Oregon: A Forest Service
fire-prevention expert has been convicted of setting nearly three dozen fires
last summer around the Tiller Ranger District in southwest Oregon. In mitigation,
the 36-year-old woman told prosecutors that putting out the fires was the
only way she could earn overtime.
(Source: AAP-Reuters)
Sydney: Life at the edge: a
man allegedly found with a loaded pistol, heroin and stolen leather jackets
in his car drew the attention of police because he was rushing to buy condoms
for his massage parlour-worker passengers. Nai An Li, 30, was charged with
having suspected stolen goods, possessing a prohibited drug and unauthorised
possessoi of a loaded firearm. Prosecutor Sargent Darrly Stuart said Li was
stopped by police early on a Sunday morning.When asked why he was driving
so quickly, the Auburn administration assistant said he was buying condoms
for the "girls in the back". Police then allegedly spotted a gun in the side
door of the car and Li was arrested. Police also found two small foils of
1.1g of heroin in a sunglass case, 13 leather jackets and more than fifteen
hundred dollars, which was suspected of being stolen. Li was charged and
remanded on bail to appear in Burwood Local Court.
(Source: Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Spotter:
Janet)
Ipswich: A man interviewed by
police on another matter left the local police station, discovered that a
car parked around the corner still had the the keys in the ignition and decided
on the spur of the moment to take it for a joy ride. Police apprehended the
man soon afterwards following a wild high speed chase. Stupidly, the man
had stolen a police squad car. He has been remanded in custody.
(Source: Queensland Times, Ipswich)
Ontario: When Gerald Dixon,
26, appeared in Peterborough court his lawyer asked Justice Sam Murphy for
leniency on the grounds of gross stupidity. "My client is not a very bright
man," Dixon's lawyer told the court. "When he decided to rob the Whitby branch
of the Bank of Montreal it didn't occur to him that buying a balaclava in
mid-summer and wearing it as he left the store would seem suspicious. Nor
did it cross his mind that when the store manager heard a few minutes later
that a man in a balaclava had just stolen $2,600 from a nearby bank, he would
call the police, who in turn would identify Dixon from the store's security
cameras. No, sir, the full extent of my client's stupidity wasn't truly revealed
until later that same day when he returned to the same bank and asked to
open an account. When asked how much he'd like to deposit, my client said
"$2600, cash" and was arrested immediately."
(Source: Ontario Herald)
Calgary: A pair of bank robbers
trying to make off with their loot had their escape foiled but scored an
unexpected movie debut this month when they crashed their getaway car on
a residential street that was being used as a set for a Hollywood film.
(Source: Reuters)
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