In a classic opinion of which I have just learned, the California Court of Appeal ruled in 1998 that police were in fact justified in detaining a man they saw on a bicycle at 3:00 in the morning, primarily because…
I think we have enough failed-disguise posts now to consider starting a new category, or at least a sub-category of The Criminal Mind. This does not quite rise to the level of What Not to Use as a Disguise #1…
Five thousand quarters stolen from suspect’s workplace; he was later seen “purchasing items using only quarters.”
Police in Ashland, Kentucky, said they believed that Gerald Rocchi was the Stapler Bandit who robbed a local ice cream shop on Tuesday, armed only with a stapler. Employees at the ice cream shop, which in a complete surrender on…
It was "a big mistake," said lawyer Michael Colich on Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court. He was talking about his client’s decision to pull the head off a duck that lived in an ornamental pond at the Embassy Suites…
This now joins Reason 1 ("Roommate used the last roll of toilet paper") and Reason 2 ("Argued over game of Yahtzee") in this unfortunately growing database. Link: FindLaw.com
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents do not seem to have been too concerned originally about Leroy Carr. True, they did notice him crossing the Canadian border four different times this year, each time carrying thousands of dollars in cash. They…
In August, Spanish police finally captured "The Loner," the country’s most wanted criminal. The Loner, whose secret identity was Jaime Jimenez Arbe, had robbed more than 30 banks and killed three policemen during his crime spree. But his lawyer has…
Possibly inspired by (but far less successful than) last month's "Tree Bandit," who also employed duct tape but only to attach his foliage, a Kentucky man tried to rob a liquor store last Friday after first wrapping his entire head…
Consider using only one hand to stuff the cash into your pockets. The robbery will take a little longer, but if the alternative is setting your gun down on the counter, it’s worth the extra time. As the surveillance video…