Our doofus today is an unknown gentleman guy from Florida. A nude maid cleaned up good at a Florida man’s home. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says the maid stole more than $40,000 from a Cheval home despite not wearing any clothes. The 50-year-old man hired the maid from the Internet on Friday to clean… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #28
Tag: Crime
Wrongful conviction – and a belated pardon for a wrongful execution
Two stories of wrongful conviction hit the news today. In Chicago, a man convicted of rape fourteen years ago has been cleared by DNA evidence. DNA tests have exonerated a South Side man who has served nearly 14 years in prison in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl who was attacked in the fall… Continue reading Wrongful conviction – and a belated pardon for a wrongful execution
Victim Selection Process Redux
Readers may remember my February post about a sudden and acute failure of the victim selection process. That was when two dorks decided to rob an Australian entertainment facility . . . while fifty members of a biker club (think Hell’s Angels in the Southern Hemisphere) were using it. This is what’s known in the… Continue reading Victim Selection Process Redux
They call cops ‘pigs’ – but what happens when pigs become cops?
I had to laugh at this. Police in Schwerin, Germany, were chasing a couple of car thieves. The bad guys made it easier for the cops when they drove smack into a police cruiser. Not a career-enhancing move for thieves, that. The police nabbed the passenger, but the 18-year-old driver fled into the woods. A… Continue reading They call cops ‘pigs’ – but what happens when pigs become cops?
Doofus Of The Day #25, #26 and #27
We have a rich crop of Doofi to close out the week. First, there’s Doofus #25: Andrew Kellett, described as ‘Britain’s dumbest criminal‘. Andrew Kellett, 23, was branded the city’s “dumbest criminal” by Leeds City Council after posting more than 80 videos showing himself and others committing a range of offences. The videos included leaving… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #25, #26 and #27
Walter Williams hits another home run
Readers may be familiar with Walter Williams, a Professor of Economics at George Mason University, VA, and a regular columnist. His latest column, Control Criminals Not Guns, is a winner. Every time there’s a highly publicized shooting, out go the cries for stricter gun control laws, and it was no different with the recent murder… Continue reading Walter Williams hits another home run
How do you punish these boys?
I don’t know whether readers have picked up the tragic story of two-year-old Milagros Belizan. Milagros was a two-year-old child, living in the shanty-town Almirante Brown neighborhood of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Two brothers, age 7 and 9, told psychiatrists they slowly, coldly tortured a 2-year-old girl to death, a revelation that has reopened a… Continue reading How do you punish these boys?
Is Mexico spinning out of control?
I don’t know how many readers keep an eye on what’s happening South of the Border, but you might want to start paying close attention to developments there. It looks like the ‘drug wars’ between the Mexican government and security services on the one hand, and the drug cartels on the other, are spinning out… Continue reading Is Mexico spinning out of control?
Paper Armor
My buddy Lawdog has hit another home run with the bases loaded. Check out his post on Paper Armor. If you’ve ever had to defend yourself, or if you think you may ever have to (the odds are pretty good that you will), you need to read this. Highly recommended. Peter
Crooks steal hi-tech, hi-tech catches crooks!
I was delighted to read about two thieves whose crime backfired on them. Remote access and a Webcam helped police catch two people suspected of stealing a laptop. Thieves stole a Westchester, N.Y., woman’s laptop and then accessed the Internet with the stolen computer, according to a report in The Journal News. A friend of… Continue reading Crooks steal hi-tech, hi-tech catches crooks!