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Showing posts with label People Idiot(s). Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Westminster Police Department BB&T Robbery Arrest Media Release

Westminster Police Department BB&T Robbery Arrest Media Release

WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
36 Locust Street, P.O. Box 300
Westminster, Maryland 21158
Phone (410) 848-4646
Fax (410) 848-4230

Contact: Captain Gerry Frischkorn Administrative Bureau Commander
Date: April 14, 2009

(410) 848-1638

The following individual has been arrested for the BB&T Bank Robbery at 193 E. Main Street on March 23, 2009:

Samuel Leroy Graffious, W/M, DOB 4/13/1977.

Search Warrants were executed on 4/13/ 2009 at the suspect’s residence in Glen Burnie, MD with the assistance of detectives from Anne Arundel County PD and MSP Westminster.

Mr. Graffious was transported to Central Booking and charged with the following;

Armed Robbery
Robbery
Theft > $500
Assault Second Degree
Conspiracy to Commit all of the above
Accessory After the Fact to Armed Robbery and Robbery.

Mr. Graffiuos remains incarcerated in lieu of $250,000 bond.

Detectives continue to follow leads concerning other potential suspects involved in the robbery with Mr. Graffiuos.


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20090414 SDOSM WPD BBT Robbery Arrest Media Release

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Friday, January 09, 2009

2008 Idiots of the Year

Idiots of the Year

January 9, 2009

Hat Tip: Grammy

I received this in an e-mail. I did not verify any of them. Sadly, I laughed at each of the stories…

I certainly hope that all the following are not true. However, after working with the public for four decades, I can easily believe each and every one of the following accounts:

Number One Idiot of 2008

I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter in to the emergency room right away.

Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.



Number Two Idiot of 2008

Early this year, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locater beacon that activated when the raft was inflated.

They are no longer employed at Boeing.

Here's your sign guys. Don't get it wet; the paint might run.



Number Three Idiot of 2008

A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the Branch and wrote this, "Put all your money in this bag." 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's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to the Wells Fargo Bank. 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 wasn't 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. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America.

Don't bother with this guy's sign. He probably couldn't read it anyway.


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Number Four Idiot of 2008

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, this time of handcuffs.. He immediately mailed in his $40.

Wise guy........

But you still get a sign



Number Five Idiot of 2008

A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of 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 the cashier 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 she didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's 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 she 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.

This guy definitely needs a sign.


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Idiot Number Six of 2008

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.

This guy doesn't even deserve a sign.


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Idiot Number Seven of 2008

Arkansas : Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back knocking him unconscious. It seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass.

The whole event was caught on videotape.

Yep, here's your sign.


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Idiot Number Eight of 2008

We live in a semi-rural area, ( Weyauwega , Wisconsin ), and we recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! - I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore."

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STAY ALERT! They walk among us, and they REPRODUCE!

20080000 Idiots of the Year

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Carroll County Sheriff’s Department: “Hampstead burglar confronted by resident; arrested”



Carroll County Sheriff’s Department: “Hampstead burglar confronted by resident; arrested”


Hampstead, Carroll County, Maryland, August 4, 2008 ---- Anthony Scott Busick aged 19 of Hampstead was arrested this afternoon by Sheriff’s Deputies for burglarizing a home on Upper Becklysville Road just outside the Town of Hampstead. At approximately 11:00 am, Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report from a resident at the home, who was awakened by loud “banging”. As the resident left his room to investigate, he encountered Busick, who apparently became frightened and fled the residence on foot.

During their investigation, sheriff’s deputies discovered that Busick had disabled the telephone line on the exterior of the home, before “kick[ing] open” the rear door. A witness identified Busick, who was located and arrested without incident at his home in Hampstead. Consequently, Busick was charged with several Criminal Law violations, including:

· First Degree Burglary
· Third Degree Burglary
· Fourth Degree Burglary
· Malicious Destruction of Property

Busick is currently being held at the Carroll County Detention Center while awaiting a bail review hearing before the District Court Commissioner.


