Birdsong's Law Blog

Detroit, MI: An anti-prostitution activist is on the hook after finding himself on the wrong side of the law. The 51-year old Detroit man was arrested for impersonating  an officer, flashing a badge at a streetwalker and yelling, “Get off the Street!” The woman turned out to be an undercover female officer — although she was out to bag johns, not loudmouths.

Hoist by his own petard!

Sydney, Australia: Three armed robbers burst into a pub in Sydney and ordered terrified customers to lie on the floor while they forced the manager, at gunpoint, to hand over money. However, one of the masked thieves told the patrons not to worry — and then placed a mug of beer on the floor in front of each of them. They were also offered shots of bourbon from a bottle that bandits took from behind the bar.

It’s on the house… glug, glug!

Greely, CO: Want to make your job application standout? Then rob your potential employer at gunpoint.

New Zealand: Is that a reptile in your pants, sir? A German smuggler was arrested trying to leave New Zealand with more than 40 endangered reptiles in his underwear. Customs agents discovered 44 geckos sewn into his drawers. Each was worth nearly $3,000. Hans Kurt Kubus was sentenced to 14 months of jail.

40 geckos in your undies sounds mighty uncomfortable!

Illinois: He may have missed this class in the seminary. A Roman Catholic priest was arrested for stealing butter and a sofa cover from an Illinois Wal-Mart. The Rev. Steven Poole also switched the price tag on a memory-foam mattress and pocketed a laptop power pack police said. Police said, “at least he’ll have something to talk about in confession.”

Father, you are going  straight to hell with this type of conduct….

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania police were left scratching their heads after someone stole 245 bales of hay from a farm near Wellsville.

Birdsong brings you more weird criminal law stories.  Where do they get some of these folks!

Plover, WI:  DWI and DWP — driving without pants.  A woman in Wisconsin crashed into a ditch after her pickup truck — with her pants hanging out the window to dry — veered off a highway.  Jessica Jackson 29, had been chatting on her cellphone when she wrecked her truck outside the town of Plover.  Police said she blew more than double the limit on the breathalyzer.

Talk about hung out to dry….

Nevada: A legal bordello in Nevada has announced it has hired male prostitutes to broaden its business.  One problem is that although state law allows guys as well as gals to ply

Birdsong  wonders whether there is an end to these weird criminal law stories? The answer seems to be to be: no! So enjoy them and get a good laugh. These stories are all true.

Birdsong enjoys presenting these weird but true criminal law stories.  Criminals can be interesting and  stupid at the same time.  Enjoy.

Brighton, England: Adam Hinton, 32, was fined several hundred dollars in mid August 2008, for having loud sex and breaching a noise abatement order.  Neighbors had complained for two years about Hinton, his girlfriend, Kerry Norris and their noisy romps in her apartment.  Now the British court has banned Hinton from going with 100 meters of Norris’s one bedroom apartment.

If the apartment’s a rockin’, seems the British court will come a knockin’.

Queens, NY: Police detectives believe the theft of eight Torahs – worth up to $400,000 – from a Queens synagogue was an inside job.  Bernard New, past president of the synagogue said not only was there no sign of a break in, but the thief had to use four keys to open the ark containing the Torahs,