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Beverly Hills, CA: Dr. Craig Alan Bittner, a Beverly Hills liposuction doctor turned the fat he removed from patients into biodiesel fuel that propelled his Ford SUV and his girlfriend’s Lincoln Navigator.  Problem is, it’s illegal in California to use human medical waste to power vehicles.  Dr. Bittner is being investigated by the state Department of Health.

Birdsong continues to scour the wire services and the internet for those whacky,weird criminal law stories. Here are a few more for you reading delight.

Portland, OR: This granny didn’t need a hatpin. An 88-year old woman in Portland fended off an intruder in her home by grabbing his crouch and squeezing with all of her might. The defensive move forced the man to run out of her house in agony. He was arrested a short while later.
One might say her actions “took real balls.”

Ohio: A 4-year old Ohio boy — angry that his baby sitter accidently stepped on his foot — grabbed his father’s shotgun from a closet and opened fire.  The sitter suffered only minor injuries and the child has not been charged with a crime.  Authorities are investigating whether the parents were negligent.

Negligence my foot!  This kid is on an early start to becoming a sociopath.  He needs to be in reform school.

Portland, ME: In Maine a Portland man was arrested after cops found him drunk and slumped over the wheel of a Zamboni

Birdsong brings you more weird criminal law stories from around the country.  Enjoy.

Terre Haute, IN.  Three men and three women at an Indiana prison have been charged with sneaking through a hole in the ceiling to have sex with each other.  Having found a security camera blind spot, the inmates would climb into the ceiling, drink homemade hooch, play cards and do the deed.

Birdsong wonders where they get these stupid people.  Here are a few more weird criminal law stories that are all true.

Birdsong brings you another insptallment of weird, but true, criminal law stories.

Auckland, New Zealand: a New Zealander who raped a woman in his car was arrested after he fell asleep and she drove him to a police station.  Vipul Sharma, 22, was convicted in November, 2008, of abduction and rape for the attack which occurred in 2006 in an Auckland park.  After the assault he fell asleep – and woke up only after the victim had driven to the city’s central police station.  Police Detective Simon Welsh said, “She showed a lot of bravery and common sense.  I have nothing but respect for what she has endured.”

Sometimes the worm turns…

Kennewick, WA: A nut job in Washington State thought it would be funny to stroll into a bank on Halloween of 2008, dressed as a terror bomber, complete with fake explosives wrapped around his body.  The police disagreed.