Einstein Of The Week!

[Kor37 9]

Ind. Inmate Escapes by Clogging Toilet

AP

Posted: 2007-12-06 17:01:50

CHARLESTOWN, Ind. (AP) - An inmate escaped from a work-release crew after he created a distraction with an overflowing toilet, authorities said. Wayne Mitchell, 24, was in the Clark County Jail for a probation-violation warrant, but had been working with a crew clearing roadside trash.

 

When the crew stopped at the Clark County Fraternal Order of Police lodge to eat lunch, Mitchell went into a restroom and clogged a toilet, causing it to overflow, police said. He then came out saying he needed some towels from the jail's van to sop up the mess.

 

"The toilet overflowed and the rest of the inmates were trying to clean it up," said Maj. Chuck Adams of the Clark County Sheriff's Department.

 

Instead of going to the van, Mitchell walked to nearby G&R Auto Sales, where an employee gave him the keys to a car he said he wanted to look over, police said. Police said he then stole a red 1995 Chevrolet Camaro convertible.

 

Officers later found Mitchell's jail-issued clothes at the dealership, about 15 miles north of Louisville, Ky.

The Einstein here is not the inmate, who was pretty clever, but the car salesman who gave the keys to a car to a guy wearing a prison issue jumpsuit and who apparently didn't ask to see his driver's license!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Ind. Inmate Escapes by Clogging Toilet

AP

Posted: 2007-12-06 17:01:50

CHARLESTOWN, Ind. (AP) - An inmate escaped from a work-release crew after he created a distraction with an overflowing toilet, authorities said. Wayne Mitchell, 24, was in the Clark County Jail for a probation-violation warrant, but had been working with a crew clearing roadside trash.

 

When the crew stopped at the Clark County Fraternal Order of Police lodge to eat lunch, Mitchell went into a restroom and clogged a toilet, causing it to overflow, police said. He then came out saying he needed some towels from the jail's van to sop up the mess.

 

"The toilet overflowed and the rest of the inmates were trying to clean it up," said Maj. Chuck Adams of the Clark County Sheriff's Department.

 

Instead of going to the van, Mitchell walked to nearby G&R Auto Sales, where an employee gave him the keys to a car he said he wanted to look over, police said. Police said he then stole a red 1995 Chevrolet Camaro convertible.

 

Officers later found Mitchell's jail-issued clothes at the dealership, about 15 miles north of Louisville, Ky.

The Einstein here is not the inmate, who was pretty clever, but the car salesman who gave the keys to a car to a guy wearing a prison issue jumpsuit and who apparently didn't ask to see his driver's license!

But they found his prison garb at the dealership. How do you know he didn't change into something else and then ask about the car?

[Theunicornhunter 2]

I thought dealers always rode along with you when you take test drive.

[Kor37 9]

I thought dealers always rode along with you when you take test drive.

They don't necessarily do that anymore but they do make a copy of your driver's license before they let you out in one of their cars.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Nobody saw Scent of a Woman when Al Pacino took that joyride?

[GhostofMajorHayes 10]

Not a surprise. Car salesman really will try and get any sale they can. :( :huh:

[Kor37 9]

Store Ad: Hams 'Delicious for Chanukah'

AP

Posted: 2007-12-06 16:49:23

NEW YORK (AP) - This was REALLY not kosher. A grocery store in Manhattan made a food faux pas, advertising hams as "Delicious for Chanukah."

 

Chanukah, an alternate spelling for Hanukkah, is the eight-day Jewish holiday that began Tuesday evening, and hams as well as pork and other products from pigs can't be eaten under Jewish dietary laws.

 

A woman who saw the mistake over the weekend at the Balducci's store on 14th Street took pictures of the signs and posted them on her blog.

 

Jennifer Barton, director of marketing, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the signs were changed as soon as the error was noted.

 

She issued an apology on the company Web site, saying the company would be reviewing its employee training.

Smooth move........ :huh:

[GhostofMajorHayes 10]

Wow, definitely worthy of an award for that avoidable mistake :huh:

[Kor37 9]

Two shark encounters one afternoon leave New Zealand surfer feeling wary

AP

Posted: 2007-12-11 04:06:47

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand surfer has good reason for feeling once bitten, twice shy after two encounters with sharks on the same day, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

 

Olivia Hislop was waiting for a wave at a beach near the South Island tourist town of Kaikoura on Sunday when she felt a tug on her board.

 

She turned around, expecting to see a friend fooling around.

 

Instead, there was a shark half on top of her board and gnashing its teeth, the Marlborough Express newspaper reported.

 

Hislop tugged her board away from the shark, which promptly turned around, smacking her in the forehead with its tail, and swam off.

