A Different Kind of Stomach Gas
When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motorhome parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an ill man curled up next to a motorhome near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his hose into the motorhome's sewage tank by mistake.The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
Just the Right Ticket
A would-be-burglar allegedly left behind just the ticket for police to nab their man.It seems the burglar needed to make sure the door to Hill-Rom Corp. wouldn't fully close while he allegedly looted the place, police said -- so he stuck a piece of paper in the door: a traffic ticket he'd been issued the night before.
Police found the ticket Thursday -- with burglar's name and address on it -- in the door at the robbery scene. He'd been issued the ticket for driving with a cracked windshield.
He was arrested at his home and jailed on $5,000 bail. Authorities recovered some of the stolen property at a town tavern.
Care for a Smoke
Police Idaho, were amused when they arrived to write up a burglary, and the homeowner told them that the thief got his VCR, his bong, and his stash of marijuana. Luckily, however, the thief had missed his marijuana pipe. The police ticketed the guy for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Follow that Car
The way police told it, Southwest Los Angeles home-invasion robbery suspect a 20 year old man was trying to hrow detectives off his trail. The man was one of two men who allegedly invaded Vanessa's home Sunday, shot her and her daughter, and fled in their 1992 Lexus.Police said he called them about 7:30 p.m. Monday to report that he had seen three men running away from a Lexus near the 2500 block of Clyde Avenue in Culver City. Police officers from the LAPD's special-problems unit responded to the call and spotted the Lexus. Meanwhile, the robber remained on the phone with a communications operator who was able to determine where he was calling from: a phone booth at 3560 La Cienaga Blvd., less than a mile from where the car was found.
The officers found him at the phone booth, still talking to the operator and with the keys to the Lexus in his hand, and detained him. When they searched his pockets, they found a silver necklace and a bracelet that matched the description of jewelry that had been stolen from Vanessa's home. They later booked him on charges of robbery and attempted murder.
Always leave a Good Impression
Chicago - A man robbing a dry cleaning store blew off part of one finger with a shotgun, police said."This is no toy; the gun is loaded," the robber said to his victims Monday in the Pekin Cleaners on Chicago's south side.
Police said the robber, wearing a red handkerchief over his face and carrying a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, then opened the gun to show it was loaded. When he closed it, the weapon fired, taking off two-thirds of the little finger of his left hand. After the gun fired, he took $10 from the cash register and a portable television set from the counter and fled.
Police said they recovered the tip of the finger and were able to get a fingerprint. A store employee, Hattie Butler, said she did not realize the robber had injured himself because he did not show any signs of pain.
Out of the Horses Mouth
Oklahoma City - A 47 year old man was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store in a district court this week when he fired his lawyer.Assistant district attorney said the man was doing a fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that the defendant was the robber.
The man jumped up, accused the woman of lying and then said, "I should of blown you {expletive} head off."
The defendant paused, then quickly added, "-- if I'd been the one that was there."
The jury took 20 minutes to convict Hewton and recommend a 30-year sentence.
May I See That
A 21 year old man 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 officers asked him for a piece of identification. The man gave them his driver's license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they arrested the man because information on the screen showed that the man was wanted for a two-year-old armed robbery in St.Louis, Missouri.
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