Mr. Peepers Survives Vehicular Assault
Dramatic rescue preserves Peepers from fleeing felon.
Criminal
Long-Distance Relationship Made Easier by Multiple Car Thefts
Love conquers all, or at least the ignition systems of older Toyota Camrys and Nissan Sentras. Police in Los Angeles say that Antonio Moreno of Inglewood, desperate to see his girlfriend in Santa Barbara and without a car of his…
IBS Added to List of Outstanding Criminal Defenses
IBS, of course, as criminal defense attorneys out there may or may not know, stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Helen Gallo asserted this defense last week in Clearwater, Florida, after she was arrested for shoplifting from a grocery store. Gallo…
Florida Governor Is “Seriously Thinking” Of Pardoning Jim Morrison
According to the International Herald Tribune, Florida Governor Charlie Crist said today that he is "seriously thinking" of granting a posthumous pardon to Doors singer Jim Morrison. (This is a major step forward since my report on this last week.) …
UPDATE: Convictions in “Band-Aid Bandit” Case
On April 12, a jury in Tampa convicted Rafael Angel Rondon of being the "Band-Aid Bandit," suspected in the robberies of 39 banks in nine counties between 2000 and 2006. Rondon’s brother-in-law, Emeregildo Roman, was also convicted. The report did…
“Girls Gone Wild” Creator, Residing in Hole, Continues to Dig
Joe Francis, the entrepreneur who has made umpteen million dollars from the "Girls Gone Wild" videos, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury on two counts of tax evasion. He was easy to find because, as you may…
Tampa Trial of Band-Aid Bandit Begins
Opening statements this week in the trial of Rafael Rondon, the alleged "Band-Aid Bandit" who was arrested in 2006 after a string of 39 bank robberies in the Tampa area dating back to 2000. The robber was dubbed the "Band-Aid…
Definition of “Vehicle” Tested in Recent Drunk-Driving Cases
Two recent cases may be of interest to those charged with operating something or other while under the influence of something or other, or to those struck by such a person, or to the attorneys for any such party. Or…
Ostrich Murderer Walks Away With Five-Month Sentence
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on March 29 that a man who murdered an ostrich late last year had been released from jail after serving only a five-month sentence for animal abuse. This despite the fact that it was a…
Search Engine Captures Bank Robber It Had Previously Instructed in Bank Robbing
Search engines are a vital part of modern life, at least for people like us who have computers and are able to hook them up to that series of tubes I call "the Internet." The amount of information search engines…