Today’s winner is from Dover in Delaware. Police say [Bruce] Manlove walked into a 7-Eleven around 3:15 a.m. and handed the clerk a note that read, “This is a robbery.” The clerk handed over the cigarettes but refused to give the note back. Police say the note was written on the back of Manlove’s Department… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #469
Tag: Prison
Doofus Of The Day #438
Today’s award goes to a hapless drug smuggler in Colombia. It was the latest ingenious plan conjured up by Colombian drug barons to smuggle marijuana to prison inmates. They strapped a package containing 1.6 ounces of the drug to a pigeon and pointed it in the direction of the jail in Bucaramanga. But the excess… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #438
Oh, the poor dears . . .
I note that the warm-and-fuzzy brigade in the UK are getting their panties in a wad over a manual of “restraint and self-defence techniques for unruly children in secure training centres” issued by that country’s Ministry of Justice. The Daily Mail reports: The document, Physical Control in Care, authorises staff to ‘use an inverted knuckle… Continue reading Oh, the poor dears . . .
Size obviously matters!
I’m amused by a report from Washington state. A full load of contraband came into the Chelan County Regional Justice Center on Wednesday night, leaving law enforcement officers amazed. Coming in rectally — via one person — were a green cigarette lighter, cigarette rolling papers, a golf-ball size baggie of tobacco, a bottle of tattoo… Continue reading Size obviously matters!
Bernie Madoff displays classic criminal attitudes
I was interested to read an in-depth account in New York magazine of swindler Bernie Madoff‘s experiences at the Federal prison in Butner, North Carolina. Here’s a brief excerpt from a very long article. [One] evening an inmate badgered Madoff about the victims of his $65 billion scheme, and kept at it. According to K. C.… Continue reading Bernie Madoff displays classic criminal attitudes
Doofus Of The Day #345
Here’s a hint to would-be blackmailers and extortionists: it pays to check out your target carefully before putting your plans into action. Today’s Doofus, from Wisconsin, found that out the hard way. An Appleton woman’s attempt to extort $500,000 from an upscale Grand Chute restaurant was “crazy and outlandish,” her defense attorney said Friday at… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #345
An interesting alternative to jail time
The authorities in Georgia (the republic on the Black Sea, not the US State) have come up with an interesting alternative to jail time for at least some offenders. The BBC reports: Officials in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia have announced a scheme to let prisoners shorten their jail terms by spending time in a… Continue reading An interesting alternative to jail time
Love finds a way . . . NOT!
Two recent reports illustrate the lengths to which lonely lovers will go to fulfil their desires – although the consequences might not be so desirable. From Germany we hear of a Lothario who loved, not wisely, but too well. Ah, love. It drives us to do the craziest things: climb the highest mountains, run through… Continue reading Love finds a way . . . NOT!
Prison gear
In my time as a prison chaplain I’ve come across many strange, weird and wonderful things made by prison inmates, sometimes to protect themselves, sometimes to make their lives more comfortable, sometimes just to while away the hours. I’m obliged to reader DB for sending me a link to German photographer Marc Steinmetz, who’s collected… Continue reading Prison gear