At some point in our lives, most of us will reminisce about the crazy times we had back in 2012.

We’ll show coworkers our first fake IDs, talk about our North Campus run-ins with police and maybe even pull out the mug shot after enough time passes to enjoy some good, old-fashioned self-deprecation.

But not all of us will be laughing.

Hunter Davies Johnson will never joke about that one time he was charged with pimping [“Crime Notebook, Nov. 16”].

Jacob Demmitt

Carlton A. Lewis won’t be discussing his credit card scam arrest by the water cooler [“UGA student charged in massive credit card scam,” June 2, 2011].

The students who will soon face felony charges for operating a complex fake ID manufacturing ring will never tilt their heads back, sigh and think to themselves, “Those were the days” [“Univ. police uncover fake ID network,” Jan. 9].

Many students at this University have taken college crime to a whole new level.

Whatever happened to getting in trouble when your resident assistant catches you sneaking a bottle of rum under your jacket?

Where are the arrests that can be wiped from your record after a few months of pre-trial diversion?

Rape, fraud, identity theft, sexual exploitation of children and cruelty to animals — those never go away. Those are never funny.

We’re adults now — looking at real time in big-boy prisons.

The crime notebook should be a place to read about students making bad decisions and learning from them — not making choices which ruin their lives.

—Jacob Demmitt is the editor-in-chief of The Red & Black