so he thought of the drug war! Now we have this completely ineffective war on drugs. Damn hippies ruined it for us good citizens that happen to smoke marijuana! "
RE: Ghost town wrote on Dec 18, 2007 4:16 PM:
" I would still be here, my husband & kids would still be here and many others who choose a better way of life. "
Re: you don't even know....... wrote on Dec 18, 2007 4:14 PM:
" No One said anything bad about Joel.....only that they are two different types of players. I agree it was leonard's choice and it was a stupid choice and I also do not think he will stop until he is taught a lesson. If you play you have to pay.....I hope he straightens his life out even if it has to be in prison. We do not need anymore drug dealers in Tomah. We have enough!!! Our children are in danger every day....this is one less dangerous person. "
Ghost town wrote on Dec 18, 2007 1:11 PM:
" If we got all the people kicked out of tomah who dealt or did drugs, well we would be a ghost town. "
Dan wrote on Dec 17, 2007 4:54 PM:
" I see a lot of drugs no the street all the time . I bet everone on here did drugs befor .
"
TIME TO LEAVE!!! wrote on Dec 17, 2007 2:06 PM:
" If we could just get all "THOSE TYPES" of peple out of Tomah it would be a better place to live...Have a masive bust and round all of them up and take them away...We should put him in prison for a few years so he will learn better than to move here!!! Maybe he can play football there. "
kristin wrote on Dec 17, 2007 1:36 PM:
" leonard did this stuff in the PA to while we dated he always told me he was going to go back to it cuz it was good money. He was a good football player yes and a very nice person but he will always go to selling drugs cuz its a hell of alot easier than workin "
you dont even know wrote on Dec 16, 2007 9:01 PM:
" ok first dont come on here and start talkin aobut joel... joel is way better at football then leonard was in the first place.. i know joel.. joel will go far.. but leonard i dont know.. hes dumb for what he was sellin he had to be doin this for a long time.. what he did was his fault and now he has to pay.. no one should feel bad for him cauuse it was he decision to be sellin it.. but best wish to you and i hope you get out soon "
Tomah wrote on Dec 16, 2007 7:33 PM:
" THE BOY SHOULD GET SOMETHING. BECAUSE HE COULD OF SOLD THE DRUGS ANY KIDS, AND I DON'T WANT MY KIDS ON DRUGS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF YOU GUYS WITH KIDS. BUT HE SHOULD GET SOMETHING, TO TEACH HIM SOMETHING. "
Pete wrote on Dec 16, 2007 1:50 PM:
" I hope he doesnt get convicted and he gets one last chance to change his life! I dont thibnk he deserves that much time in Prison! I say give him a year! Afterall he did break the law but 30 uears is way too long he is young nad doesnt need to be put away for the majority of his life! I hope he doesnt get convicted! "
Hear Hear! wrote on Dec 14, 2007 9:34 PM:
" Nicely said "friend123". I do not think Joel is a better player then figgy. Figgy was faster on the field but joel is stronger and just bulled his way through where as Figgy could juke and move on the field. They were just different types of players. I only wish Figgy could have made the the changes in his life that were the hopes of his mom & unc. I know I will miss him and my heart goes out to his family, what a sad thing to have happen! "
friend123 wrote on Dec 14, 2007 1:15 PM:
" First of all, half of you people dont even know this kid. You cant criticize if you dont even know the situation. I personally know his uncle and the family he was staying with, as much as they tried to get him back on the right track, leonard just wasnt used to that type of lifestyle. In PA his dad was shot when he was two days old. his mother was left to raise him all by herself. just because she may not have done such a good job she did make a good decision to have him move here to try to get out of the gutter. Although her plan did not work out dont blame her or his uncle. Leonard did this to himself, although i am his friend, i am still saying it was his fault. He needs more support to do better than people putting him down all the time. And who cares about how good joel is at football, people get better the longer they play... dont say hes bad because one person may be a little better. "
CRACK AND COKE are the SAME THING wrote on Dec 14, 2007 10:19 AM:
" Crack is just without the cut and is in ROCK form, SAME DRUG just a different form of that drug........Nice to see the TPD arresting underage drug dealers and leaving the adult ones to sell unhindered "
To Pete wrote on Dec 14, 2007 10:12 AM:
" I too liked Leonard he was nice to people but he was given a chance to improve his life and he chose not to. Getting a job is not that hard for a minor if you have the drive & willingness to do it. I would say selling drugs, getting caught, and spending years in prison for it will be much harder for him. I personally know the family he was staying with and all he had to do was go to school, help out with the family and keep his nose clean and he didn't even care enough to do that for himself. I hope he has or will learn his lesson. My understanding is with his previous charges and these new ones he is looking at
20-25 years. I hope he finds his way and becomes a better person from all of this. "
Re: Pete wrote on Dec 13, 2007 3:01 PM:
" are you serious...this kid wouldn't have even come close to playing big time college football. you have no idea what the next level looks like. joel ran could run circles around figgins and even joel isn't good enough right now to go big time "
Pete wrote on Dec 13, 2007 11:26 AM:
" Hey I went School with this kid he is a realy nice kid! I rember one time talkin to him about jobs and he said the only way to make money where he is from is to sell stuff like that! So he was doing what he knew! Now I know somone is going to say something about getting a diffirent job, but getting a job in Tomah for a minor is realy hard! I know that dealiing drugs is illegal and stuff but thats how he told me to make money from where he is from.
