Through the Looking Glass
MCT
Issue date: 9/10/08 Section: Life
|
A guy, pulled over in Corpus Christi, Texas, for failing to signal a turn, told the cop, "It's not my truck. If you find something, it's not mine. If there is anything in that black bag, it's not mine." This aroused the officer's suspicions. An arrest for possession of crack cocaine resulted.
So, Anything to Say for Yourself? Anything at All?
A man was put on probation in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and ordered to observe a curfew, not drink liquor or take drugs and to maintain a regimen of good behavior. He was arrested after he got into a late-night crash in his pick-up truck, high on crack cocaine and naked with a naked prostitute sitting next to him.
Oh, Hi Honey; Look, I Think We Should See Other People
A credit card company notified a man that someone was making a flurry of purchases with his card. It turned out that his girlfriend had used it to buy liquor, pay for dinner (for two) and book a room in a Portsmouth, N.H. hotel with another guy. The man sped to the hotel where he found the two of them.
Oh, I Promise Officer, Word of Honor
A woman, who crashed into a parked car as she backed out of her driveway in Methven, Scotland, was charged with drunk driving. But the officer gave her back her keys after she promised not to drive again until she appeared in court. Two hours later, she was arrested again, for drunk driving.
So, I Think I've Made My Point
After a Baptist church pastor in Ballwin, Mo. sent suggestive text messages to some of his parishioners' wives, one of their husbands dropped by the church to beat him with an air hose. He told the cops he wanted to keep these communications from getting out of hand.
Now, Would You Care to Reconsider?
After her daughter failed to make the high school cheerleading squad, a Putnam, Okla., a woman attacked the cheerleading coach with a stun gun.
Yes, We Have It Right Here, Ma'am
A woman stole a purse at a mall in Richmond, Ky., put her wallet and other stuff in it and walked outside where she was confronted by a store employee. She fled, dropping the purse and later called the police to see if her wallet had been found. It was, they said, and told her to come to the station to collect it. She was arrested.
And You Call Yourself Man's Best Friend!
While police struggled to arrest a man for fraud in front of his home in Marion Oaks, Fla., both of his dogs joined in and attacked him.
What Makes You Think It's Not My Bike, Officer?
To combat bicycle thievery at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, police have planted bikes fitted with GPS devices around the campus. Cops are alerted as soon as the bikes are moved. Sixteen arrests so far.
Be the first to comment on this story