Sheriff’s Henchmen Finally Apprehend Robin Hood
Took them 700 years or so, but they got him.
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Wanna Buy a Watch? Asks Man With Golden Toilet
Think carefully before accepting this offer. And then don’t accept it.
Camera Catches Moment That Robber Realized Robbery Not Going as Planned
Clifton Taylor's final mistake, at least his last one as a free man, was to choose to represent himself. But as the article in the Kansas City Star put it, "[H]is judgment had been suspect before." In March 2009, Taylor…
Elderly Germans Kidnap Their Financial Adviser and For Some Reason Are Charged With a Crime
The Reuters report starts out like this: BERLIN (Reuters) – Four elderly Germans went on trial on Monday charged with kidnapping their financial adviser and holding him prisoner in a basement in an attempt to recover 2.5 million euros (2.19 million…
Common Sense Should Have Prevailed, Say Cops Who Arrested 12-Year-Old Doodler
Based on what we've seen so far," said Queens Education Department spokesman David Cantor, "this shouldn't have happened." He seemed to be leaving open the possibility that, when all the facts were in, he might take the position that leading…
Rat Planter Pleads No Contest to Extortion Charges
Debbie Miller pleaded no contest on Tuesday to charges stemming from a failed attempt to extort money from a Wisconsin restaurant by planting a dead rat in her lunch. The report did not say what kind of lunch Miller had,…
Three Items Added to Bank-Robbery Checklist
Bruce Carton at Legal Blog Watch has added three items to his growing checklist for bank robbers, which seems like an extremely handy reference that I bet bank robbers don't even thank him for. With the new additions, it appears…
Sinking Pedal Boat Ends Ridiculous Escape Attempt
Might as well swim.
Man Cited for “Rocking Out” to John Denver Tunes
Responding to what must be the first and only nuisance complaint ever based on the music of John Denver (based on its volume, anyway), police in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, ticketed a man on January 13 after neighbors complained the Denver…
Deputy Tracks Fugitive Through World of Warcraft
Alfred Hightower had been on the run since 2007, when a warrant was issued for his arrest on drug-dealing charges. Hightower was apparently from Kokomo, Indiana, but had fled to Canada. His downfall, though, was that he spent a…