Its a shame he was caught up in something like this! With his skill and strength he would have went far in a collage or the NFL league! My point is that he is a realy nice kid who made a dumb choice! Poor Lenord wasting his gift of athletic ability! We would have gone far too in a sports career!
Does anyone know how long he is going to prision for if convicted? "
tomah wrote on Dec 13, 2007 7:20 AM:
" If the boy get's anything for doing drugs that's another story, i know people that does drugs, and get busted for it and they don't get anything for it and it's not this person's first time,it's like there 3ed time getting busted for drugs. "
Tomah wrote on Dec 13, 2007 7:10 AM:
" If the boy get's anything that's another story, I know people that get's busted for drugs, and nothing happens to them even if it's 3 or 4 time doing it. so he get's anything for doing drugs that would be the first. "
Re: His number one wrote on Dec 13, 2007 12:02 AM:
" It's pretty obvious who he is and what he's about. He's a street punk and a drug dealer. Now let's hope the judges put this piece of trash away for several years. "
His number one... wrote on Dec 12, 2007 12:26 PM:
" I've known Leonard since he's been here in Tomah. How you all know that he wasnt pushed to this kind of life? Do you know how his home life was? Probably NOT! Anyways he is a good kid..I love him to death..no matter what...Forget all ya'll that dont know who he is and what he's about... "
RE: irritated wrote on Dec 11, 2007 2:06 PM:
" He was nice to everyone cuz he was trying to sell them CRACK!!! DUH!!!! "
Supporter of TPD! wrote on Dec 11, 2007 12:00 PM:
" Re:dnt kno comments- I think you have been texting way too much! Gee,if I remember correctly, drugs are illegal. If you are dealing, you are dealing. You do the crime... I think it is time parents, guardians and anyone else around pay attention to what is going on in their households. Good job TPD! "
BUH BYE NOW!!! wrote on Dec 10, 2007 4:32 PM:
" I'm always glad to see those types of people off the streets. Have fun in prison looser!!! "
fed up wrote on Dec 10, 2007 2:33 PM:
" Hey J. DDAndee or whoever the h you are. Tomah pd picking on an underage drug dealer. Underage or not he IS a drug dealer and thank god for the TPD because if he wouldn't have been caught who knows how many kids he could have sold to. Hopefully he goes away for life like I have heard his dad is serving. Stop them young or they turn out like Dave Turnmire - who finally is serving for all his wrong doing - including MURDER. Or is that what you want this punk to ultimately end up doing - I say put him away & never let him see daylight again!!!!!!!!!!!!! "
irritated wrote on Dec 10, 2007 10:38 AM:
" you can make crack cocaine and cocaine at home. you can find the instructions on how to do it on the internet. instead of trying to blame people and saying he is a bad person why dont people try a little harder to help him out of this. Who knows if he was really doing it or just selling it. i went to school with him he was a very nice person he talked to everyone nomatter what their status was why dont we look at some of the positives instead of the negatives and help him "
Hm? wrote on Dec 10, 2007 10:37 AM:
" Referring to:
Disappointed
wrote on Dec 7, 2007 9:19 AM:
(begin quote) "I am so disappointed! This kid was a really good football player and such a nice kid." (End quote)
This is the second time I've heard someone say this. Wake up! If he was a good football player, he wouldn't have even thought about doing/selling drugs. Seriously, if this was your first thought, shame on you. To me, you obviously don't know what a good student athlete is, or a good kid for that matter. "
Support wrote on Dec 10, 2007 5:32 AM:
" How could you ever say his uncle is the real victim. Maybe just maybe if his uncle didnt treat him like a babysitter but as a nephew with friends and a life outside the home then Leonard would have never turned to selling drugs. I'm not saying what he did was right. So dont read into it the wrong way. He had a good life at home. Sometimes instant gratification works for some people, and others take the wrong road. Some choose the good life and other dont. He will make it through this and overcome some trials and tribulations. I for one will be there to stand by him since his own Uncle wont be. "
Crack/Cocaine wrote on Dec 9, 2007 10:53 PM:
" Crack cocaine is in rock form. Just cocaine is in powder form. Two seperate drugs and two seperate charges. "
Cabalfighter wrote on Dec 9, 2007 7:19 PM:
" crack is cocaine in it's whole rock form
cocaine itself is the broken down rock
god you can watch cable and figure that out "
Re: cabalfighter wrote on Dec 9, 2007 1:31 PM:
" i think crack cocaine and cocaine are two different drugs that's why it was worded as it was "
See Ya wrote on Dec 9, 2007 8:32 AM:
" Enjoy prison loser "
Cabalfighter wrote on Dec 9, 2007 5:48 AM:
" Quote "Leonard Figgins was charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to deliver, and possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, which are both felonies." Unquote
Excuse me but isn't that the same charge worded slightly different to equal two charges. One of them will have to be retracted, not that it will make much of a difference.
