A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned
that there was a car phone in it.
The policeman taking
the report called the phone and told the guy that answered
that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted
to buy the car.
They arranged to meet, and the thief
was arrested.
45 year-old Amy Brasher was arrested in San Antonio,
Texas, after a mechanic reported to police that 18 packages
of marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of
the car which she had brought to the mechanic for an
oil change.
According to police, Brasher later said
that she didn't realize that the mechanic would have
to raise the hood to change the oil.
David Posman, 33, was arrested recently in Providence,
R.I, after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver
and stealing the closest four bags of money.
It turned
out they contained $800 in PENNIES, weighed 30 pounds
each, and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway
so that police officers easily jumped him from behind.
The Belgium news agency Belga reported in November that
a man suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Liege
said he couldn't have done it because he was busy breaking
into a school at the same time.
Police then arrested
him for breaking into the school.
Drug-possession defendant Christopher Johns, on trial
in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched
without a warrant.
The prosecutor said the officer didn't
need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's jacket
could have been a gun.
"Nonsense", said Christopher,
who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day
in court.
He handed it over so the judge could see it.
The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket
and laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess
to compose himself.