Tag: burglary

Commitment means following through on your promise

We’ve all been in the situation before: you’re on the job and time is just running out. But you’re SO hungry! Oh sure, you could always just keep following through with work and pick up something to eat after the job, but that stomach of yours keeps making itself known to the world. Wait a minute, there’s some food riiiiiight over there. What if you combined the two, just grabbing something to nibble on and still doing the job?

That sounds like an admirable plan.

Except when you’ve broken into someone’s house and have decided to eat their frozen, raw chicken that’s been set out to thaw. That might be a poor decision. Oh, another poor decision?

Doing the above sans clothing.

Shroud of trailin’ sold separately

Jesus comes in many forms and flavors: buddy, raptor, animated, internet and historically accurate (aka, black, aka, real) are just some of the ways he appears. However, there might be a new one arising (in three days, of course)-trailer park.

A valuable relic, a small piece of wood said to be a part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, was stolen from a Boston church. Investigators looked high, and investigators looked low, but nary a splinter could be found. Until a tip was given. Police then went to Vermont to find the relic. Where did they find it?

In a trailer park. Possibly right beside a bottle as well. And a rusting air conditioner window unit.

Richard Duncan, a partner in the burglary, called Vermont state police from a trailer park about the item as he was arguing with an accomplice about it. Said partner, Earl Frost, returned the piece of wood to the barracks, but has now, for all intents and purposes, disappeared, contrary to the desires of the police.

Just how valuable was this object?

Church officials estimated the relic’s street value at between $2,300 and $3,800, but said the item is “priceless” to the church.

Of course it was.

And it was even autographed

Prison photos may not be the most flattering spreads you’ve ever had, just ask funnyman/pimp Katt Williams. American problems are not unique, in fact they have the same problem in England.

A man police say was wanted for burglary did not like the picture authorities provided of him to the media. So he decided to do something about it. He sent in his own headshot.

While this is incredibly stupid, at least he sent in a picture of himself in front of a police vehicle, that’s slightly badass.

Then again, there is the cost of gas to think about

Obviously a recession means people have less money and a rise in crime will occur. To help keep you safe this recession season, here’s a safety tip: if someone is stealing things inside your house, take their getaway vehicle.

That’s exactly what one man in Washington state did when two people broke into his house and tried stealing his electronics. The man was home when he heard burglars upstairs and called 911. He then noticed a van in his driveway with the engine running, so he took the van and drove off.

The burglars fled the house, most likely on foot, and were empty handed, since it’s hard to run from the scene of a crime carrying a flat panel television.