Brisbane: In what many observers
believe will could be a tearaway entry for the 1998 Mug Lair Copper Of The
Year Awards, police in Brisbane, Australia were embarrassed to admit last
month that a conwoman had broken into their ostentatiously-secure Roma Street
headquarters.... and they still have no idea where she went or what she did
once she breached the multi-million dollar 1200-room building. According
to reports, the 20 year-old tricked the police supply store into giving her
a uniform over several days before hiring a white Commodore resembling a
police car and driving into the underground Roma Street police HQ
carpark. A boom-gate security guard, seeing the car and uniform,
let her through, simply making a routine note of the vehicle's registration
and location. This allowed the woman - who was charged last year over a $50,000
credit card scam and is now in police custody - to avoid the elaborate security
measures in place at the Police HQ's front door. "Well, we have her now,"
a police spokesman said.
(Source: The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Australia)
Brisbane: Police have charged
a couple after a man allegedly used a toy handgun to rob a series of Brisbane
TABs while his girlfriend waited outside in a taxi. Michael Hawkins, 24,
was charged with six counts of armed robbery with violence after allegedly
holding up the Indooroopilly and Loganholme TABs, along with the Holland
Park and Yeronga TABs twice each. His partner Thyrza Sutton was charged
with three counts of armed robbery after admitting going with Hawkins to
both the Holland Park and Yeronga robberies. "Brisbane cabbies aren't all
that fussy about lifts," Hawkins said. "But if you don't have the right change
they can get get a bit cut, you know, a bit nasty like."
(Source: The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Australia)
Mossman: One reason crime is
so low in north Queensland is that it's too hot to be bothered taking it
seriously. When police were called to the scene of Mossman's first armed
robbery in 13 years - a petrol station - they didn't have to go far to find
the suspect. "It's the bloke next door," the attendant said. "He's been coming
in for years. He tried to cover his head with his jacket but I recognised
him straight away." Sure enough, police entered the house next door and caught
the 19-year-old suspect with $1200 he'd taken from the petrol station's till
in the robbery 30 minutes previously.
(Source: The Townsville Bulletin, Townsville, Australia)
Garland: A bizarre Taiwanese
religious sect which has set up base in this sleepy Texas town had a serious
disappointment in March when God failed to appear on every TV channel on
Earth. Richard Liu, a spokesman for the God and Buddha Salvation Foundation,
an Asian UFO cult, had promised that God would be delivering instructions
to everybody on how to get ready for a coming visit on March 31st using the
most pervasive modern media . The white-suited, cowboy and straw-hat wearing
GBSF community of 150 were understandably disappointed at God's delay but
have yet to give up hope. "Watch for further developments and don't call
us liars," Liu said. "Even though the messages from God failed to appear
on the TV screen, I have no reason to doubt the existence of God."
(Source: The Australian, Australia) |
