Criminal

Golf-Ball Bandit Strikes in Kansas City

On July 2, workers at the Sunflower Hills Golf Course in Bonner Springs, Kansas (just outside Kansas City) called police to report a theft.  Actually, 4,800 thefts.  The night before, someone had broken into the driving range and stolen approximately…





Burglar’s Plea to “Let It Be” Backfires With Judge

Quality judicial work by Judge Gregory Todd of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, Montana.  You can see a PDF of the memo itself at the link below, but here’s an excerpt: Mr. McCormack, you pled guilty to the…


UPDATED: Miami Shooting Reopens Debate Over Condiment Control

According to Miami police, early Tuesday morning the driver of a car in a Wendy’s drive-through lane requested a number of chili-sauce packets with his meal.  Ominously, that number was greater than three, the maximum packets per customer allowed by…


Biter Says Bites Were to Teach Bitee Not to Bite

Hector Pulido explained to police that, by biting his nephew repeatedly, he was only trying to teach his nephew that biting people is wrong.  Sure, in retrospect, he may have said, it’s possible that actually biting a 3-year-old multiple times,…




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…