Year an a half max in lock up then back to Philly
"
Re:dnt kno wrote on Dec 9, 2007 3:54 AM:
" He is a nice kid - true. Saying he is a good kid, is pushing it. GOOD KIDS are taught NOT to do this type of thing and DON'T do it!!! If he just happen to get caught up in it.....then why does he have a history of doing it along with a weapons charge from out east?? My understanding is that his mother couldn't handle him back east so she sent him here for his uncle to deal with. Hoping that getting him away from there would change him. Unfortunately he CHOSE not to change and sought out that life. Now he is facing many years in prison between his charges here and his charges back east. The real person here we should feel bad for is his uncle who cared and tried to do the right thing for him. There are many things for kids in our school and community to do besides drug running. Lenard CHOSE his life and he has to pay the piper. My heart goes out to his uncle who tried to help. He is the real victim here. I am sure he has a broken heart and heavy guilt to boot. "
J. DDandylee wrote on Dec 8, 2007 2:41 PM:
" The Tomah police must have more important things to do than pick on under age crack dealers! "
where is this kids parents wrote on Dec 8, 2007 1:35 PM:
" He moved to Tomah from Philly to live with his uncle. His dad is doing a life term in prison. He did this type of stuff in Philly. From what I heard is he hasn't been to school in 3 weeks. One of the football coaches visited his house trying to get him back to school trying to see what makes him motivated Figgins answered "money" This is a really sad story, he had a uncle that really truly cared for him. "
drm wrote on Dec 8, 2007 12:51 PM:
" I cannot believe you people and your attitude towards a drug pusher. I don't care how young/old this person is or what his/her talents may be. If you wanna play, you gotta pay. Maybe the attitude of complacency and non-judgmenalism is telling our kids it's ok to do/sell drugs. Maybe the parents/adults are really at fault and should be put in jail along side the kids. "
The mom wrote on Dec 8, 2007 7:16 AM:
" Kudos to the TPD for doing there job, by getting a "17 year old druggie" off the streets before he gets the middle school kids involved. Where is this kids parents? "
You past follows you wrote on Dec 7, 2007 11:54 PM:
" He was into this same type of thing in PA too. Thank god he is off OUR streets. Too bad it is another life lost to such a terrible thing. If only he could have found happiness in and a new drug free life in our town, he could have been a good kid and gone far. I will say a prayer for him. "
dnt kno wrote on Dec 7, 2007 9:35 PM:
" u ppl dnt not wut u are talkin bout he wasnt a bad kidd he juss got cought up in the wrong stuff..ya digg
FREE FIGGINSS... "
TribReader wrote on Dec 7, 2007 9:29 PM:
" To: Bad for Football --- "Darn cops"???? It's not the cops fault. The police are doing their job. How about "darn supplier" who promised this kid big money and got him started dealing? Too much need for instant gratification and living on the edge in this day and age. Making an honest living is hard work - seldom is it an answer to "get rich quick". Monroe County needs to recruit more better paying jobs that pay a living wage, not more service industry jobs that keep families in poverty. Living where the "I" divides, is a double edged sword. "
T.J wrote on Dec 7, 2007 8:01 PM:
" wHAT DO THE TOMAH POLICE OFFICERS DO WITH ALL THE DRUGS . GOOD JOB "
use sense wrote on Dec 7, 2007 1:15 PM:
" I hope he is kept as a juvenile till 21 "
bad for football wrote on Dec 7, 2007 11:40 AM:
" There goes a great running back dual for next years football team. Darn cops ... I met the kid once he was actually a pretty cool kid, but life and Football will still go on I guess. "
Disappointed wrote on Dec 7, 2007 9:19 AM:
" I am so disappointed! This kid was a really good football player and such a nice kid. My kids thought alot of him (no they never hung out). It's sad to see such young people get caught up in this type of situation. I wish I knew who his supplier was!!!! They appeal to them by promising them wealth. "
Crack wrote on Dec 7, 2007 8:39 AM:
" Life goes fast,Have a blast! "
It's a fact wrote on Dec 7, 2007 7:35 AM:
" Cocaine is usually sold in poverty stricken areas where crime is high.Tomah has become one of those places. "
Jane Doe wrote on Dec 6, 2007 10:35 PM:
" I feel that this kid should get locked up but I commend the police officers of the city of tomah on a job well done. More drugs off the street and away from children. If these kids now a days would pay more attention and heart into their school work as they do drugs and adult situations this world would be a better place. "
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