Criminal Armed With Plant Defeated by Customer Armed With Bar Stool
To be fair to everyone involved, the plant’s leaves were reportedly “pretty sharp.”
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UPDATE: Both “Thong Bandits” in Custody
As predicted, the "disguises" employed by the Thong Bandits during their robbery of a convenience store in May did little to help them avoid arrest. Police in Arvada, Colorado, announced last Friday that Joseph Espinoza and Joaquin Rico had turned…
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Denounces U.S. Legal System, Courtroom Artist
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, had some statements to make at his arraignment on Thursday (June 5): First, he looks forward to becoming a martyr. Second, the U.S. legal system is…
Gallery of Bad Disguises, #4: The Thong Bandits
Before too long there will be enough material of this kind to create a separate category or gallery of Bad Disguises. Previous candidates would include the Duct Tape Bandit and the Tree That Robbed a Bank, and to those we…
Q: Does a Criminal Defendant Forfeit His Right to Counsel by Punching Said Counsel in the Face?
Yes.
Everything’s Bigger in Texas — Including Bad Checks
Saying he was planning to start a record company, Charles Fuller tried to cash a large check at a bank in Fort Worth last week. Problems with this story included: One does not normally start record companies using cash; and…
UPDATE: “Duct Tape Bandit” Pleads Guilty
The improbably named "Kasey G. Kazee," better known to history as the "Duct Tape Bandit," pleaded guilty on April 29 to robbing a Kentucky liquor store. The robbery failed despite the fact that Kazee had carefully prepared for the robbery…
Charges Dropped in “Weekend at Bernie’s” Case
New York prosecutors dropped charges today against two men who had been charged with a number of offenses resulting from an attempt to cash a Social Security check in January. The problem, as you may recall, was the body they…
Arguments Commence in New Zealand Spear-Assault Trial
“You’ve got an arrow sticking out of your head, bro.”
Court of Appeal Upholds Right to Private Drunkenness
A man’s woodshed is his castle’s outbuilding. Or something like that.