Alex Johnson – Journalist at Large

An analog journalist in a digital world

Posts Tagged ‘dumb-crooks

Dumb Crook News: Sleepy 18-year-old charged with Alabama burglary

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“Veterinary assistant Leigh Anne Moody, who reported the break-in Tuesday morning, said the man, identified as Roman Angel Salinas of Haneyville, apparently had injected himself with Xylazine. The drug is used as a sedative for large animals. She said he’d also taken food from the refrigerator and watched TV.”

Full story (WVTM-TV of Birmingham, Ala.)

Written by Alex

May 4, 2010 at 11:45 am

Police Blotter of the Day (Ewwwwww Division): Deputies arrest man hiding in portable toilet tank

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“Firefighters were called to help wash him off before he was taken to jail.”

Full story (KING-TV of Seattle)

Written by Alex

May 4, 2010 at 9:35 am

Dumb Crook News (NFL Division)

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You’d think he’d know better.

Bengals WR Arrested At Newport Bar

“While at Nebraska, Purify majored in criminal justice.”

Written by Alex

May 4, 2010 at 9:18 am

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Why I Love Local News: Teen charged with breaking *into* church to view porn

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Police said they believed Pruitt may have entered the church three times to use the computers and telephone to access pornographic websites and toll 900 numbers.

Full story (WDAM-TV of Hattiesburg, Miss.)

Written by Alex

April 20, 2010 at 11:47 am

Why I Love Local News: Dog Poo Leads Cops to Suspect

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“Thank God, criminality does not involve rocket science. He got caught because of dog-doo,” Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood told the paper.

Full story (WCAU of Philadelphia)

Written by Alex

March 29, 2010 at 10:43 am

Why I Love Local News: Help, I’m Trapped in Jail, Woman Tells 911

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At the police station, an officer handed Houston a phone, offering her the obligatory one phone call. She called 911 and told the operator that she was “trapped inside the Naperville police detention facility.”

Full story (WMAQ-TV of Chicago)

Written by Alex

March 24, 2010 at 11:46 am

Police Blotter of the Day: Man Allegedly Breaks Into Church to View Porn

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Holy Spirit, Batman!

Full story (AP via Des Moines Register)

Written by Alex

March 10, 2010 at 1:35 pm

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Why I Love Local News: Background Check? Remember Your Reefer!

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“Lawson was going into the jail to pick up her criminal background check for a new job, and deputies found the dope when her purse was searched.”

Full story (WALB-TV of Albany, Ga.)

Written by Alex

March 2, 2010 at 1:12 pm

Why I Love Local News: Man’s Dog Turns Him In to Police

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A German man on the run from police was given away by his own dog, which revealed its master’s hiding place by wagging its tail while standing next to the small cupboard he was cowering in, authorities said on Monday.

Full story (The Telegraph)

Written by Alex

February 22, 2010 at 11:31 am