Police in US are looking for a crook who broke in a houes - just to do his laundry. A woman Witchita, Kansas found her laundry room messy when she got home one day. She then went upstairs to call her husband, and that was when a half-naked man flew by grabbing her handbag in the process. The guy, who was fleeing ony with his boxer-shorts on, was chased by the woman down the street. Eventually, the woman retrieved his handbag, but the crook managed to escape. Source: ananova
A policeman was jailed after he pulled over a female driver - so that he could give her his number. Pennsylvania police officer Steven Klinger was off duty when he switched on the emergency lights on his pick-up, signalling a woman to stop her car in Berwick in eastern Pennsylvania, April 2007. He then started flirting to the woman, asking if she had married or a boyfriend. Consequently, Klinger was sent to jail for 30 days, for misuse of his authority as an officer. Not forgetting that he was sacked too. Source: myway
A self-proclaimed 'porn inspector' has been demanding free porns from an adult novelty shop in Colorado. The guy, claiming to be a police inspector, had showed up in the shore three times in nine days last month. Flashing out a badge and a business card from the Longmont police 'age verification unit' , the crook claimed to be there to make sure the actors in the adult films are not underaged. He failed to convince the store manager as a police report was lodge right after the third try. Source: msnbc
An English man got himself into trouble - after refusing to take part in charity. 68-year old Reg Lofthouse was on a park, watching over his grandsons playing, when he was approached by a charity worker. Mr. Lofthouse was told that there was a famine in Ethopia as he was showed a collection tin right in front of his face. The trigger was pulled as Lofthouse then ignorantly declared: "I don't give a shit. It seems to me that they're always starving in bloody Abyssinia." Without any hesitation, furious charity worker Ms Template rushed to a nearby police station, and not long after that Lofthouse was approached again by other people - only that this time it was the police officers, who arrested Lofhouse and had him taken into custody. Source: thespoof
Several dyeslexics claimed to have been hearing voices of devils upon calling Welsh police emergency service. It was, actually, just a joke for those who face difficulties in reading, as most of them tends to call 666 instead of the actual number 999. Therefore, Superintendent Kevin O'Neill of the South Wales Constabulary, explained: "We realised a growing number of dyslexics were making this error, so we contacted BT, had the 666 number connected as part of our emergency service, and then made a recording of the beast's voice." Furthermmore, they have been recording examples of these prank calls in CDs as Christmas gifts to the jailed inmates. "It brings a smile to the criminals we have locked up during the year," says O'Neill. Source: thespoof
A stupid crook stole a chicken, but abandoned it in the middle of the road. Why? Perhaps it was too heavy... The 5-foot and 400-pounds blue rooster anmed Rudy belongs to 76-year old Jerry Sleater from Eastern Washington. The man went to get his newspaper Thursday morning to find his favourite rooster statue lying beside the road, instead of his homw where it was supposed to be. Apparently, someone tried to take Rudy away, but gave up in the middle of a getaway because the cast metal rooster was too heavy. Sleater claimed that he purchased Rudy from a yard ornament store two years ago and had been taking it as a family member. "Rudy is a family pet. He doesn't go anywhere, but he's part of the family."
Police halted a overloaded lorry in China, and was shocked to find the driver handless. The driver, Zhang was left handicaped when he accidentally blew his on arms away with firecrackers when he was 12. He was rejected by a few driving schools and that was why he did not have license. Nevertheless, Zhang drove pretty well. The police took pity on him, and as a result only flashed him a £15 ticketinstead of sending him to jail. Eventually, the Chinese promised to not drive again. Source: Ananova
A cop from Chicago has been penalized after she deliberately bullied employees of Starbucks by demanding free coffee and baked food. 55-year old Barbara Nevers was reported to have done this in six different Starbucks cafe, where she refused to pay for the food, instead, she flashed her badge and gun while screaming at the employees demanding for free meals. Nevertheless, Nevers claimed that the shops offered her free meals because she was a cop. The shamless woman is now suspended for 15 months, and has also been ordered to undergo counseling. Source: macon
Police were left clueless after a weird technique of theft was ennountered - a woman was splashed with some water and before she knew it her handbag was gone. Reportedly, the woman had just exited a bank when someone poured water at her and another guy who helped to dry her up apparently took her possesion. As a matter of fact, this kind of distraction technique has been used widely by robbers in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex whereby in some other cases they were using paint, peanut butter or animal dropings instead. The only thing the police can do is to warn the citizens to be alert while leaving banks. Source: Ananova
A man from Florida was arrested soon after he dailed 911 to report that his money was stolen - by a slot machine. 47-year-old Carlos Gutierrez called the police at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to issue a report that his money was being 'stolen' by a slot machine. He then dialed 911 again to tell the police officer the same damn thing as he left the casino. Eventually, no crooks were caught, instead, the guy was charged with misuse of emergency numbers. Source: sfgate