Birdsong's Law Blog

Pennsylvania: Two teenagers were arrested at a Subway restaurant for allegedly passing counterfeit $20 bills that they made on their computers.  Daniel Buskirk, 19, admitted that he and Adam Wehr, 18, decided in April 2010 to become counterfeiters in order to cover the expense of repairing their cars, police reported.  The pair allegedly used an accomplice, who worked at Subway, to exchange their phony money for the real.

Nope –  The crime doesn’t pay for foot  longs.

Owen Sound, Ontario: It is unwise to text message while driving…anything.  A teenager riding his bicycle in Owen Sound, was charged with careless driving after he became distracted while typing  out a message and crashed into a parked car.  The impact hurled him into the rear window of the car, smashing it.  The 16 year old suffered only minor bruises, it is reported.

And we thought careless driving only applied to motorized vehicles.  Oh well…

The American South: Superman comes to the rescue! He has rescued a family facing foreclosure.  The family was packing to leave their home in the

Fayetteville, NC:  The headline could have read: “A customer at a Krispy Kreme got a box full of doughnuts with only the dough.” It appears that before taking the store’s receipts to the bank, a manager had put $5,000 in a doughnut box.  A careless clerk handed the box to a customer, who has not been seen since.

Ooooppps…

Lockport, NY: A witness gave police in upstate New York a very good description of a man involved in a fatal shooting.  The problem is the description fits twin brothers and the officers have not figured out which one to charge.  Ironically, the twins made it even more difficult for authorities when they came to court dressed in identical clothing.

Double your pleasure, double your fun…

Kauffman County, TX: Texans and their guns go together.  Burglars broke into the home of Bruce Garner in June of 1989 and stole his H&R nine shot

Mississippi: Two small time crooks tried to pass off blocks of wood covered in duct tape, bubble wrap and Toshiba labels as laptop computers.  However, their intended mark, an off duty Mississippi state trooper didn’t buy into the scam and arrested the blockheads.

Mental midgets…

Norwood, OH:  A woman in Norwood who had a few too many  drinks called 911 to ask dispatchers to go out with her because she couldn’t get a date.  Of course, she now has date — a court date.  Yes, she was charged with disorderly conduct.

Don’t call 911 when you’re drunk!

Malaysia:  Officials in Malaysia have figured out how to end an epidemic of unwed underage mothers — let them get married.  Officials decided to allow