Virginia: Two men in a pickup truck went to a new-home site to steal a refrigerator. Banging up walls, floors,
etc., they snatched a refrigerator from one of the houses, and loaded it onto the pickup. The truck promptly got
stuck in the mud, so these brain surgeons decided that the refrigerator was too heavy. Banging up *more* walls,
floors, etc., they put the refrigerator BACK into the house, and returned to the pickup truck, only to realize
that they locked the keys in the truck--so they abandoned it.
South Carolina: A man walked into a local police station, dropped a bag of cocaine on the counter, informed the
desk sergeant that it was substandard cut, and asked that the person who sold it to him be arrested immediately.
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. With the chain still attached to the machine.. With their bumper
still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper.
A guy went into a convenience store. He placed a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. As the clerk opened
the drawer, he pulled out a gun and demanded all of the money. The clerk put all of the money in a bag and the
villain fled the store, but left the $20 on the counter. As he began to count his cash, he was a little bit unhappy.
There was only $15 in the bag!
I once heard of this guy who was in a high speed car chase. The alleged criminal pulled a whole string of police
vehicles behind him. Speeds went up to 100 mph. So, what is so abnormal about this, you hear about it almost every
day....Well, this guy used his turn-signal every time he changed directions, including lane changes. The police
knew within a half a block when and where he was going to turn.
A woman leaving a Kmart parking lot in Michigan (why do 9 out of 10 of these stupid stories occur in Michigan??)
when a man jumped out from behind a parked car and mugged her. After he ran off, she called the police and described
her attacker. Police picked up a man a few blocks away who matched her description, and drove him to the scene
of the crime, telling him they needed to get a "positive ID." When they arrived, the man looked straight
at the woman and before anyone had a chance to say anything, he said "yep, that's her, that's the woman I
mugged."
Police in Wichita Kansas arrested a 22 year old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass 2 (counterfeit)
$16 bills.
A man in Johannesburg South Africa shot his 49 year old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two
practiced shooting beer cans off each other's head.
When 2 service station attendants in Ionia, Michigan refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber,the
man threatened to call the cops. They still refused to hand over the cash so the robber called the cops and was
arrested.
A man locked himself out of his car, so he called the police for assistance. When the police arrive, they find
the car fits the description of a stolen car. In the car were two stolen purses. The man was arrested on the spot.
This is by far my favorite story from my boyfriend, who works as a 911 dispatcher (I can't tell you where, he's
not even supposed to tell me these things).
The conversation goes something like this:
Dispatcher: ________ County 911
Guy: Yo, man, are the cops looking for me?
D: I dunno, *should* they be looking for you?
G: Yeah, man.
D: What'd you do?
G: I stole a jeep.
D: Well, I can check. What's your name?
G: _________ (<-- gives his name)
D: Ok, I'll check. This may take a few minutes, so how about you give me your phone number and if I have to hang
up I'll call you back.
G: Ok, it's ________
My boyfriend looked up the fact there was indeed a report of a stolen jeep, the guy's address from the phone number,
and was still on the phone with the guy when the police he dispatched burst into the guy's apartment and arrested
him.
During the Christmas shopping season, the extra security and higher traffic volume makes it easier for shoplifters
to steal. One guy stole an item put it in his shoe, then when confronted by security he left one of his shoes behind.
A few hours later, a guy came to claim the shoe. If anyone wonders what happened, they shouldn't be alive.