…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…
Legal Juice
They’ve Outlawed Dancing?
Have they not seen “Footloose,” one of the best Kevin Bacon movies of all time? People, you can’t stop dancing, as Kevin Bacon proved beyond any reasonable doubt. So who dares to question the lessons of “Footloose?” The Indian State of Andhra Pradesh, that’s who. Why? To stop obscene dancing.…
Think These Two Were Made For Each Other?
Damn! As reported by the AP: A man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than a mile on a busy road, hitting several other cars, police said. Both were hurt in the brawl Saturday and were arrested,…
They Beat Bloggers There
… and jail them too. Egyptian blogger Karim Amer got four years for criticizing Islam and President Mubarak on his blog. He’s now been in jail for a year. Karim Amer, who is serving his prison sentence in Borg Al-Arab Prison, Alexandria, wrote in his letters to one of his…
Cop Tasered A Cow?
If nothing else, that’s gotta bring some seriously bad karma. As reported by the AP, Police [in Rogers, Arkansas] are conducting an internal investigation into an allegation that a lieutenant used his stun gun to shock a cow and shared a videotape of the incident with other department employees. Police…
Where Is The Last Place You Would Drive A Stolen Car?
Charles Chambers went to the Anderson County (South Carolina) Sheriff’s Office “to demand the return of nearly $2,000 officers seized from him during a drug arrest last June,” per the AP. After they told him to pound sand, … an officer noticed he got into a car that matched the…
Not The Typical “Man Loves Dog” Story
If your dog is looking over your shoulder, be warned that this story may really disturb her. Hell, it really disturbs me. As reported by Kansas station KAKE: Police make an unusual arrest Tuesday evening. A woman in the 3700 block of E. Clark heard someone break into her garage.…
Judge Not Impressed By Peace Priest
Reverend John Dear and 8 others “occupied the elevator of Sen. Pete Domenici’s Santa Fe office for more than five hours” in 2006, per the The Albuquerque Tribune. They were protesting the Iraq War. They remained in the elevator because they were denied access to the Senator’s third-floor office. Keep…
Does MySpace Friend Request Violate A Protection Order?
Yup, according to a Staten Island judge. As reported by the AP: The ruling this week lets stand charges that a 16-year-old broke the law when she sent friend requests on the social networking site to a woman and her two daughters. Criminal Court Judge Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr. ruled…
Smells Like Fake Insanity
Per the St. Petersburg Times: To prove he’s incompetent to stand trial on multiple felony charges, Robert Sinclaire Lee hid a razor in his mouth and used it to cut his wrist in court. He smeared feces on his face. And Monday, he entered a courtroom with feces hidden in…