Archive for August, 2011

Weird Criminal Law Stories 224

August 31st, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Okeechobee, FL: Criminals can be so stupid.  This one did not bring a bag with him to the bank he was robbing.  Joseph Price, 61, handed a note to a teller at the PNC bank in Okeechobee which demanded that she fill up a bag with cash for him. However, the quick thinking teller said she did not have a bag.  Price became confused and fled the bank on a bicycle empty handed. The police report indicated that Price was arrested seven minutes after fleeing the bank.

IDIOT!

Houston, TX: More stupid bank robbers!  We learn that four people were just indicted in Houston for bank robbery after bragging about

Weird Criminal Law Stories 223

August 24th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Indiana:  State police in Indiana believe that a woman high on bath salts trashed a local hotel room.  Police found Tammy Winter, 42, sitting on the bed of the trashed room babbling incoherently about evil spirits and writing on the walls.  Some experts contend that snorting bath salts can cause hallucinations.

Good Lord. What next…

Albuquerque, NM:  A man was arrested in Albuquerque after he carjacked an ambulance in the nude.

Weird Criminal Law Stories 222

August 17th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Pensacola, FL: We learn that Michael Scott, 19, was recently arrested in a Pensacola Home Depot store while trying to purchase a bolt cutter.  Why? Michael had just escaped police custody moments earlier and he was still wearing handcuffs according to a police report.  Suspicious employees called the police.

Michael, you are a dope!

Duluth, MN: Here’s a weird fetish.  Christopher N. Bjerkness, 33, broke into a