Added: April 1, 1997
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.
Added: April 1, 1997
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.
Added: April 1, 1997
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.
Added: April 1, 1997
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!
Added: March 28, 1997
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.
Added: September 20, 1997 Submitted by Jen
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."
Added: September 20, 1997 Submitted by Hassan Raheem
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.
Added: January 21, 1998 Submitted by DeLayne
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.
Added: January 21, 1998 Submitted by Beth
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.
Added: January 21, 1998 Submitted by Timothy
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.
