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- A true story out of San Francisco:
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- A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked
into the branch and wrote "this iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in
this bag." on the back of a deposit slip.While standing in line,
waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone
had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached
the teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street
to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note
to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling
errors that he was not the brightest light in the harbor, told him that
she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank
of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells
Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated,
the man said "OK" and left. The Wells Fargo teller then called
the police who arrested the man a few minutes later, as he was waiting
in line back at Bank of America. _____
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- Two more from San Francisco:
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- A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed
trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He
later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car.
Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40.
Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained
another picture ... of handcuffs. The motorist promptly sent the money
for the fine.
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- A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned
that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking the report called
the phone and told the guy that answered that he had read the ad in the
newspaper and wanted to buy the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief
was arrested. _____
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- Oklahoma City:
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- Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a
convenience store in a district court 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 recommended a 30 year sentence
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- Two From Detroit:
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- R.C. Gaitlan, 21 walked up to two patrol officers who
were showing their squad car computer equipment to children in a Detroit
neighborhood. When he asked how the system worked, the officer asked him
for identification. Gaitlan gave them his drivers license, they entered
it into the computer, and moments later they arrested Gaitlan because
information on the screen showed Gaitlan was wanted for a two year old
armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri.
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- A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously
waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When
his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. _____
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- Colorado Springs:
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- Guy walked into a little corner store with a shot gun
and demanded all the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put
the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he wanted behind
the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as
well, but he refused and said "Because I don't believe you are over
21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it
to him because he didn't t believe him. At this point the robber took
his drivers license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk
looked it over, and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and he put
the scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot.
The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of
the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours
later. _____
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