Birdsong's Law Blog

Las Vegas, NV: Live strippers on the back of a truck is too much — even in Sin City. A Las Vegas strip club agreed to stop an ad promotion that involved hauling bikini-clad dancers around in a truck with clear plastic sides. “We’re going to respect the opinion of the folks that are against it,” said Larry Beard, marketing director of Deja Vu Showgirls. “We’re going to be good citizens and take it off the street.”

So much for our latter day Sodom and Gomorrah…

Bellingham, WA: A Washington man stole a pencil — and may land in the “pen.” The thief who had $600 in his wallet, walked into a Bellingham store and pocketed a mechanical pencil on sale for $5.95. When he was arrested police found that he had an outstanding warrant. Asked why he did it, he told officers, “I don’t know. Being stupid, I guess.”

Stupid, indeed!

Indianapolis, IN: He may have been a burglar, but he had a soft spot for babies. An 18-year old broke into a house in Indianapolis and

Somerville, NJ: A quadriplegic man blocked from buying a gun to go hunting has a right to bear arms even though he will have to use a wheelchair mount to use the firearm, a New Jersey court has ruled. Manville’s borough police chief had rejected James Cap’s application for a gun license last year, citing safety concerns. A judge decided in November 2009, that the 46-year old Cap is eligible for a firearms ID, which is required to buy a gun. The judge addressed the safety issues by requiring Cap to have qualified people to assist him with weapons. Cap was an avid hunter as a teenager. He was paralyzed 30-years ago after breaking his neck playing high-school football. He plans to mount the gun on a wheelchair and operate it with a breathing tube.

Score one more victory for the NRA…

Anchorage, AK: An Alaska man was convicted in early November 2009, for holding his mother at gunpoint after she refused to help him pay a $430 ticket. High strung scofflaw

Waco, TX: Call her a real boob! A Texas trickster, Trista Joy Lathern, 24, faked having cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit in her honor to get breast implants to salvage her seven-month marriage. Lathern, of Waco, was arrested and charged with theft by deception. Police said she shaved her head to look like she was going through chemotherapy, then had friends organize a benefit.

Shameful…

Pennsylvania: Police caught a couple of soaking-wet thieves who were trying to lift some pipe from an abandoned house — not realizing that the water was still on. The pair tried to explain that they had nothing to do with the gushing pipe sticking out of the wall, but police didn’t believe them.

Yes, yes, we know… Their story was all wet. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

Tampa, FL : More water! A Florida woman and her 6-year old son survived after she slammed the family pickup truck into a 1,500 gallon saltwater fish