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Birdsong presents herewith a few more weird criminal law stories.

Saanich, Canada: A Canadian cop in Saanich, British Columbia heard passionate sounds coming from a trash dumpster — and upon investigation found a 30 year old woman and her boyfriend, 28, had turned it into a love nest.  The officer ordered the two to put on their clothes and leave.  No arrests were made.

A new meaning for “dirty sex.”

Yakima, WA: This Washington state kindergarten teacher apparently had enough of cleaning up after a student beset with bathroom issues and sent the stinky evidence  home to his parents.  “This little turd was found on the floor in my room,” the teacher wrote in a note sent along with the fecal find.  The student is being transferred.  Officials won’t discuss the teacher’s job status but say no criminal charges have been filed.

Oh Poo!

Fresno, CA:  Police in Fresno arrested a man for allegedly tattooing a gang insignia on a 7-year old boy — at the direction of the child’s father. 

Here are more of those weird criminal law stories Birdsong loves to bring you.

Switzerland: The Swiss have made nude hiking unlawful!  Recently, citizens of the canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes, in the heart of the Alps, voted overwhelmingly to make nude hiking unlawful.  The practice is apparently big among German tourists who often wear nothing more than hiking boots and socks during warm weather months.

And we thought it bad when German tourists to the U.S. wore white socks and sandals!

Wisconsin: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul?  Police arrested a Wisconsin teen for allegedly breaking into a car and stealing goods so he could get money to pay his lawyer, who was defending him on previous

Birdsong continues to scour the net, newspapers and wire service for more of those weird criminal law stories you love so much.  Here are a few more from Florida where Birdsong lives.  Enjoy.

Pensacola, Fl:  Perhaps giant, baggy pants will soon be out of style.  Police chasing a burglary suspect here had their jobs made easy when the man fell down after tripping on his giant, baggy jeans.  The thief had broken into a convenience store and made off with several packs of cigarettes, police said, but didn’t get fr before he face planted at the edge of the parking lot.

Dummy!

Homestead, FL:  Police did not have to look far to find this piece of stolen property. Cretins in homestead broke into a rail yard and stole a 129 ton locomotive.  Police were able to recover

Happy April Fool’s Day everyone.  Enjoy the day by reading a few of Birdsong’s weird criminal law stories.

Greenfield, CA: A California man was arrested on human-trafficking charges after complaining to cops that he hadn’t been paid by a youth — to whom he had allegedly sold his 14 year old daughter for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.  Police think that the Greenfield girl willingly went with the 18 year old “buyer,” but busted him too.

Can you believe kids today!

Texas: A man who would have been sentenced to six months probation for a petty crime got those 180 days behind bars instead when he fled custody at a Texas courthouse just before his sentencing.  making matters worse James Carroll Franklin led police on a car chase through three counties.

Dude!  They weren’t even going to put you in jail!

Manchester, NH: Whatever happened to plain old arsenic, you might ask?  a New Hampshire woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill her husband

More weird criminal law stories for your consideration.  They just won’t stop coming.

Washington, DC: This D.C. thief made it too easy.  Not only did he leave a fingerprint behind – he left his whole thumb.  He had made off with cash from a D.C. brothel but he left the key piece of evidence behind when a hooker wrestled with him and the machete he was carrying sliced off his thumb.  Police caught up with him at a hospital emergency room.

OOOUUCCCHHH!

Wisconsin; This may or may not be what they mean by marking your territory,  Torey Devaux, a Wisconsin man, sought revenge on his roommate who refused to have sex with him by peeing on her dog.