 

"That's when everyone said it was quite a big one because they could see the size of its tail," Hislop was quoted as saying. "I was a bit dazed and everyone was freaking out."

 

When Hislop paddled out later to catch another wave she said she felt a shark bang against her bare feet, which were dangling in the water off the surf board.

 

Lifting her foot, she found the shark had bitten through the leash tying the board to her ankle.

 

"I was expecting to see my toes just dangling," the newspaper quoted her saying, adding that "feeling shocked," she then went and sat on the beach.

 

She knew of two other surfers "bumped" by sharks at the beach in recent weeks and told the newspaper she would not be braving the same beach any time soon.

 

 

Seriously, how many people would go back into the water after having a huge shark land on top of their surf board?.....

[KIMIMELA 1]

Just lifted her foot. "Shark nearly ripped my leg to pieces. Oh well... "

 

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I guess the shark really wants to surf.

[KIMIMELA 1]

Bless him! Aww!

[Kor37 9]

Potential Juror Arrested With Sword

AP

Posted: 2007-12-11 17:11:43

NEW YORK (AP) - A man reporting for jury duty was arrested when security discovered that his cane concealed a 2 1/2-foot sword and a 6-inch dagger, police said.

 

Vladislav Lisetskiy, 40, was arrested Monday at Brooklyn Supreme Court as he attempted to pass through security, police said.

 

The cane "attracted attention because of the way it looked," said Maj. Luz Bryan, commander of courthouse police. "It had two metal bands. It's an indication that something is concealed. My officers noticed it right away."

 

New York state law prohibits concealed blades or knives.

 

"He kept saying that he didn't know it was illegal," Bryan said.

 

Lisetskiy was charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon.

 

There was no immediate indication if he had an attorney.

What a genius!......

[Kor37 9]

Man Allegedly Steals Car in Front of Cop

AP

Posted: 2007-12-11 16:59:06

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A man accused of stealing a car in front of a police officer and television cameras in North Carolina has been arrested in Virginia. Raleigh Police Department spokesman Jim Sughrue said Tuesday that 38-year-old Anthony Wayne Williams was arrested overnight in New Kent County, Virginia.

 

Television footage from Durham's WTVD-TV shows a man getting into a 2004 Honda Accord on Monday while the female owner talked with a police officer nearby. The officer ran to the car when it started to move, slapped the hood and told the man to stop. But he drove away.

 

The car was recovered during Williams' arrest.

[Kor37 9]

Man Drinks Liter of Vodka at Airport Line

AP

Posted: 2007-12-12 12:56:04

BERLIN (AP) - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

 

The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.

 

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.

 

Instead, he chugged the bottle down - and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.

 

A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment.

 

The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to complete his journey home in a few days.

 

 

I'm going to have to ask Mr.Psychic if he's been abroad lately. Sounds like something he would do...

Edited December 12, 2007 by Kor Kringle

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Potential Juror Arrested With Sword

AP

Posted: 2007-12-11 17:11:43

NEW YORK (AP) - A man reporting for jury duty was arrested when security discovered that his cane concealed a 2 1/2-foot sword and a 6-inch dagger, police said.

 

Vladislav Lisetskiy, 40, was arrested Monday at Brooklyn Supreme Court as he attempted to pass through security, police said.

 

The cane "attracted attention because of the way it looked," said Maj. Luz Bryan, commander of courthouse police. "It had two metal bands. It's an indication that something is concealed. My officers noticed it right away."

 

New York state law prohibits concealed blades or knives.

 

"He kept saying that he didn't know it was illegal," Bryan said.

 

Lisetskiy was charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon.

 

There was no immediate indication if he had an attorney.

What a genius!......

 

On the other hand, he did get out of jury duty.

 

Man Drinks Liter of Vodka at Airport Line

AP

Posted: 2007-12-12 12:56:04

BERLIN (AP) - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

 

The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.

 

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.

 

Instead, he chugged the bottle down - and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.

 

A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment.

 

The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to complete his journey home in a few days.

 

 

I'm going to have to ask Mr.Psychic if he's been abroad lately. Sounds like something he would do...

 

This is why I drink tequilla.

[Kor37 9]

Man Accidentally Shoots Self in Buttocks

AP

Posted: 2007-12-13 16:45:10

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A Scottsdale man inadvertently shot himself in the buttocks Thursday morning. Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said Daniel Leatherman, 26, heard a disturbance outside his apartment and saw a man he knew fighting with a cab driver.

 

Leatherman told police that the man, Cody Nunn, 25, had assaulted him in the past, so he grabbed his gun and went outside.

 

Leatherman told police that he accidentally dropped the gun while hiding it behind his back and shot himself in the derriere.

 

Nunn and Leatherman's friends took him to a local hospital. When police arrived, Clark said Nunn was drunk and disruptive. He was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct.

