Birdsong's Law Blog

New Hampshire: Two inmates in this state recently requested that their jail sentences be extended because of the country’s fiscal slump.  “Jail isn’t looking as bad,” wrote one of the inmates.  Their requests were denied because officials said jail “is not a homeless shelter.”

Alabama:  An Alabama woman was arrested after putting her 13-year old daughter in a cardboard box on the roof of her car as they sped down a highway to make sure it did not blow off.  Jackie Knott, 37, told police she thought it was safe because she had secured the box to the  roof of the car with a clothes hangar.

Bad parent!  Bad, bad parent!  Shame!

United Kingdom: Two Britons in their 70s got the bright idea to rob a store by having one distract the shopkeeper with questions about light bulbs while the other stole merchandise.  Richard Mulhearn and James Adams were later arrested after the store employees caught on to the cartoonish plot and checked  the surveillance video. Mulhearn’s lawyer said he did it “to get money for some drink,” and is sorry.

Alcohol…..the root of so much misery….

Ontario, Canada:  Canadian police fined a truck driver $290 for smoking in his vehicle because it is his workplace. 

Norwell, MA:  A couple, furious over slow service at a KFC restaurant in Norwell, pummeled a man who asked them to stop cursing because there were children around.  Jared Gargfagna, 31, and Sara Mohn, 24,  allegedly knocked him down and kicked him.

Sounds like a “secret receipe” to getting a beat-down….

Pennsylvania:  A woman walked into a Pennsylvania church and put a forged $50 check into the collection plate before stealing a wallet from a parishioner.  The bogus check came from a previously stolen checkbook, and the thief, who is still on the loose, used a credit card from the wallet to buy hundreds of dollars of goods.

She probably will not be absolved of her sins.

Taiwan:  A Taiwanese man went on a robbery spree because he was upset no one had celebrated his 33rd birthday.