Professor Birdsong has worked very hard this past semester at school and on the blog.
As of today school is officially out for the holidays. He will return with more Weird Criminal Law Stories and some Refugee Law Student Papers when classes resume on January 9, 20112.
Mankato, MN: Two young girls wearing their PJ’s were seen walking along a street late at night leading a goat. They told a police officer who stopped them that he was their pet, he lived in a closet and they sneaked him out for a nightly walks to keep their parents from knowing they had the pet. An investigation revealed that the girls had attended a birthday party at a local zoo earlier in the day and had gone back that night to make the goat their own.
SWEDEN: A Swedish man was recently arrested for firing a gun out of a window of his apartment in an effort to shoot down a UFO. It was his girlfriend who called the police on the man. Although he was arrested, the man was in good spirits and told police that “all was OK because he was able to shoot down the attacking spaceship.”
CUCKOO CUCKOO CUCKOO
FRANCE: A 51 year old Frenchman was recently ordered by a court to pay $14,000 in damages to his former wife for not having enough sex with her during their 21 year marriage.
Viagra would have been cheaper….but not by much!
PORTUGAL: We learn that two Australian men were arrested in Portugal for attempting to smuggle $500,000 worth of rhinoceros horns out of that
Miami, FL: A woman was arrested after she drew a picture of a bomb and wrote the word “Boom” on her friend’s suitcase as a prank before the friend left for the Miami airport. The friend tried to check the bag with the bomb picture on it. This caused a major airport alert. The friend was not arrested but we are uncertain whether she made her flight.
BOOM?
Clearwater, FL: Have you ever hear of “freelance stripping?” It has been reported a Florida woman was arrested after she walked into the Baby Dolls gentlemen’s club in Clearwater, took off her clothes, got on stage and
Professor Birdsong teaches Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Evidence, Federal Jurisdiction, and Immigration Law at Barry School of Law.