Birdsong's Law Blog

Canada: When things go wrong for some criminals they really go wrong. We learn a Canadian criminal was late for his meeting with police. As part of his bail conditions the 24 year old convict had to check in with  Sudbury, Ontario, police.  He was running late and parked his car illegally in a handicap spot outside the station house.  That certainly got the attention of the police. On checking out the convict’s car they found not only was he illegally parked, but they also discovered his driver’s license had been suspended, the car had bogus license plates on  it and he was carrying two counterfeit bills on him.

OMG! He hit the trifecta of criminal wrongdoing all in one day.

Lincoln, NE:  Yep, a Nebraska thief picked the wrong car stereo to steal.  He took a Lincoln man’s one of a kind sound system then got arrested when he went to a sound  shop to

West Fargo, ND: A man walked into West Fargo police station to ask for a gas voucher, which police distribute to citizens short on cash who need emergency fill ups. The 19 year old man told the officer he had to attend a funeral in Wisconsin, and was asked for his registration and insurance data. The officer soon noticed that the car was registered to a service station and learned it had been stolen.  An arrest was immediately made.

Can’t say the 19 year did not have chutzpah…

New Zealand: This one is about a “brush with the law.”  A 65 year old school teacher in New Zealand crashed her car after she set her cruise control at 62 mph and “got out her toothbrush and started brushing her teeth,” Police Sgt. Graham Single said.

Do you get it,” Brush with the law.” LOL.

Dover, DE: A not so smart Bruce Manlove was arrested after he handed a 7-Eleven clerk a note reading “this is a robbery,”