Quote from: associated pressWaitress Gets Own ID When Carding PatronTue Aug 1, 7:35 AMWESTLAKE, Ohio - A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver\'s license, which was reported missing weeks earlier, police said."The odds of this waitress recovering her own license defy calculation," police Capt. Guy Turner said Monday.Maria Bergan, 23, of Lakewood, was charged Sunday night with identity theft and receiving stolen property. She was arrested at her home in suburban Cleveland and was jailed in Westlake to await a court appearance.The 22-year-old waitress, whose name was not released, called police last week and said she had been handed her own stolen driver\'s license by a woman trying to prove she was 21. The woman, who became suspicious of the delay as the waitress went to call police, fled the Moosehead Saloon, but her companion provided her name.The waitress said she had lost her wallet July 9 at a bar in Lakewood.The victim also had a credit card stolen. The stolen card has been used to make $1,000 in purchases, Turner said.
Waitress Gets Own ID When Carding PatronTue Aug 1, 7:35 AMWESTLAKE, Ohio - A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver\'s license, which was reported missing weeks earlier, police said."The odds of this waitress recovering her own license defy calculation," police Capt. Guy Turner said Monday.Maria Bergan, 23, of Lakewood, was charged Sunday night with identity theft and receiving stolen property. She was arrested at her home in suburban Cleveland and was jailed in Westlake to await a court appearance.The 22-year-old waitress, whose name was not released, called police last week and said she had been handed her own stolen driver\'s license by a woman trying to prove she was 21. The woman, who became suspicious of the delay as the waitress went to call police, fled the Moosehead Saloon, but her companion provided her name.The waitress said she had lost her wallet July 9 at a bar in Lakewood.The victim also had a credit card stolen. The stolen card has been used to make $1,000 in purchases, Turner said.
my guess is, when you get into identity theft, you essentially have to \'become\' the person who\'s ID you stole.. so you wouldn\'t be carrying your \'real\' credentials on you anymore..
stupid people deserve to get caught
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Quote from: ToddQuote from: derickwstupid people deserve to get caughtis that a .confirmedis it with in the confirming rules and guidelines to be able to confirm someone\'s confirmation of your own statement
People With Issues In July, Cory Neddermeyer, 42, was turned down for unemployment benefits in Iowa, after a judge ruled that he was fired for cause. His employer, the Amaizing Energy ethanol plant, suffered a massive spill that created a pond of fuel alcohol, and Neddermeyer (a recovering alcoholic), after resisting as long as he could, gave in and started drinking from the pool (causing him to pass out and later register an 0.72 blood-alcohol reading). [Des Moines Register, 7-9-06]
Least Competent Criminals Not Cut Out for a Life of Crime: (1) Lawrence C. Lawson, 60, was charged with robbing the Lasalle Bank in Troy, Mich., in July, which was an easy collar because, as he emerged from the bank with his loot, he spotted a passing police car and promptly fainted. (2) Pierre Barton, 20, was arrested in Cleveland following the robbery of Georgio\'s Pizza, shortly after he had accidentally dropped his two "cheat sheet" cards containing his robbery speech (reading "Give me the money" and "Tell I\'ll kill your family (sic)"). (In fact, Barton apparently was a poor ad-libber: Although his makeshift "gun" had come apart and was lying on the floor, he still threatened to shoot the manager as he was fleeing.) [Oakland (Mich.) Press, 7-15-06] [Plain Dealer, 7-11-06]
Woman Wakes Up, Finds Tattoo on Ankle4 hours agoDES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Snyder said she isn\'t going to let her boyfriend\'s antics get under her skin. Snyder, 20, awoke recently to find she had been tattooed by her boyfriend while she slept.She said she took a painkiller with a sleeping pill before she went to bed Saturday night. When she awoke, she discovered a tattoo of a five-pointed star on her right ankle.Snyder said she had previously told her boyfriend she didn\'t want a tattoo. He wanted her to get a tattoo of a five-pointed start to match one of his own, she said."At least he didn\'t flub it up," she saidThe boyfriend wasn\'t identified. No arrests had been made. The investigation was continuing.A police report accuses the now-former boyfriend of domestic assault. But Snyder isn\'t so sure."I mean it\'s not like he beat me up. There were no bruises or blood or anything. I\'m just not going to see him again."
Despite education campaigns by women\'s groups, about one-fourth of girls in Cameroon still undergo ritual "breast-ironing" at puberty as their families attempt to squash their developing bosoms to make them sexually unattractive to boys and reduce their temptation to marry. The most popular "ironing" instrument is a heated wooden pestle, mashed painfully against the chest. Some girls are supportive, however, like the one who told BBC News in June that she just "wanted to (stay in) school like other girls who had no breasts." [BBC News, 6-23-06]
Least Competent Criminals People Who Believe Marijuana Is Odorless: Two men were arrested at the drive-thru window at a KFC restaurant in Buffalo, N.Y., in June by narcotics officers who were eating inside; one of the men had what an officer said was "the biggest marijuana cigar you ever saw," which was making so much smoke that it was wafting into the restaurant. And in Tucson, Ariz., in June, after police were called to one home, they noticed an overpowering marijuana smell coming from a neighbor\'s house; Jose Ortega Mendez, 35, was arrested when 220 bails of marijuana, totaling two tons, were found inside. [Washington Post-AP, 7-3-06] [KVOA-TV (Tucson), 6-19-06]
Sebastian the Cat Gets \'Grilled\'By Associated PressWed Aug 16, 11:58 PMALEXANDRIA, Ind. - This cool cat has traded in his catnip for some bling. Sebastian, a one-year-old Persian with long black hair, sports gold crowns on his two bottom canines, which grew sticking out from his lips in an underbite similar to a bulldog\'s.His owner, dentist David Steele, said he gave Sebastian gold crowns to help strengthen the fanged feline\'s teeth. Steele said he was worried the unique canines would break off or become a problem."It\'s possible to work on animals the same way we do humans," he said. "I did it to strengthen (Sebastian\'s) teeth, but it had an excellent cosmetic result. The cat gets a lot of attention now. Everyone is tickled to death when they see him."Sebastian\'s two gold teeth protruding from his furry face make him seem a little menacing, like a hip-hop star\'s guard-cat or a movie villain\'s pet. The feline didn\'t seem too happy with his new look at first."He\'s normally around me all the time," Steele said. "After I put the crowns on, he didn\'t \'speak\' to me for two days."When Sebastian was tranquilized about a month ago to get his coat trimmed, Steele used the occasion to take impressions of his teeth. He then sent those impressions to a company that prepares crowns for his human patients."They called back and asked me what I was up to," Steele said.Two weeks ago, veterinarian Larry Owen tranquilized the cat at the Alexandria Animal Hospital about 30 miles northeast of Indianapolis so Steele could do the dentistry work, which took about 15 minutes to complete.Owen said putting gold crowns on teeth can be done for any pet with a dental problem."Mostly, though, it was a fun thing to do," Owen said. "(Steele is) always up to something or trying something new."Steele said he has put a crown on a cat once before, after the animal was hit by a car. He also put a gold crown on his Boston terrier.Steele said the cost for each gold tooth is about the same as for humans _ about $900 each.
only in america....
