Stupid Criminals

Three teens suspected of burglarizing vehicles were arrested after they attempted to elude a police car by turning into a police station.
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Bank Robber returns to bank to open account. 11/25/01: A man without principle attracted a lot of interest after he returned to a Queens bank he had robbed to open up a savings account there, police said. "What a dope!" said one amazed police official, who could barely contain his laughter. "This guy has to get the jackass of the year award. I guess that's why they call them 'criminals' - they're just sometimes really stupid."
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - A man robbing a bank demanded the money by writing a note on one of his own checks, authorities say. Not surprisingly, he was caught soon afterward.
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MANNING, S.C. - Amber Renee Helton was trying to avoid legal problems by paying a traffic ticket. She ended up behind bars when authorities found out she drove a stolen car to the courthouse to pay it, police said.
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MONROE -- A man and woman robbed a busy Starbucks early yesterday morning and wound up serving coffee through the drive-up window for at least 30 minutes to make additional cash. They then waited until business slowed enough to make a getaway.
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ELKO, Nev. An off-duty sheriff's deputy was pulled over and charged with driving under the influence — by her husband, a fellow deputy.
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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.
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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. "That was no gun", said Christopher, who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. He handed the jacket 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.
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Oklahoma City -Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store in a district court this week when he fired his lawyer. Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and then said, "I should of blown your [expletive] head off." The defendant paused, then quickly added, "-if I'd been the one that was there." The jury took 20 minutes to convict Newton and recommend a 30-year sentence.
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STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- A woman didn't have to look far to figure out who likely broke into her home and took a camera from her purse. Police said the burglar left behind his probation and parole card.
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Were the Good-ol-Days All that Good?

Well this week my husband will be bringing home another computer. That will make 4 that are in use in the house and at least 2 that are in storage. My husband and my son love to put together their "dream" computer about once a year. They do it that often because after a year the current computer is no longer their "dream" computer.

That is just fine however, because it seems to me that after about a year something is bound to go wrong with the home-built dream. My husband blames me for going to sites with bugs and I protest that our bug detector should protect us from all pests. I believe they do. I also believe that these crazy overly-powered home built computers are also overly-sensitive resulting in their short lives.

This time I begged my husband to just buy a computer that was already put together the way he wanted. Of course the Del commercials had me believing that anything they wanted could be built into a computer and shipped out. But that just isn't the way my husband does things. No, he did do as I asked, he bought a new computer. But after he and my son got hold of it they decided that it needed much more than it came with after all.

"I have 8 more gigs that I can add to it," my husband said with that "Tim Taylor" look in his eye.

"And I think I have a better sound card," added my son. So they went to work. That was 2 weeks ago and I still don't have my new computer. Consequently I'm still using this old computer with Linux and Ubuntu that doesn't support flash. It can be maddening.

My web site is all but down and I can't get to it because Dreamweaver is on the other system. I can't add pictures to my blogs because this computer doesn't have my photos on it. I have my flash drive, but this computer has no way to read it. I suppose I could read a book - I'd rather read one on my PDA but my granddaughter wiped my hard drive and I can't back it up with the Ubuntu system.

So here I sit, waiting for my life to get back to normal. Sometimes I wonder how I ever existed without a computer - and yes, I'm old enough to remember those simpler times.