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20081004 Hampstead burglar confronted by resident arrested

Thursday, June 28, 2007

20070627 Alabama Mayor Caught Driving Stolen Vehicle


Alabama Mayor Caught Driving Stolen Vehicle

June 27th, 2007 – Posted June 28th, 2007

Hmmm, seems to me that this sort of activity is not on the mayoral behavior recommended list. Where are Andy Taylor and Barney when we need them?

Andy Griffith Show promo

Alabama Mayor Caught Driving Stolen Vehicle

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

By Audrey Bright

Fox News

Lipscomb, Ala., Mayor Simon Speights Sr. was found driving a stolen vehicle last Friday Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Spokesman Sgt. Randy Christian told FOXNews.com.

When confronted, Speights reportedly told investigators he had indeed driven the vehicle. The car was originally from Virginia and had been reported stolen in Walker County, Ala., in September 2005.

Click here to read the report by MyFOX Birmingham

Read the rest of the Fox News item here: Alabama Mayor Caught Driving Stolen Vehicle

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20070627 What is wrong with this picture?

June 27th, 2007

Unbelievable…

Rosie O'Donnell is at the center of a controversy yet again – this time over a photo on her Web site of her 4-year-old daughter Vivi wearing a toy bullet belt.

More

Hat Tip

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20070622 Man reports burglary, gets arrested

Man reports burglary, gets arrested

June 27th, 2007

I had noticed this news story in passing several days ago and it stuck in mind as a great example of what illegal substances must do to a person’s mind.

I had to create a new “Label” for this one: “Idiot(s).”

According to Ryan Marshall, writing for the Carroll County Times, on June 22, 2007:

Justin Orenge called the Westminster police to report a burglary and ended up getting busted himself.

Police responding to his call on Saturday turned their attention to Orenge after he showed them his Web site where sells pipes, scales…, among other things.

Orenge, 25, who lives on the 700 block of Mulligan Lane in Westminster, was arrested Monday and faces multiple … charges.

More…

For other lunacy such as this go to: Baggy Pants and Crime Prevention, Off-beat news,

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Sunday, September 10, 2006

20060909 KDDC Dallas official wants city ban on baggy pants


“Mel-Chun Jau, Dallas Morning News, Associated Press: Kevin Deamus, 26, and his brother, Markus Deamus, 19, of Dallas, check on the radiator of their car in the parking lot of a grocery store near Fair Park in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006.

A Dallas man has had it with baggy pants that overexpose, so he wants the city council to look into a ban on wearing the oversized trousers that often slip so low as to show underwear. Ron Price, a Dallas school board member, has asked the city council to look at strengthening the law to give citations to those who expose their underwear.”

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Dallas official wants city ban on baggy pants

September 9th, 2006

I went out to a nice restaurant in Westminster Saturday evening with Miss Caroline, Grammy and Aunty Betty, C.E. (Chaperon Emeritus). While waiting for our dinner we could not help but notice that most of the patrons looked like they were students from McDaniel College.

To our left was a large table full of young men. They seemed well-dressed, with the exception of a few baseball caps on backwards… To our left there was a table of four young co-eds. The guys were awfully absorbed with themselves. But at one moment I noticed that the table of co-eds had spotted the table full of guys.

Then, almost as if on cue, one of the young men got up and he had on these baggy pants that were positioned in such a manner as half his behind was hanging out. Sooooouie! See my previous post on the wisdom of baggy pants… here: “20060706 Baggy pants and crime prevention.”

I noticed that the young ladies were amusedly not impressed.

Oh well.

So what’s-up with slovenly dress? It obviously did not impress the ladies.

I remembered seeing on one of the cable news programs, a piece that said a gentleman in Dallas Texas wants to ban baggy pants.

Well, lots of luck on that paradoxical pilgrimage chasing that windmill. You can’t outlaw bad taste and besides, criminalizing boneheaded attire is not quite what I would want a municipal police force spending time and limited resources.

