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 …
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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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That’s The Sound Of Da Police…Having A Meeting With Management
Is it common for British police to ride around town with music blasting through the loudspeakers of their cruisers? It’s not something I think I’ve ever seen here in Canada. But common or not, I’d have figured there’d be about 3 billion songs give or take that they’d want to choose as a soundtrack before …
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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 Can’t Believe My North American Arms Had To Pull A Gun Out Of There
Seems we’ve got another loaded gun in a vagina, everyone. I know desperate people do desperate things and whatnot, but this just seems like such a beyond horrible idea. As Dallas Archer was being booked into the Kingsport jail, a female corrections officer alerted to an “unknown object” in the teenager’s crotch during a search. …
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Do You Want That In Real Money Or Should I Make It As Fake As Those Criminals?
“Hello mom? Yeah, it’s Zac. I need a little help. Some drug dealers kidnapped me see, and they say they’re gonna kill me if I don’t come up with $200. Could you pleasepleaseplease………What do you mean not this shit again, son? Is that a no?” Police in Knox County, Tennessee, say 25-year-old Zachery Lodgson texted …
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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 …
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, …
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Behold The Samurai Sword Of Soft Justice
Remember that time the British cop tased a blind guy because he thought his white cane was a samurai sword? Well, the wheels of justice have turned as the wheels of justice do, and the hammer of harsh punishment has been swung squarely in the direction of the officer in question. As such, it has …
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 …