Jefferson Convicted of Bribery, Storing Cash in Freezer
Frozen assets! Get it?
Crime and Punishment
Bank Teller Fired For Catching Robber
Jim Nicholson, a bank teller in Seattle, heroically chased and subdued a man who tried to rob his bank last Tuesday. On Thursday his employer, Key Bank, somewhat less heroically fired him. Nicholson was working when a man in sunglasses…
Punch Another Monopoly Player, Go Directly to Jail
Thou shalt not pass Go.
Honesty Maybe Not The Best Policy If It Involves You And A 14-Year-Old
In June, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that a 23-year-old driver who had been pulled over for failing to use his blinker was arrested after volunteering the fact that, in addition to not being so good with turn signals, he…
Muslim Clerics Issue Cell-Phone Fatwa
A panel of Muslim clerics in northern India have issued a fatwa prohibiting the use of cellphones, at least in certain un-Islamic ways. If they will extend this to the BlackBerry, I might be willing to convert. A fatwa, you may…
Rambo Cupid Fires Arrows Around Minnesota Neighborhood
Police in Burnsville, Minnesota, said that Kyle Fletcher went out onto his patio deck on April 3 with a powerful compound bow and fired several arrows into neighboring homes in an effort to impress a woman. Police found arrows embedded in…
Police Stop of Ax-Wielding Bike Rider Found Justified
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…
Mr. Peepers Survives Vehicular Assault
Dramatic rescue preserves Peepers from fleeing felon.
Rink Employees Fired For Late-Night Zamboni Run
Two employees of Idaho Ice World, a skating rink in Boise, were fired this week after they made a midnight fast-food run. That might not ordinarily have been a problem except that they were driving their Zambonis. As many of…
Good Reason to Kill #1: Roommate Used The Last Roll Of Toilet Paper
Sadly, this post will probably be the first in a series. This story brought to you by Frank Crow, 56, of Moss Bluff, Florida, who got into an argument about the lack of available toilet paper with his roommate, 58-year-old…