… you happen to be a Montgomery County (Maryland) police officer. I know what you’re thinking – they’re chasing criminals, so it’s okay. That’s true, but only for 76 of the 224 tickets the officers received from speed cameras over the last 8 months of 2007. So, are the officers…
But not for the reasons you might suspect. Up in Douglas County, Oregon, 2 fellers dressed like cowboys offered some doughnuts to a couple deputies. Now they didn’t take offense, mind you, just notice of how these dudes were dressed. So when they responded to a burglary, in which doughnuts…
This will be the only defense available to a man who robbed a convenience store in Des Moines, Iowa and left his jacket behind – WITH HIS W-2 IN THE POCKET! Doh! The man is still at large, though probably not for long, since he only netted $115 in the…
…I would put “in front of the police station” near the bottom of the list. Of course, the calculus changes, when, like a 40-year-old Appleton, Wisconsin man, you have consumed so much booze that your blood-alcohol level is 4 times the legal limit. He was busted for … public urination…
Okay, so the 2 cops were in an unmarked car in street clothes [sort of]. But perhaps alleged prostitute Rose M. Townsend should have picked up on the following signs: Detective Osborne was wearing a tactical vest with the word “Police” in large letters! Detective Hamblin was wearing his badge…
Kansan Austin Jones found out when he and some friends tried to set an SUV ablaze. He set his own pants on fire! So he took off his pants and boxers, and took off. How do we know this is the way it went down? The incident was recorded by…
So said 27-year-old professional soccer player Bob Malcolm after being arrested for driving while intoxicated. Here’s a man who truly believes in accepting responsibility for his actions: I recognise that footballers are role models and that, as such, they should set a positive example. On this occasion, I have failed…
How about, unknowlingly, marrying your twin sister? They were separated at birth, and adopted and raised by different families. When they met as adults, there was an “inevitable attraction.” [Creepy, no?] After they got married, they learned that they are twins. All together now – YUK! The marriage was annulled.…
Hmm. Maybe not when your car totally reeks of pot – from the 2 ounces you’re carrying! As reported in the Star-Ledger (New Jersey): John Fleming certainly did not hinder his own apprehension. Following an argument with another driver over a parking space in a Route 10 lot in East…
As reported in The Star Ledger: In nearby Hackettstown [New Jersey] in April, Jerry Mahaffey Jr. wound up in trouble, police said, for sitting at the computer in the middle of the night, naked and drunk, surfing the Web for porn. This isn’t a crime, unless you do it in…