But there you have it. The young man at the restaurant needed to get a “fashion ticket” for looking like a jerk, but I’m not sure it is a good idea for taxpayer money to go into calling to the young man’s attention that he looked stupid and that folks were making fun of how poorly he was dressed.

I can see it now. Prisoner number 1: “Whatcha in for dude? I’m doing 5 to 10 for murdering a convenience store clerk. But, like, I didn’t do it. I didn’t do it”

Prisoner number 2: “I’m doing life with no parole for having my behind hang out in public.”

Prisoner number 1: “Wow man, bad break.”

The Dallas Texas story begins:

Dallas official wants city ban on baggy pants

By JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press

DALLAS — A Dallas man has had it with baggy pants that overexpose, so he wants the City Council to look into a ban on wearing the oversized trousers that often slip so low as to show underwear.


Ron Price, a Dallas school board member, has asked the City Council to look at strengthening the law to give citations to those who expose their underwear.


“I think it’s disrespectful, it’s dishonorable and it’s disgusting,” said Price, who made the recommendation last week to the City Council. “I have no problem with the top of your Hanes label being shown. My problem is when grown men walk about the city with pants below their buttocks.”


Council members have asked the city attorney to look into the issue. City Attorney Tom Perkins said this week he’s investigating the legalities and will report back to the council.


But experts say that such a law might not hold up, so to speak.

Read the rest of the article here.

Government shouldn't act as parents for their citizens.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.E-mail him at: kdayhoff AT carr.org

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Friday, July 07, 2006

20060706 KDDC Baggy Pants and Crime Prevention


Baggy Pants and Crime Prevention

The July 6th, 2006 Carroll County Times has a story by Ari Natter, entitled, “Carroll rated Md.'s second-safest county.” This is good news for Carroll countians and it affirms one of the main reasons we like living in Carroll County – overall quality of life.

A big hats off goes to all the various law enforcement agencies in Carroll County that work tirelessly for our safety.

The beginning of the story reads: “Despite a 7.7 percent increase in the county's crime rate last year, Carroll County remains the second-safest county in the state, according to an annual statewide crime report released last month by the FBI. Only Garrett County, with a rate of 1,742.8 victims of crime for every 100,000 people, had a lower crime rate than Carroll, which totaled 1,897.6 victims of crime per 100,000 people.”

For the rest of the story, click here.

But perhaps one thing missing in the story is the untold story - and that is; one thing that continues to work to our advantage is the dynamic that most criminals aren’t very bright.

ABC carried a story on June 20th, 2006 that helps shed some additional light on crime prevention: “Baggy Pants Can Trip Up Criminals, Say Police.”



I kid you not, next time you see some young men attempting to walk in the fashion craze that requires them to wear their pants around their knees – looking, like, totally ridiculous, smile, knowing that the stupid fashion is a great crime-fighting tool.



No word as to whether or not this has contributed to a lower crime rate in Carroll County. But we’re on the trail of this breaking story…

Meanwhile, the ABC story leads-off to say: “Any plumber could tell you droopy drawers tend to trip you up, but apparently a lot of crooks fail to listen. Loose-fitting, baggy jeans have been in fashion for years, but police officers say they can also help fight crime.


"When they run, it makes our job easier," said Jim Matheny, a lieutenant with the Stamford, Conn., police department. The 41-year-old told ABC News he has no trouble chasing down suspects who wear low-hanging pants.


"They go to take off and either they have to use their hands to hold their pants up or several times the pants just fell down around their knees and they had to stop running," Matheny said. "They spend all day thinking of ways to beat the police and then they go and put these pants on. It really handicaps them."

Matheny said that those considering a life of crime might want to take a look at their wardrobes first.


"It's hilarious to me if you think about it," he said. "This is what they do for a living. It's like when the big thing was not tying your shoes and we had kids running out of their shoes."Read the rest of the story here.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

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