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Man Tries to Enter Plea, Gets Jailed for Saggy Pants

Judge tells LaMarcus D. Ramsey to buy a belt when he gets out

(AP) - LaMarcus D. Ramsey had to appear in Alabama court yesterday to enter a plea on a charge of receiving stolen property—and was found guilty of something else entirely. Authorities say Ramsey has been given a three-day jail sentence for contempt of court for wearing so-called saggy pants. Circuit Judge... More »

Saggy Pants Ban a Profitable Move for Georgia Town

Waistlines are down, cash is up

(Newser) - In Albany, Georgia, saggy pants are a sartorial faux pas—and quite the little moneymaker. On Nov. 23 of last year, the city instituted a ban on anyone wearing pants (or skirts!) more than three inches below the hips. Since then, 187 citations have been issued, raking in $3,... More »

Airline OKs Flier in Women's Underwear

But saggy pants aren't allowed on US Airways flight

(Newser) - It's getting tough to figure out airline dress codes. One thing's clear, though: The tightest, tiniest "pants" apparently will fly. Days before a college football player was bounced—and busted —for wearing saggy pants, an older male passenger tarted out in women's bikini briefs and... More »

Jet Passenger Booted Over Baggy Pants

College football player refused to hike 'em up, says US Airways

(Newser) - Today's installment in people being booted off pubic transportation, this one involving saggy pants and the classic line, "My pants are up, sir." A 20-year-old University of New Mexico football player got thrown off a US Airways flight because the airline says he refused to pull up... More »

Football Player Arrested Over Droopy Pants

He's kicked off US Airways flight, charged with trespassing

(Newser) - A University of New Mexico football player was kicked off a plane and ultimately arrested yesterday because airline employees didn’t like how low his pants were hanging. Police got a call at 9am complaining that someone was exposing themselves outside a US Airways gate, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.... More »

Florida Cracks Down on Bestiality, Saggy Pants

Bills go to governor's desk

(Newser) - Two bills of note have been sent by Florida lawmakers to the desk of Governor Rick Scott: One makes kids who wear droopy pants at school subject to suspension, and the other makes bestiality a misdemeanor. The latter is the work of a state legislator upset about publicized cases of... More »

Pants on the Ground? School 'Urkels' Kid Offenders

Zip-ties prove effective against hip-hop style

(Newser) - Droopy drawers used to be a problem for Memphis middle school principal Bobby White, but he's solved it with a little help from an old pop-culture icon: Steve Urkel, the perennial nerd. Kids roaming the halls with no belt or excessively saggy pants now get "Urkeled"—school staffers... More »

Man Shoots Teen Over Saggy Pants

Kenneth Bonds really, really wanted those pants pulled up

(Newser) - Sure, saggy pants are irritating … but irritating enough to shoot someone over? A 45-year-old Memphis man admits he did just that. Kenneth Bonds apparently yelled at two teens who were on their way to a candy store, telling them to pull up their pants. When they didn’t, Bonds... More »

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