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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

If I’m Going To Be Out Walking The Streets, I’ll Be Needing Some Shoes

So, Christopher M. Miller. After a long 15 years in the slammer for robbing a shoe store with a box cutter, you’re finally free. What are you going to do now? Think I’m gonna head back there and rob it again, but without a weapon this time. When Christopher M. Miller woke up Friday morning, …

He Was So Close To Pulling It Off

I probably should have known better, but I didn’t think things like this actually happened. WICKER PARK — The owner of a Division Street bar got an unpleasant but slightly comical surprise when an apparent burglar managed to remove a lock on the bar’s front door — but couldn’t get in because he was pulling …

Good Cop Bad Cop

Either Emmanuel Augustine shouldn’t hold his breath waiting for that big promotion to detective, or they’ve got some really good undercover officers in Harris County, Texas’ Precinct 4 Constable’s Office. How good? Good enough that they managed to net a patrol deputy with 5 years of service to Harris County, Texas’ Precinct 4 Constable’s Office …

Did Somebody Say McShooting?

In case any McDonald’s employees were wondering, the number of times you can screw up the same person’s order in one day before that person takes a shot at you is apparently two. On the evening of Feb. 9, Torres and an unnamed driver reportedly stopped for food at the McDonald’s location in the 400 …