The fact that someone stole this car kind of makes you wonder what the other choices were. As reported by The Indepedent Record (Helena, Montana): The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a 2003 Red Dodge Neon, which was reported stolen Thursday at 4:07 p.m. “The…
As crimes go, this could have been a lot worse. In fact, it’s $5 away from not being a crime at all. As reported by The Highline Times (Burien, Washington): When the pastor of Highline United Methodist Church arrived to their location in north Burien on February 25th, she…
Driving on the interstate can get pretty boring. Not this day. As reported by fosters.com: A Massachusetts woman was arrested Friday evening after she allegedly “mooned” several drivers on Interstate 93. Bow police Sgt. William Graham was driving a marked police cruiser northbound on the interstate at approximately 7:35 p.m.,…
When a drug deal goes south, doesn’t everyone head to the police station? Well, that depends. In this case, it sure looks like the right call. Per the website of The City of Tampa, Florida: Milton Coley and Louis Xavier Ruiz-Machado arranged to meet at 109th Avenue and Lantana Avenue…
Do you really need a law criminalizing the failure to return a library book? Rhode Island thinks you do, and they have one! TITLE 11 Criminal Offenses CHAPTER 11-41 Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation SECTION 11-41-14 § 11-41-14 Failure to return book or other library property. – (a) Any…
Trust me, your trash isn’t that interesting. As reported by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle’s privacy is in the trash, according to eight people suing the city over its composting ordinance. A lawsuit filed today in King County Superior Court argues that Seattle’s composting ordinance violates constitutional privacy by allowing garbage…
The most important rule regarding any form of communication is thus: “Would I mind if this was out there for the whole world to see?” Well, in retrospect, I think this fellow would mind. As reported by patch.com: A Crystal Lake lawyer mocked the size of a client’s penis and…
You rob a bank and you get away. Of course you wouldn’t go to any of your known haunts, or … would you? As reported by NJ Advance Media for NJ.com: Within hours of publicizing photos from bank surveillance after a TD Bank robbery, more than a dozen tipsters recognized…
Maybe this guy’s intentions were good, or maybe he saw what he thought was an opportunity to shoot his gun. Regardless, he is now officially in the soup. As reported by wdrb.com (Louisville, Kentucky): It happened in the parking lot of the Kmart on Outer Loop, near New Cut Road,…
People do the darndest things when they’re plastered. Example number 12,434, 523 comes to you from The Northwest Florida Daily News: The call [from 55-year-old Fort Walton Beach man] came in to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office E911 system at 12:19 a.m. on June 24, according to the arrest report. He said…