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R.C. Gaitlan, 21, walked up to two patrol
officers who were showing their squad car computer equipment to children
in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how the system worked, the
officer asked him for identification. Gaitlan gave them his drivers
license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they arrested
Gaitlan because information on the screen showed Gaitlan was wanted
for a two year old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun
and demanded all the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put
the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he wanted
behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the
bag as well, but he refused and said "Because I don't believe you are
over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give
it to him because he didn't believe him. At this point the robber took
his drivers license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The
clerk looked it over, and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and
he put the scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with
his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and
address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the
robber two hours later.
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop
nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When
his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him
...Will the Real Dummy Please Stand Up?!
AT&T fired President John Walter after
nine months, saying he lacked "intellectual leadership". He received
a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking
intelligence...
...With a Little Help from Our Friends!
Police in Oakland, California spent two
hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside
his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that
the man was standing beside them, shouting to please come out and give
himself up...
...And What Was Plan B?
An Illinois man pretending to have a gun
kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated
teller machines. The kidnapper then proceeded to withdraw money from
his own bank accounts...
...Some Days, It Just Doesn't Pay to Gnaw Through
the Straps...
Fire investigators on Maui have determined
the cause of a blaze that destroyed a $127,000 home last month - a short
in the homeowner's newly installed fire prevention alarm system. "This
is even worse than last year," said the distraught homeowner, "when
someone broke in and stole my new security system..."
... And for the Main Course...
A man in Taormina, Italy was hospitalized
after swallowing 46 teaspoons, 2 cigarette lighters, and a pair of salad
tongs.
...The Getaway
A man walked in to a Topeka, Kansas Kwik
Shop, and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the
take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter
himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.
...Do-It-Yourself Brain Surgery?!
In Ohio, an unidentified man in his late
twenties walked into a police station with a 9-inch wire protruding
from his forehead and calmly asked officers to give him an X-ray to
help him find his brain, which he claimed had been stolen. Police were
shocked to learn that the man had drilled a 6-inch deep hole in his
skull with a Black & Decker power drill and had stuck the wire in to
try and find the missing brain.
...Too Well-Educated
In Medford, Oregon, a 27-year-old jobless
man with an MBA blamed his college degree for his murder of three people.
"There are too many business grads out there," he said. "If I had chosen
another field, all this may not have happened..."
...Did I Say That?!
Police in Los Angeles had good luck with
a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup.
When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words, "Give
me all your money or I'll shoot," the man shouted, "That's not what
I said!
...Ouch, That Smarts!
A bank robber in Virginia Beach got a nasty
surprise when a dye pack designed to mark stolen money exploded in his
Fruit-of-the-Looms. The robber apparently stuffed the loot down the
front of his pants as he was running out the door. "He was seen hopping
and jumping around," said police spokesman Mike Carey, "with an explosion
taking place inside his pants." Police have the man's charred trousers
in custody...
...Are We Not Communicating?
A man spoke frantically into the phone:
"My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor asked. "No, you idiot!" the man
shouted. "This is her husband!"
...Not the Sharpest Knife in the Drawer!
In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was
arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon.
King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately,
he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. Hmmm...wonder what he uses
for a knife?
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