Comical Arrests
I recently read a story regarding a thief hiding from a pair of Police Officers. One of the officers, upon entering a building which they suspected the thief was hiding in, called out, “Marco.” No, the thief’s name was not Marco. The officer was simply trying to make light of the situation. Surprisingly, the criminal was also well humored and responded with, “Polo.” Needless to say, the criminal was soon found and arrested.
Put a smile on your face? Here are a few other stories that I dug up involving some rather comical arrests.
- In Des Moines, Iowa, a woman tried to avoid paying traffic tickets by sending her judge a letter stating that she was deceased. It worked. The judge threw the case away believing the violator to be recently departed. However, it was soon resurrected when she was pulled over again for speeding a month down the road. Along with those traffic charges was also an account of fraud.
- A pair of thieves made out with $2,000 worth of digital cameras at a local Wal-Mart in Long Island, New York. Unfortunately for the police, the surveillance cameras in the store didn’t help much as there were no clear views of the criminals’ faces. However, they did note something of interest while watching the tapes; one of the thieves decided to use a chained demo camera to take a picture of their partner during the crime spree. The police were able to print out a photo from that demo camera and used it to correctly identify the photogenic thieves.
- In White Burr Lake, Minnesota, an 18 year old woman was being charged with criminal vehicular homicide. The accusation came after 2 teenage boys were killed in an accident where she was driving the car intoxicated. She pleaded not guilty to the charge but posted the following on her MySpace profile…
“I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW..AUGUST 19 2006 [Passenger #1] AND [Passenger #2] DIED AND ME AND [Passenger #3] WERE HURT I’M SURE ALOT OF YOU REALLY DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT ME …. YES ITS MY FAULT BECAUSE I WAS THE DRIVER BUT THINK ABOUT IT HOW MANY OF YOU DID WHAT I DID …. NOW DONT GET ME WRONG I TAKE FULL RESPONSABILTY FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, …. I NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO ME AND IT DID. I LEARNED FROM THAT I LOST TWO VERY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE AND ALOT OF PEOPLE DID. I GUESS ALL I’M TRYING TO SAY IS LEARN FROM WHAT I DID …. I WANT TO SAY I’M SORRY TO EVERYONE THIS HAS EFFECTED, THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRULY I AM, I NEVER MENT TO DO THIS. LIKE I SAID PLEASE LEARN FROM WHAT I DID AND REMEMBER WHO WE LOSS”
…she is currently serving 23 years on probation.
- A male resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, decided to insure his stockpile of expensive and extremely rare cigars. Among the events being protected by the policy was fire. Within a month, the man had smoked his entire supply of the noted cigars and filed a claim with the insurance company stating that the cigars were lost in a series of small fires. The insurance company, of course, refused to pay but the man took them to court and actually won the case. The insurance company accepted the ruling and forked over $15,000 to the man. However, once the man cashed the check, the company had him arrested for arson. Using his claim and testimony from his previous case, the company proved that he intentionally burned his insured property and he was sentenced to 2 years in jail and a $24,000 fine.
So there you have it, worth the time to read I hope. I decided not to publish the names of the people involved for sad moral reasons which I can’t really explain.
Posted by Frank N. Stein
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