As a daily bicycle commuter, it pains me to blast a fellow cyclist. All I can say about this gent is … DUDE! From The Cairns Post: A drunken cyclist wobbled along a highway before falling off his bike into a ditch in front of police. Police say the 26-year-old…
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Bank Robber And His “Go To” Bank
If you watch football or basketball, no doubt you’ve heard announcers say that a team will continue running a certain play until their opponent is able to stop it. Well, it seems a bank robber in Florida subscribes to the same theory. Per The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Authorities are on…
Is That A Sausage In Your Pants, Or …
OMG, that is a sausage in your pants! A bunch of them, as it turns out. Per The Cairns Post: A man has been caught stuffing sausages down his pants in a bizarre alleged theft at an Innisfail supermarket. The 38-year-old Innisfail man was charged with stealing after he was…
A Down-Home Welcome To Athens, Georgia
Are we really still in this state of paranoia, such that Middle Easterners can’t take photos in the United States without arousing suspicion? Sadly, the answer is “yes,” for at least one police officer in Athens, Georgia. Per the Athens Banner-Herald: An Athens-Clarke police officer questioned four Middle Eastern men…
Tell Me You Didn’t Bring A Grenade Into The Courthouse
Aram Berberian had been a Rhode Island lawyer for 31 years when he sent this letter to a member of the Kent County, Rhode Island Courthouse police: Frank A. Carter, Jr., Esquire Providence County Supreme Court 250 Benefit Street Providence, R.I. 02903 Dear Brother Carter: On 15 October 1980 I…
Is That A Ferret In Your Pants, Or ….
It’s strange enough that the dude stole a ferret, but even stranger how he got it out of the pet store. By putting it down his pants! Per The Florida Times-Union: A Jacksonville Beach police arrest report said a 17-year-old saw a man take a ferret from the pet store,…
Clearly These Guys Are Not Cut Out For A Life Of Crime
If you’re going to commit a burglary or robbery, you don’t want to be recognized. So you need a good disguise – something that hides your identity and is easy to change out of. These disguises, done with A PERMANENT MARKER, failed on both counts. From the Daily Times Herald…
Did Governor Schwarzenegger Drop The F-Bomb In A Letter To The California State Assembly?
What do you think? As reported at sfbg.com, here’s the veto letter the Terminator sent to legislators regarding a bill that “would have helped the Port of San Francisco with some financing issues.” You don’t see it? How about now? BAM! So what did the Governor’s office say when questioned…
Would You Do This To Prevent A Burglar From Entering Your Home?
Sure, you might wield a gun. You might scream. How about barking like a dog? From The Athens Banner-Herald: A Simmons Street woman scared off a would-be burglar about 11 p.m. Saturday by acting like a dog, an Athens-Clarke police report said. When a suspicious man tried turning the woman’s…
Not The Best Father/Son Bonding Experience
I’m all for a dad spending as much time as possible with his son. I guess I need to qualify that a bit. That time should not include committing burglary together, while intoxicated! Doh! Check out this story, as reported by whnt.com: A father and son are in the DeKalb…