**OT** Since I don't have time to monitor the thread right now, I've decided that I can at least offer moral support when the stock doesn't go up 2 bucks a day.
Kentucky: Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home, leaving the bumper, (and their license plate).
Texas: A man convicted of robbery worked out a deal to pay $9600 in damages rather than serve a prison sentence. For payment, he provided the court with a forged check. He got 10 years.
(Location Unknown): A man successfully broke into a bank after hours and stole the bank's video camera, while it was remotely recording.
Vernon, British Columbia: A young man dropped by a drugstore to say that he and his accomplice would be back in 30 minutes to rob the place. On time for their appointment, they were arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
A Woman, 20, was arrested in Lake City, Florida for robbery of a Howard Johnson's motel. She was armed with only an electric chain saw, which was not plugged in.
On the morning of Jan. 23rd, a woman paid a friend $10 to drive her to Oakland and wait in the car while she cashed a check at the bank around the corner. A few minutes later, pursued by armed security guards, the woman ran back to the car and jumped in. As they pulled away, the woman told her friend that she had just robbed the bank. The friend stopped the car and ordered the woman out. With wads of cash still in her hands, the woman ran down the street, trying to flag down and steal a passing car. One of the drivers she flagged must have seen what she was carrying, because he leaped out of his car, punched her, and grabbed most of the money. As the two wrestled in the middle of the street, police arrived and arrested both of them.
From Benton, Illinois, comes a report of police being called to a burglary scene. The citizen reported that someone had broken into the barn where his large motor home was stored and had attempted to siphon gas out of it. When the officers investigated, they noticed a large five gallon gas can sitting right by the motor home. Next to the can was a piece of siphoning hose and some vomit. Police quickly realized that the thief had tried to siphon the motor home's portable sewage container. |
