Sure thing dude. My house is your house! No, the homeowner wouldn’t have said that, because she had no idea who the guy was! As reported by The Salina Journal (salina.com): A burglar apparently got a case of the munchies after breaking into a house in the 700 block of…
First this man gets shot just for going to church? (So he wasn’t exactly just “going to church.”) Then, he gets busted for being in a Burger King? (So it was a little after closing?) As reported by khou.com: A man [who] was shot and wounded by a church pastor…
Is it just me, or does it seem like there are a lot of strange ice cream truck driver stories? Here’s another one, as reported by wivb.com: Last Friday night may have seemed like the prime time for dessert, but those who frequented an ice cream truck in Clarence [New…
People say the darnedest things! Take this New Jersey gent. (Too late – the cops already did.) As reported by NJ Advance Media for nj.com: A township man caught with cocaine and a loaded handgun tried to explain away the powder on his face by telling police that he had…
The fact that someone stole this car kind of makes you wonder what the other choices were. As reported by The Indepedent Record (Helena, Montana): The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a 2003 Red Dodge Neon, which was reported stolen Thursday at 4:07 p.m. “The…
As crimes go, this could have been a lot worse. In fact, it’s $5 away from not being a crime at all. As reported by The Highline Times (Burien, Washington): When the pastor of Highline United Methodist Church arrived to their location in north Burien on February 25th, she…
Do you really need a law criminalizing the failure to return a library book? Rhode Island thinks you do, and they have one! TITLE 11 Criminal Offenses CHAPTER 11-41 Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation SECTION 11-41-14 § 11-41-14 Failure to return book or other library property. – (a) Any…
Trust me, your trash isn’t that interesting. As reported by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle’s privacy is in the trash, according to eight people suing the city over its composting ordinance. A lawsuit filed today in King County Superior Court argues that Seattle’s composting ordinance violates constitutional privacy by allowing garbage…
The most important rule regarding any form of communication is thus: “Would I mind if this was out there for the whole world to see?” Well, in retrospect, I think this fellow would mind. As reported by patch.com: A Crystal Lake lawyer mocked the size of a client’s penis and…
You rob a bank and you get away. Of course you wouldn’t go to any of your known haunts, or … would you? As reported by NJ Advance Media for NJ.com: Within hours of publicizing photos from bank surveillance after a TD Bank robbery, more than a dozen tipsters recognized…