 

Leatherman was released from the hospital later Thursday. There were no phone listings for Leatherman or Nunn.

This guy will NEVER live this one down!.....

[Theunicornhunter 2]

talk about a pain in the buttocks.

 

How funny the guy he was going to shoot helped take him to the hospital.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

It could be worse. At least they found the bullet hole.

[Kor37 9]

Brothers accused of theft, burglary to help cover legal costs

AP

Posted: 2007-12-14 12:38:50

MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Two brothers who tried unsuccessfully to dump a stolen truck because they could not remove its tires attempted to cover their legal expenses in that case by stealing items from a local elementary school, according to authorities.

 

Christopher Lamotte, 18, of Groton, and Steven Lamotte Jr., 20, previously of Montville, face several larceny and burglary charges from the two incidents, police said this week.

 

Authorities say they had little difficulty finding the suspects.

 

In the first case, the truck's owner told police that Christopher Lamotte was the only other person who knew about the vehicle's hidden key, according to court records. And in the second, the brothers allegedly forgot a knapsack with one of their names inside at the crime scene, authorities said.

 

The string of incidents started last summer when the brothers allegedly stole the pickup truck belonging to one of Christopher Lamotte's former co-workers, police said.

 

When the Lamottes discovered they did not have the right tools to remove the tires, they tried to roll the truck off a boat launch into a river, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

 

But the vehicle rolled off course and onto rocks before overturning, trapping Christopher Lamotte inside until a friend broke the window to get him out, the affidavit said.

 

Christopher Lamotte was arrested soon afterward and has pleaded not guilty in that case.

 

Steven Lamotte was later found in New York and extradited to Connecticut, where he was charged this week by Montville and Ledyard police, according to The Day of New London and court records. He has not yet entered a plea, according to court records.

 

Authorities say the brothers then stole several hundred dollars' worth of computer and electronic equipment this fall from Murphy Elementary School in Montville to help cover Christopher Lamotte's legal fees from the stolen truck case.

 

Police who investigated the burglary and found the knapsack searched Steven Lamotte's home and found laptop computers, a microphone, portable radios, a digital camera and a projector, according to court records.

 

Another laptop was recovered from a friend who told police he purchased it for $140 from Steven Lamotte, police said.

 

Christopher Lamotte had been released on a promise to appear in court on the first case involving the stolen truck, but a judge has ordered him to be rearrested because he missed an October court date.

 

Steven Lamotte was being held Friday at Corrigan Correctional Institution in Uncasville on $25,000 bond. He is scheduled to return to Norwich Superior Court on Jan. 10.

 

Information was not immediately available Friday on whether public defenders had been assigned to their cases or whether they had attorneys.

 

 

[Kor37 9]

Men Shoot Themselves in Tattoo Attempt

AP

Posted: 2007-12-31 23:07:40

CHAPARRAL, N.M. (AP) - Getting a tattoo can be a painful proposition, but usually it's just the needle you have to worry about. Two men trying to trace a loaded .357-caliber Magnum as a pattern for a tattoo accidentally shot themselves, the Otero County Sheriff's Department said Monday.

 

Robert Glasser and Joey Acosta, both 22, were treated at a hospital in El Paso, Texas, after the shooting Thursday evening in nearby Chaparral.

 

Authorities said Glasser was struck in the hand when the gun accidentally went off, and Acosta was hit in the left arm. Their injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said.

 

 

Anybody who would want a tattoo of a gun on their body deserves this......

[Kor37 9]

Cave Creek man hurt while trying to ride pet buffalo

AP

Posted: 2008-01-01 11:03:45

MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Fire officials say a Cave Creek man who was trying to ride his pet buffalo was mauled by the animal after it bucked him off.

 

The 75-year-old man was flown to a Scottsdale hospital after the incident at his rural home about 20 miles north of downtown Phoenix on Monday. John Kraetz, a district chief for the Rural/Metro fire department, said the unidentified man suffered non-life threatening injuries.

 

The man owned two of the animals. Kraetz said he's never been on a similar call.

 

"People do have buffalo on their property, but it's pretty darn uncommon," he said.

 

[Kor37 9]

Alleged Bank Robber Doesn't Notice Cop

AP

Posted: 2008-01-01 17:04:02

BOSTON (AP) - An alleged bank robber in Boston should have been more aware of who was behind him in line. Police said Adam Grennan, 39, of Hull, passed a note to a teller at Mt. Washington Bank in Dorchester on Monday, demanding large bills and no "funny money."

 

He didn't notice that officer Kamau Pritchard was in uniform right behind him.

 

Pritchand, who was working a security detail, pulled out his gun and placed Grennan under arrest.

