It looks like, while I’ve been busy, news stories that just scream that I should post them have been popping up all over the place. This is one of them. You know you’re not meant for a life of crime when you try to escape but land in the arms of police. Seriously that’s how …
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What’s More Little League, The Baseball Or The Criminals
This sounds like something straight out of a fairy tale gone a bit wrong. Police were notified just before midnight Thursday that someone was making a lot of noise at the Rolando Little League snack bar in Rolando Park on Vigo Drive, La Mesa police Sgt. Colin Atwood said. When officers arrived they found the …
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When The Police Tell You You Have The Wrong Number, They’re Probably Right
And now, today’s reminder to always make sure you’re calling the right person. Yes, police do like prostitutes, but not usually in the way you’re intending, Mr. Pimp Guy. Police in Middletown, Conn., arrested a man and woman after the couple allegedly called an on-duty police officer and offered up a prostitute. According to police, …
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What Time Is It? I Don’t Know, But It’s Not Time To Take That Police Station Clock
One thing about master criminals, or any criminals really. they never know when enough is enough. Take Dennis W. Baugham and Michael A. Marquez, for example. The pair made off with a shopping cart and a whack of new camping gear from a nearby store, but forgot the don’t draw attention to yourself rule that …
Who Needs A Security System When You’ve Got A Perfectly Good Fence
This is the kind of thing that keeps a guy like me on the straight and narrow, far away from a life of crime. Police in Sweden released a picture of a heavyset attempted burglar who wound up wedged in a fence as he tried to make his getaway. Stockholm police said a homeowner called …
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire…And Weed…And Idiots
I’ve had me some stupid ideas while stoned. Who hasn’t, really? But I can safely say that no matter my condition, I’ve never been at a point where dude, the cops are coming, throw the weed in the fireplace and light it would be among them. But for the sake of argument, we’ll pretend this …
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Ahh, The Old You’ve Been Punk’d! Defence
Some days this job is like shooting fish in a barrel. What days would those be, you ask. Well my curious friend, days like the ones when some numbnuts walks in off the street and tries to rob a police station spring immediately to mind. 18-year-old Keithan Manuel’s attempt went exactly as just about anyone …
Master Criminals Of History
Here’s a bit of fun Saturday morning reading for you. 5 Supposedly Badass Criminals Caught in Embarrassing Ways The only ones I don’t remember ever hearing about are Robert Phillips and Joe Hunt, and Hunt is number 1 on the list for good reason. Astounding reason really, especially for a guy who is supposedly that …
Just Dropping In For Some Smokes
Until you ponder it for half a second, drilling a hole in the floor of the apartment above a store you want to rob might seem like a good idea. You can drop down, take what you want and then hoist yourself up again. No alarm, no suspicious breaking in or hiding in the store …
How To Be Bad At Criminaling
This is exactly why you’re supposed to study *before* the test and not *during* it! An unidentified Milwaukee bank robber’s day started out well. He got into the bank, got some cash and started to make his escape. Things went downhill dramatically when he ran into the path of a couple of police officers, but …