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A judge in Harford County, Md., on Monday threw out four charges against motorcyclist Anthony Graber for recording his traffic stop without a trooper’s permission, ruling public officials should “not expect our activity to be shielded from public scrutiny.”

The Maryland National Guard sergeant admitted he was speeding in April down Interstate 95 on his Honda CBR 1000RR. A man in a grey sweater jumped from his car in a traffic stop and pulled a gun on Graber, ordering him off the motorcycle. He then identified himself as a Maryland State Police trooper Joseph Uhler.

Graber was recording the stop with a camera mounted on top of his helmet. After posting the videos on YouTube, police raided the home Graber shared with his parents, taking four computers and eventually arresting him on a charge of violating Maryland’s wiretapping law for recording the trooper’s voice without his consent. The maximum sentence was 16 years in prison.

In his ruling, Judge Emory Plitt Jr. noted cases such as the Rodney King beating and the spread of recording technology; he also said public officials doing their duty in public places could not shield themselves from scrutiny.

Glad to hear that this is how things turned out. 

A British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter has died in an accident on one of the vehicles.

Police in West Yorkshire said Monday that 62-year-old James Heselden and a Segway were found in the River Wharfe near Boston Spa, in northern England.

Police said a member of the public had reported seeing a man fall over a 30-foot drop into the river on Sunday.

There’s not much detail out there right now, but if the path that he was riding along was unpaved, he got what was coming to him. As a former employee of the ‘Magical History Tour’ on St. Anthony Main, I’ve seen people do some insanely stupid shit while riding a Segway. Favorite examples include falling into the river (twice), running into the Guthrie Theater and breaking a pelvis, and a barrel roll while riding along the Lock & Dam. 

An exhibition featuring authentic artifacts from the tomb of King Tut is coming to the Twin Cities.

The Science Museum of Minnesota announced Wednesday that “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” will debut on Feb. 18. The exhibit will run through Sept. 5, 2011.

This will be the first time that the Upper Midwest has hosted artifacts from Tut’s tomb or objects belonging to the king, said Science Museum spokeswoman Kim Ramsden.

“Tutankhamun’s magic still captures the hearts of people all over the world, even though more than 85 years have passed since the discovery of his amazing tomb,” Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, said in a statement.

At 16,000 square feet, the Tut display will be the largest exhibition in Science Museum history.

This is going to be a pretty awesome exhibit.