Questions Not to Ask Police, #47
"Are there any warrants out for my arrest?" is one question that you should consider not asking the police, or at least not asking in person. It's just awkward if the answer turns out to be yes. This happened in…
Criminal Mind, The
Headline of the Day: “Man Says Weed in Buttocks Is His, Cocaine’s Not”
“Who put that cocaine in there?”
Update: Caffeine/Sleep-Deprivation Defense Fails
Reports last week were that the lawyer for Woody Will Smith would argue that Smith was not responsible for murdering his wife because he had done so while suffering from a "brief psychosis" due to lack of sleep and heavy…
Yet Another Reason Not to Wrestle Your Snake in the Parking Lot
The Associated Press reports that "[t]wo men were arrested after bewildered diners at a McDonald's spotted them wrestling a 5-foot (1.5 meter) python named Boris in the restaurant parking lot, police [in Melbourne] said Thursday." I don't think the diners…
UPDATE: Suspect Who Tried to Eat Interrogation Notes Gets Eight Years
Clifton Taylor, as you may recall from this post in February, was not only The Suspect Who Tried to Eat the Interrogation Notes but also The Fleeing Bank Robber Who Ditched His Jacket Only to Realize Later He Had Left…
Tip: Best to Post Bail With Real Money
Mistakes made by Ronald White of Camden, New Jersey, on July 7: Shoplifted. Got caught shoplifting. Posted bail with counterfeit $20 bills. Returned to the police station the next day. Told them he had "paid too much . . ….
Reasons Not to Represent Yourself, #73
I have mentioned this case before, but am re-posting it because I decided to add it to the Case Law Hall of Fame. It mostly speaks for itself: Briefly stated, the facts are as follows: In the early morning of December 7,…
Spanx Bandit Apprehended
"This was a really bizarre disguise," said Brandon Clabes, police chief of Midwest City, Oklahoma. He was referring to the Spanx stretch girdle that a woman wore as a mask when robbing an Oklahoma McDonald's this week. "I wasn't sure…
Update on the Fraudulent Photoshopper
Daryl Simon seems to have included his bogus charity photos in an appendix to his sentencing memorandum, but I was unable to find that on the court’s docket. It may not have been posted yet, but that seems odd given…
TIP: Photoshopping Self Into Charity Photos Not Likely to Result In Lighter Sentence
In a final effort to put his fraud skills to good use, Daryl Simon tried to scam the court that was about to sentence him by offering fake documents and pictures to support his bid for leniency. Unfortunately for him,…