Archive for February, 2011

Weird Criminal Law Stories 203

February 24th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


California: A DMV clerk in this state was suspended after she allegedly used a state database to find a transgender woman in order to send her a letter condemning her sex change.  The letter was received four days after the clerk processed the license application of Amber, formerly David, Yust. It is alleged that the clerk wrote, “The homosexual act is an abomination that leads to hell.”

Yep, they do cling to their  guns and their religion.

Germany: German police raided the apartment of a  man after they were tipped off that the Koblenz man had a Christmas tree  which was actually a six foot tall marijuana plant.

Weird Criminal Law Stories 202

February 22nd, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Iowa: We have learned that Iowa corrections officials are starting to stock their prisons with toilet paper made in house by the inmates.  While conceding that the tissue is not “fluffy” to the touch they say it will be good enough to save the state $100,000 a year.

Sounds like “touch and go” to us…

Jacksonville, FL: A gas station clerk was fired from his $7.50 an hour job after helping to catch a robber.  Keith Ireland was reportedly fired for leaving his work

Weird Criminal Law Stories 201

February 17th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Lynn, MA:  A  teenager from Lynn is suing his middle school teacher, who had allegedly been dating the boy since he was 14, after she ended the relationship when he turned 18.  Justice Gonzalez maintains that seventh grade teacher Kristen Rillovick, 31, bought him a cellphone and a car, got him a job and had the boy move in with her when he was 16. According to his court papers Rillovick ended their relationship after he dropped out of school to move with her to Florida.

Talk about living in sin…..

Spartanburg County, SC:  Police in in Spartanburg were surprised to find a handgun decorating a grave.  They found that a woman who had not been feeling well had

Weird Criminal Law Stories 200

February 15th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Here is the 200th edition of Professor Birdsong’s Weird Criminal Law Stories. Enjoy!

Galveston, TX: Here’s an ironic one. An outlaw in Galveston saw an apparently empty auto near the beach and drove off with it. However, he soon realized a toddler was strapped in the back seat, he immediately drove back to where he had stolen the vehicle.  He then hollered at the parents, warning them to never leave a child alone in a car…you never know when a thief may come along.  No word whether he was caught by police.

Ironic, huh!

Miami, FL: It has been reported that a naked man who was seen in a lawn chair across the street from a burning building pointing and laughing is now the  main

More Weird Florida Criminal Law Stories

February 10th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Pascoe County, FL: It has been reported that a 48 year old man parked his car in front of the Pascoe County courthouse, pulled down his pants in front of a Pascoe County sheriff’s deputy and began to masturbate.  Richard Garcia was charged with indecent exposure. Garcia claimed he was just applying hemorrhoid cream.

It is obvious that Garcia misses being in the “joint” and figured this stunt would get him back there, pronto.  It did.

Charleroi, FL: Kurt Fritzel robbed a bank in Charleroi but was quickly apprehended and arrested.  Why? A smart bank teller slipped a red dye pack in with the stolen money. The dye pack exploded and left Fritzel with incriminating scarlett marks all over him.  The explosion also created a red cloud that led police straight to his nearby house, before it dissipated.

A “red cloud?” Is that anything like a “red tide?”

Sanford, FL: We have recently learned that customers who purchase a used vehicle at Nations Trucks in Sanford, get a $400 voucher good at a local gun store.