Archive for November, 2011

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November 30th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


 MARYLAND: Talk about Medicare fraud! One of the latest outrages involves a Maryland podiatrist who pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program out of more than $1 million.  Larry Bernhard, 55, faces two years in prison after admitting to turning in fraudulent invoices.  Among those fraudulent invoices was one for foot care to a man who was a double leg amputee.

Go on and say it – Larry didn’t have a foot to stand on!

Florida: Eric Gein is trying to sell dirt from the site where a Cleveland, Ohio serial killer buried his

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November 23rd, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Cincinnati, OH: A man was arrested for having sex with an inflatable pool raft. The owner of the raft saw Edwin Tobergta in an alleyway having his way with the raft and called the police.  The police report maintained that the “defendant advised officers…he has a problem and needs help.”
YOU THINK?
Brainerd, MN: A sleepy burglar? A burglar broke into a Brainerd home and promptly fell asleep at the scene of the crime. It appears

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November 16th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


England: We have learned that a thief trying to steal copper from a hospital hid in an air duct for five hours after he thought he heard police. Unfortunately, he later found out that what he heard was another copper thief. Eventually, both thieves were arrested by police.
 
Hmmm…Copper thieves done in by coppers…
 
Denver, CO: Two robbers attired as clowns held up a costume jewelry store here. The clowns did not realize

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November 9th, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Scottsdale, AZ:  Jobs are hard to come by in this economy.  This lady went from bad to worse.  The lady went to a home in Scottsdale to be interviewed for a position as a personal assistant and discovered the bodies of her two potential employers.  Both of them had been shot to death.

Don’t call us we’ll call you….NOT!

California: Stupid and drunk and now he is headed for the clink.  Rick Ehlert, 44, of Thousand Oaks pleaded guilty to breaking into  a restricted area of the cruise ship

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November 2nd, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong


Vero Beach, FL: Aaron Richardson told police he had totally forgot he had been married in 2004 when he wed a second woman last year.  Despite his amnesia the police arrested him for bigamy.

It’s called “living double” and it can get you in big trouble…

California: An X-rated movie studio has accused a man of illegally watching hours of their porn.  The problem with their accusation is that the man is blind.  The sightless man, referred to as John Doe, was one of 3,500 people sued by the studio for illegal downloads.  Doe says he is innocent and has never watched any kind of X-rated porn movies because of his condition.

Perhaps, he jsut like hearing such movies!

ENGLAND: An alleged drunken man in Manchester decided to steal a box of Krispy