Talk about chutzpah. Check out this burglary, as reported by Sweden’s “The Local” and “Helsingborgs Dagblad” A thief in southern Sweden took time off during a weekend break-in to surf pornographic websites on a company computer … local newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad reports. Here comes the real chutzpah: Already faced with…
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Are You Sure You Want To Steal THAT Car?
In this [alleged] car thief’s defense, how could he have known that the POV (“personally owned vehicle”) he stole belonged to a police officer. Oops. This is from the Colorado Springs Police Blotter: Summary: On 08/13/2009 at 0600, off duty Officer Ruben Crews reported his POV as stolen from his…
I Pity The Fool Who Sells Me Bad Beef Jerky
This story is wacky for 2 reasons: it involves a robbery due to some bad beef jerky, and the alleged robber works 2 doors down from the scene of the crime! As reported by The Cleveland Plain Dealer: Police say a Cleveland barber got so upset by what he considered…
If You Don’t Like The Food, DON’T COMPLAIN
I seriously doubt that Mr. James Lewis will ever complain about his wife’s cooking again. I can tell you how I know this in 2 words: fifty stitches. As reported by wral.com: Deputies responded to an assault call Friday morning on the 5000 block of Justice Branch Road and found…
Does Lightning Strike The Same Place Twice?
Oscar Reynolds Jr. was acquitted of robbing the Liberty Bank in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Guess what Mr. Reynolds was doing about a month after the acquittal? He was robbing that same bank! Unlike the first time, where he was acquitted because he could not be positively ID’d, smart money says Mr.…
Bad Babysitter Arrested?
A 21-year-old woman in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was not arrested for anything she did to her 3-year-old charge. Actually, it’s what she didn’t do – WATCH THE CHILD – that led to her arrest. As reported in the Rapid City Journal: Police were called to an apartment building after…
Oh Really? And Just How Would You Smuggle 14 Live Birds From Vietnam To Los Angeles?
It’s easy to play Monday-morning bird smuggler. But do you have any better ideas? From the L.A. Now blog (by Scott Glover) of the Los Angeles Times: A man who allegedly flew from Vietnam to Los Angeles with 14 live birds hidden in his pants was one of two men…
Tasered, With A Twist
So this homeless man in Lancaster, Ohio got burned by a taser. And I mean literally “burned.” Per the Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Officers said they spotted a man — later identified as [Mr. Daniel C.] Wood — allegedly placing the end of a can in his mouth then running away.…
How To Burgle And Assure You’ll Be Caught
There’s just no way 48-year-old William King was going to get away with the multiple burglaries he recently committed. How do we know this? Per The Toronto Star: A man burrowed his way through drywall into two salons where he stole cash, cigarettes and a lighter, had a smoke and…
This Guy Really Loves His Car
I love my car, or so I thought until I read this story. As reported by krqe.com: An Albuquerque man faces indecent exposure charges after police say children saw him simulating a sex act with his car in a grocery store parking lot. Danny Brawner, 46, was indicted on two…