Everything about this story Amanda sent us hurts my brain a little. First, since when are you allowed to make calls using your own cell phone when you’ve been arrested? I’ll admit ignorance here because A: I’ve never been arrested and B: maybe the rules are different in Kentucky than they are in Canada. For …
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Foster: Floridian For He’s Over There, Officer
I think we at least have to give Herbert Foster an A for effort. His getaway plan was actually sort of clever, especially if we’re grading on the Florida curve. Investigators said Foster was stopped in the 1200 block of Ridgewood Avenue near Holly Hill at 11:16 p.m. Friday. Foster ran from the traffic stop …
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Here’s Your Sign…And Here’s Your Sign…And Here’s Your Sign…And Here And Here And Here And…
God, these court things take forever. I sure hope they get to my hearing soon. Man, I’m so bored. Seriously, how am I supposed to pass all this time? This sucks. Hey wait…did I bring my paint pen? …Yeah, I did! Sweet! Time to go to work! Francisco Canseco had been in court on April …
You’ve Made This Capture Easy. We Like That
Seems like we haven’t had one of these in a while. Police say 26-year-old Nicholas Wig checked his profile from a home he broke into, and then he didn’t log off. It happened June 19 in South St. Paul. “World’s dumbest criminal,” the homeowner James Wood said. “I don’t know.” Wood had come home to …
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What Do You Take Me For, The Kind Of Guy Who’d Sell Weed To A Cop?
No, Mr. Probation Officer Guy, of course I’m not dumb enough to bring pot into a courthouse. That would be…just…dumb! …Said Darren Shelley, the guy who was promptly discovered to be sporting 19 bags of the stuff in his left sock. I really only have one question here. How in the name of god do …
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Oh, You’re Officer Deegins? You Looked Like Officer Stone
if I told you that yet another person tried to sell marijuana to a cop, you might look at me and say something like “whatever. Off duty officer, plain clothes detective…these things happen. Easy mistake. Bad luck.” But if I were to then stop you and say no, this cop was on duty and in …
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What Are The Chances?
Ro tipped me off to this story yesterday (Look at me, remembering to credit people twice in a row!), and said she’d never heard of something like it happening before. I know I have, and I’m pretty sure at least one case of it is on the site somewhere. Carin,this is the part where I …
I Didn’t Hit And Rob Anyone. I Just Gave Her A Friendly Poke In The Head
Listen, everyone. Just stop using Facebook already, won’t you? Especially if you happen to be a criminal, an idiot or both. Authorities say a woman was sitting at the Bremerton ferry terminal on Tuesday using her headphones when she was struck on the head from behind. After being struck, a man grabbed her iPod and …
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He Can Use His Year In The Holder To Read Up On Who Eric Holder Is
The life of an identity thief seems so complicated. All the detail mining and document falsification and track covering and making sure one of your victims isn’t United States Attorney General Eric Holder and…Ahhh crap! According to the Justice Department, Tadesse and another co-defendant swiped names and Social Security numbers from websites and used them …
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I Don’t Even Know Who I Am Anymore
What a way for 30 years on the run to come to an end. Today, Smith conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle registered to Gary Dixon. The driver identified himself to Smith as Gary Dixon. James Dixon has twin brothers, Gary and Larry Dixon, and officials suspected that James Dixon used at least one …