Darwin candidate
Sunday, August 18th, 2002 • Filed under Uncategorized •
Suspected thief drowns, weighed down by loot. According to this Reuters report, a thief tried swimming away from police carrying over 50 pounds of stolen goods. The thief not only had a duffel bag filled with stolen cameras and CDs, but his pockets were filled with stolen goods as well.
My question for Reuters is that if the perpetrator was found with ‘stolen’ cameras and CDs, why was he only a ‘suspected’ thief?
Man goes ‘postal’ over junk mail
Friday, August 16th, 2002 • Filed under Uncategorized •
Richard Gesell, 49, of Green Castle went just a little bit nutty this week when he got too much junk mail in his mail box. According to Borderland News, Gesell allegedly splashed several gallons of white paint on a reception desk in the lobby of a direct marketing firm, after his requests to halt the mailings went unanswered. After splashing the desk, a computer, the walls, and an employee, Gesell fled in a white 1991 Ford Ranger. He was pulled over shortly thereafter, and taken into custody.
Also found in Gesell’s truck were a handgun, and a small white dog, who was also taken into custody by animal control officers. Gesell was charged with aggravated assault, felony criminal mischief, and unlawful possession of a handgun. Charges have not yet been filed against the dog.
Video games made him do it!
Wednesday, August 14th, 2002 • Filed under Uncategorized •
A federal appeals court got this one right, and upheld the dismissal of a $33 million lawsuit against a video game company, porn site, and movie studio that claimed they were responsible for a 1997 school shooting involving Michael Carneal. The suit alleged that the companies exposed Carneal to violent and sexual images which sparked his shooting rampage that killed three students, reports the AP. The judge correctly recognized that it was Carneal who exposed himself to those images, and Carneal who pulled the trigger, and that the plaintiffs were simply going after the people with the deepest pockets.
We can only hope that the judge will also stick the plaintiffs with the defendant’s legal bills for bringing forth a frivolous and baseless lawsuit, and then bitch slap them for wasting the courts time, and driving up the cost of goods for consumers.
Darwin Award Candidate
Monday, July 1st, 2002 • Filed under Uncategorized •
Check out this report from the Opinion Journal today:
Dumb Criminal of the Day
A 57-year-old Greenfield, Wis., man who tried to rob a store at knifepoint wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. His target was a gun store! The owner shot and wounded him. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel describes the would-be robber as “the victim.”