February 1st, 2012 by Leonard Birdsong
IRELAND: No more free wigs in Ireland! It has been reported that in a move to save money the Irish government says it will no longer pay for judges’ wigs. Until now, each new judge has received a white dyed horsehair wig that cost taxpayers $3,000.
After 800 years of wig wearing judges why don’t they just junk the silly idea?
CALIFORNIA: Remember the “Mr. Magoo” cartoons? FBI agents in California are searching for the “The Mr. Magoo Bandit.” A bank robber, who is bald with thick glasses, like the famous
January 25th, 2012 by Leonard Birdsong
PENNSYLVANIA: A man allegedly assaulted a police officer who made a traffic stop of him for DUI on a lawn tractor. Mark Grove, 44, had a coffee mug full of beer sitting on his tractor. He allegedly told the office “I’m drunk. Just take me home.” He then kicked the officer and, once in the police cruiser, head butted the protective partition between the front and back seat of the vehicle.
Drunk and dumb…bad combination!
CHINA: It has been reported that police in China discovered a real life clown car when they pulled over an eight passenger minivan and found 66 children inside. None of
January 18th, 2012 by Leonard Birdsong
CANADA: We learn that a 19 year old British Columbia woman drove to the local police station to pick up her boyfriend who had been caught and cited for drunken driving. However, there was problem – she, too, had been drinking and had to be arrested at the station. “The moral of the story is don’t drive to the police station if you have been drinking,” stated police sergeant Dean Jantzen.
HIC!
KENTUCKY: Nine ultra conservative Amish men have been sent to jail after they repeatedly refused to put orange safety reflectors on
January 9th, 2012 by Leonard Birdsong
SOMALIA: This probably is not a crime in Somalia – but it should be. A radio station in this country operated by the al-Shabab Islamist group is giving guns and bombs to children who call in and correctly answer questions about the Koran. We hear that first prize is a $700 AK-47 assault rifle; second prize is two less expensive rifles; and third prize is two hand grenades.
…and the country continues to go BOOM!
OHIO: We have learned that a 37 year old woman charged with having sex with a 13 year old boy was sent back to jail on a bail violation after she
December 21st, 2011 by Leonard Birdsong
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.
