Birdsong trolls the news and wire services to bring you more weird criminal law. Enjoy
Bellevue, NE: Arlene Hald, 86, of Nebraska recently received a $1,000 credit card bill for phone sex, supposedly run up by her husband. Arlene is not mad at her husband — because he has been dead for twenty years and the couple never had a credit card! The billing company has agreed to remove the charges, believing Hald is a victim of identity theft.
…and she hasn’t had sex in years!
McCook, NE: Ghoulish? residents of tiny McCook have asked corrections officials if they can have the state prison’s old electric chair to us as a tourist attraction. Fifteen men were executed in “Old Sparky” before the state Supreme Court abolished capital punishment in 2008.
Tourists better not sit on this chair…or they will have a hot time in Nebraska!
Rocklin, CA: A bowling alley brawl broke out in Rocklin, and it was all over a question of etiquette. Two groups arrived at a lane at the same time and couldn’t agree who should go first. It is reported that one man lost a tooth in the fight when he was hit with a ball.
That was some fight….
Milwaukee, WI: Two robbers loaded down with with cash and gems were immediately robbed by a second group of thieves as they walked out the door of a Milwaukee jewelry shop. Police ultimately arrested all four men, but the jewlery and cash were not recovered.
Sort of like Robin Hood…except the poor never factored in…
Arlington, WA: A woman accused of stealing $73,000 from the Arlington church where she worked said the devil told her to do it. “Satan had a big part in the theft,” the woman said. Police and prosecutors can hardly wait until Satan takes the stand in his own defense.
They always make Satan the scapegoat!
Wow that IS weird about the phone sex thing