Case File · Do Not Fold
Repeat
Offender11 counts · still corded
◈ Office of Sidewalk Integrity City of Alexandria — Satire Division File No. 1-W-OAK-2026
The People (well, one person) v.

Scofflaw

Subject: Jordan Eccles — charged with charging.
SubjectJordan Eccles
Aliases“Watt Capone,” “The Cord Cartel,” “Sultan of the Sidewalk”
Known VehicleBlue Tesla Model Y · VA C9██83 · Dual Motor
Last SeenThe tree lawn. In broad daylight.
Modus OperandiPlugs an electric vehicle into his own house, at his own expense, via one (1) cord routed over one (1) regulation cable ramp. For three (3) hours, once a week. Waves.
Level: Mild Inconvenience
HarmlessMildly AnnoyingMenaceKingpin
CountDateAlleged OffensePublic Record
IJun 3 Charging in the first degree. Suspect connected a motor vehicle to a wall. A cord was present at the scene.
IIJun 4 Reoffending within 24 hours. Anonymous tip: “remove this cord before someone gets hurt.” Nobody got hurt.
IIIJun 17 Fueling a car with electricity across the public right-of-way. The audacity, apparently, continued.
IVJun 29 Escalation. The Hotline could no longer locate the proper authorities. The cord remained deeply corded.
Open26-00025690Sealed
VJul 1 Formal demand for Enforcement™. Ramp still ramping. Electrons still flowing. Morale, high.
VIJul 2 Aggravated recharging. Now allegedly in violation of municipal code, federal statute, and the second law of thermodynamics.
VIIJul 2 The cord was, per the filing, “again” blocking the sidewalk — “again” doing considerable heavy lifting. Report No. 2 of the afternoon.
VIIIJul 2 Now with citations — Sec. 5-2-16, Sec. 5-2-29, the ADA, and the social contract. Cord unmoved. Report No. 3 before dinner.
IXJul 13 The homeowner, it is alleged, “constantly” runs his charger across the sidewalk — a word here meaning roughly three hours once a week. Submitted exhibit photographed July 1 (per EXIF + GPS); filed July 13. Even the evidence is a rerun.
XJul 17 A tenth filing — this one bundling three exhibits already on file, one (IMG_3359) first submitted back on Count I. The evidence, like the cord, keeps coming back.
XIJul 25 An eleventh filing — this time under a brand-new category (“Sidewalk” proper), the case having changed venue. A fresh photo, for once, and a new allegation involving a nighttime dog-walk. The cord endures.
11
Reports filed
52
Days on spree
1
Cord at large
1
Safety ramp
0
Injuries
At Large

Aggravating Factors

  • Drives electric. On purpose.
  • Enjoys it. Visibly.
  • Keeps doing it — three whole hours, once a week.
  • Gave the cord a nickname.
  • Running a pilot program to make it legal for everyone. Ringleader behavior.
ADA-Compliant?!

Mitigating Factors

  • Deployed a regulation cable-cover ramp.
  • Kept the sidewalk clear and accessible the whole time.
  • Charges at home, on his own dime.
  • Waves at every neighbor. Every single time.
  • Is, by all accounts, a pretty responsible guy.
▮ Photo evidence redacted ▮
for the protection of one (1) minor and one (1) very ordinary sidewalk
Submitted by the prosecution · withheld by the defense
Verdict

Guilty of charging an electric vehicle responsibly, in public, with a safety ramp. Sentence: to keep doing exactly that. The cord remains at large.

Rehabilitation Program

The accused has channeled his life of crime into a fully-cited policy proposal: a Residential EV Charging Access Pilot for Alexandria — engineering standards, insurance analysis, cost models, peer-city research, the works. Review the evidence →

Dossier prepared by the accused, about the accused, from his own public records — the case-file numbers above link to the real Alex311 reports (sealed entries withhold their link to protect privacy). No neighbors were named, shamed, or identified in the making of this exhibit; the complaints appear only as the charges against our hero. Any resemblance to an actual municipal document is deeply intentional and entirely satirical. The cord is fine. Everyone is fine.