 

Pritchard told The Boston Globe he was in a back room watching surveillance cameras when Grennan walked in. He said the suspect was wearing large white gloves, an oversized hooded parka and a scarf that covered his face.

 

Police said Grennan was unarmed. He was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.

 

 

[Theunicornhunter 2]

Is it possible the human race is de-evolving?

[Kor37 9]

'Dice Shooter' Who Called Cops Arrested

AP

Posted: 2008-01-07 17:26:43

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - An man who complained to police that he was robbed of his gambling earnings was arrested for illegal betting. Ricky Lee Jones, 53, of Iowa City, was arrested during a traffic stop on Friday and charged with fourth-degree illegal game betting. He was released from jail on his own recognizance.

 

Police said Jones was shooting dice with Beauhanan D. Walker, 23, on Dec. 27 when Jones apparently became angry at Walker, who grabbed the money being wagered and ran off.

 

Jones then called police saying he wanted his "portion of the winnings," records show.

 

Walker was arrested on the same charge on Dec. 28.

 

If convicted, each man faces up to one year in jail.

 

Information from: The Gazette, http://www.gazetteonline.com/

 

 

 

<_<

[Kor37 9]

Dude, the Cops Will Never Smell It

AP

Posted: 2008-01-07 17:14:40

LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) - Lakehurst police didn't have to go far to make a marijuana arrest. An officer heading home early Saturday smelled pot burning in the police station parking lot.

 

Authorities said Sergeant Ronald Heinzman asked some other officers to take a whiff. Police said they heard a conversation centered on the irony of smoking pot next to the station from a home separated from the parking lot by a chain-link fence.

 

Police knocked on the door and arrested Benjamin Gordon, 18, of Farmville, Va.

 

 

<_< What a moron!

[Theunicornhunter 2]

Speaking of Morons - you know this gave the cops a laugh

 

Note to Mr. Moron: Don't act like one.

 

Bryan Scott Moron, 20, of Burleson, Texas, was arrested Friday after he lost control of his truck and struck a mailbox, then a house, MyFOXDFW.com reports.

 

Living up to his surname, Moron failed sobriety tests, the station said. The arrest report showed his blood alcohol level to be more than twice the legal limit.

foxnews

[Kor37 9]

2 Bring Corpse to Store to Cash Check

By MARCUS FRANKLIN,AP

Posted: 2008-01-09 09:53:17

NEW YORK (AP) - Two men wheeled a dead man through the streets in an office chair to a check-cashing store and tried to cash his Social Security check before being arrested on fraud charges, police said.

 

David J. Dalaia and James O'Hare pushed Virgilio Cintron's body from the Manhattan apartment that O'Hare and Cintron shared to Pay-O-Matic, about a block away, spokesman Paul Browne said witnesses told police.

 

"The witnesses saw the two pushing the chair with Cintron flopping from side to side and the two individuals propping him up and keeping him from flopping from side to side," Browne said.

 

The men left Cintron's body outside the store, went inside and tried to cash his $355 check, Browne said. The store's clerk, who knew Cintron, asked the men where he was, and O'Hare told the clerk they would go and get him, Browne said.

 

A police detective who was having lunch at a restaurant next to the check-cashing store noticed a crowd forming around Cintron's body, and "it's immediately apparent to him that Cintron is dead," Browne said.

 

The detective called uniformed New York Police Department officers at a nearby precinct. Emergency medical technicians arrived as O'Hare and Dalaia were preparing to wheel Cintron's body into the check-cashing store, Browne said. Police arrested Dalaia and O'Hare there, he said.

 

Cintron's body was taken to a hospital morgue. The medical examiner's office told police it appeared Cintron, 66, had died of natural causes within the previous 24 hours, Browne said.

 

"He was deceased in the apartment when he was removed by these two," Browne said.

 

Dalaia and O'Hare, both 65, were being held by police and faced check fraud charges, Browne said.

 

A call to a telephone number listed for Cintron at the apartment he shared with O'Hare went unanswered Tuesday evening. Police said they didn't have an address for Dalaia or attorney information for him or O'Hare.

 

 

 

<_< You just CAN'T make this stuff up!

[Theunicornhunter 2]

Was his name Bernie?

[Kor37 9]

Never, Never Spit Gasoline While Smoking

AP

Posted: 2008-01-14 16:19:04

BERLIN (AP) - A German man in the northeastern town of Gross Godems was being treated for serious burns Monday after accidentally setting his apartment ablaze when he mixed up a bottle of gasoline with alcohol, police said.

 

The 56-year-old apparently grabbed the wrong bottle and took a swig from the gasoline flask, then spat it out when he realized his mistake.

 

The gas hit a lit cigarette, sparking the fire, police said.

 

The man's name was not released.

 

Why would anyone keep a flask of gasoline in their apartment?....... :)