Yup, there was definitely a full moon this week. For those of you wanting some fodder for a humorous mystery so you can perhaps become the next Carl Hiaasen, or Lawrence Block with his Bernie the Burglar series, or Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, just take a few tips from these guys:
Alleged Safe Thief Asks for Phone Call: A masked man entered a muffler shop and demanded money. Employees told him they carried little cash and couldn't open the safe,
so the man left two numbers to call when the owner came in. When the thief returned, in the same outfit, the police were waiting for him.
Just released from lockup, man tries carjacking: A 21-year-old man arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge was released from the Palm Beach County lockup and immediately went to the parking lot, accosted a woman in her car and attempted to carjack it. Unfortunately for him, it was a Nissan 350Z with manual transmission which he couldn't operate. Also unfortunately for him, unlike his original trespassing charge, carjacking isn't a misdemeanor — it's a felony. Asked why he did it, the man responded, "I didn't feel like walking."
Man nabbed for pot-smelling cash deposit: A man desposited $4,000 in bundled bills that had such a strong and distinctive marijuana odor, the teller put the bills in a plastic bag and called police. The man was arrested when he returned to the bank to make a withdrawal. Police later found bagged marijuana at the man's home.
Alleged robber called ahead to make sure store had cash: Just so you know loonies aren't relegated exclusively to the U.S., Windsor, Ontario police charged a man after several convenience store robberies in which the thief called ahead to make sure the clerk had the money bagged and ready.
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