Arkán’s Wacky Crime of the Day

[Samantha14]

That is fantastic... Goodness, what a creep.

[Connie_Kendall]

Geez, there are some really weird people in the world....

[Doll]

Hey Arkán, I was wondering if you got some of these from an Encyclopedia Brown book about true crimes? Some of them sound familiar.

[Arkán Dreamwalker]

#XXX He wasn’t trying to stiff them. Dr. Daniel Hunter was instructing a class of arthritis patients in Norfolk, Virginia.
One exercise called for the oldsters to raise their hands in the air.
“Stick ‘em up!” Hunter hollered.
At that moment a passerby chanced to look through the window. Horrified, he telephoned the cops.
Police cars, sirens wailing, closed in on the building.
Hunter explained that the “stickup” was for the victim’s health, not their money.

[Connie_Kendall]

Wow. That is amazing. I feel bad for people who have to deal with that.

[Arkán Dreamwalker]

#XXXI Purse snatching — take two. A pedestrian in Knoxville, Tennessee, saw a hoodlum snatch a woman’s purse. He gave chase, tackled the crook, and held him for the police — who arrived with surprising speed.
The problem was, the crook was a police officer. The purse snatching was being staged for a local television station.
The crimestopper left the scene before anyone learned his name.
“I think he went away mad,” said a police lieutenant. “I’d like to know who he is so we could write a letter praising him. He did exactly what I wish everyone would do.”

[Samantha14]

Wow... That's incredible, poor guy. I could understand, I mean, it had to be humiliating... But, still. Somethings are just... There are no words...

[Arkán Dreamwalker]

#XXXII Hopping mad. Someone got off on the wrong foot by stealing 300 sneakers from a shoe salesman’s station wagon in Columbia, South Carolina.
There wasn’t a matching pair of sneakers in the lot.
Shoe salesmen usually have signs on their cars stating:

THESE SHOES ARE FOR ONE FOOT ONLY
PLEASE DON’T STEAL

The robbed station wagon was signless.

[Connie_Kendall]

Ouch. That poor robber (not ) He works up the nerve to steal, and what happens? He ends up with a bunch a worthless shoes. Ouch.

[Samantha14]

Oh my goodness. You reap what you so, that's all I'm sayin'...

[Metal15]

LOL these are great.

[Arkán Dreamwalker]

#XXXIII Expect to be treated as you treat others. In a double take, Gilberto Mennes of Ponce, Puerto Rico, snatched the wallet of the mugger who had snatched his.
“It was sticking out of his back pocket,” said Mennes. “I didn’t have time to think. I just grabbed it. He never looked back.”
Mennes’s wallet contained only identification papers.
The mugger’s wallet had a driver’s license and $33, which he got back after his arrest.

[Samantha14]

Again, you reap what you sow... Goodness, that's unreal. It's amazing about the odds of somethings...

[Arkán Dreamwalker]

#XXXIV It might have been worse. Three thieves took almost everything valuable from 50 guests at a wedding party in Bergamo, Italy. The softies let the bride keep her wedding ring.

[Samantha14]

Oh my gosh! The horrid, dirty... Oh, my, I had better stop talking now... What kind of person wrecks a wedding?? Ohh, that just burns me up all over! *Breathes* Alright, alright, I'm alright now. Though, it is true, at least they let her keep that...

[Tea Ess]

Well, at least they have a bit of decency.

That's actually a really good time to rob people. And the couple getting married will remember that day even more now!

[Samantha14]

Well, at least they have a bit of decency.

That's actually a really good time to rob people. And the couple getting married will remember that day even more now!

That was your first thought?

[Arkán Dreamwalker]

#XXXV He struck oil. After two flags were stolen from the post office in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the postmaster had the 20-foot pole greased. The Stars and Stripes went up and down, but not the thief.

-- Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:37 pm --

#XXXVI One for the books. Police searching the home of a Wisconsin man found more than 4,000 public library books “borrowed” over the past 20 years.

-- Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:50 pm --

#XXXVII And the dog’s name is Buck. A visitor to Davenport, Iowa, told police that he had been robbed of $300 by a “big, friendly dog” obviously trained to lift wallets.

[Samantha14]

Aha! That is unreal.. Somethings...

[Tea Ess]

Interesting. Maybe the man is the head of a national network that steals library books. That would explain a few things.