Birdsong's Law Blog

Volusia County, FL:  Cutbacks in the Volusia County Sheriff’s office have led officials to train their garbage collectors to be on the lookout for crime.  “As times get harder, as our budget dollars get less, that means we have to reach out more and more for these kind of partnerships,” said Sheriff Ben Johnson.

Crime sniffing garbage men??

Alexander County, IL:  An Illinois sheriff’s department lost five of its cars to the repo man because they failed to pay the bank.  Alexander County is in a region of Illinois that has been especially hard hit by the recession.

Dead beat cops…

Groveland, NY: Theodore Sypnier is the oldest prison inmate in the state of  New York.  The geratric jailbird celebrated his 100th birthday in the

Worcester, MA:  Antonio Judd of Worcester was sentenced to 18 months in jail for stealing a hot dog from a man at gunpoint.  Judd walked up to the victim in a park, stole the hot dog and devoured it, spilling mustard all over his shirt.  When police arrested Judd they found a pellet gun and a knife in his pocket.

Yes, we know…as a thief he couldn’t cut the mustard. Yuk, yuk, yuk…

Haverhill, MA: A robbery in this Massachusetts town was thwarted when a convenience store clerk said he would give the crook the money only if he first showed the gun he claimed to have.  This left Adam Alsarabi so flustered that he ran and was later caught nearby — unarmed — by police.

El Stupido!

Waterloo, IA: A man walked into a convenience store in Waterloo, acted suspiciously and kept his hand in his pocket.  The clerks, who had been robbed before,