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Strange Crimes

ramonmercado said:
Lock up your chickens!

Outrage as French authorities warn of Jewish 'chicken thieves'
Implication in authorities' letter described as 'outrageous, insulting and slanderous'


  • French Jews have responded angrily after a local district warned farmers to be wary of chickens being stolen in the run up to Yom Kippur for use in an atonement ceremony.

    The French department of Hauts-de-Seine, a western district of Paris, sent an e-mail to all owners of cattle and poultry earlier this month warning them to exercise “the utmost vigilance” in the run up to the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha and the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

    Prior to Yom Kippur, orthodox Jews perform a ceremony known as kapparot – atonement. While the ceremony can be performed while waving money around ones head, the traditional form of the ceremony involves waving a chicken instead. After they are waved, the chickens are slaughtered. The Muslim ceremony of Eid-al-Adha involves the slaughter of a “beast of the herd”, usually a sheep.

    As reported by Le Parisien, the letter, from the Hauts-de-seine Department of Population Protection (DDPP), told owners about the two festivals and urged them “not to let the animals wander, as malicious people may try to capture them for clandestine slaughter”. Late last week, Francis Kalifat, the President of the Council of Jewish Institutions in France (Crif), described the department’s letter as “outrageous, insulting and slanderous”.
    https://www.thejc.com/news/world/kapparot-chickens-1.443501
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A modern version of the blood libel.
 
I don't believe a word of it - everybody knows they eat smoked kippers.
 
No better place to hide from the law than .... jail! ???? ... :roll:

MAN CONVICTED OF USING FALSE NAME AT JAIL TO AVOID PRISON
Authorities say Robert Mason was a trusted and model prisoner the six times he was booked into Ohio's Zanesville City Jail starting in 2014.

But it wasn't Robert Mason who served those 150-plus days for various misdemeanors. It was Troy Mason, a homeless man who used his brother's name to avoid returning to prison for a parole violation on a felony burglary conviction.

A Muskingum County jury on Wednesday found the 50-year-old Mason guilty of forgery and tampering with records, felony convictions that could result in more prison time.

Prosecutors say the Zanesville jail's fingerprint machine was broken the first time he was booked as Robert Mason, and he became a familiar figure afterward. He continued the charade until his parole officer unmasked him last year.
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SOURCE: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-08-31-13-32-19
 
Geriatric delinquents on the loose in Scotland
'Out of control' pensioners fined for hotel rampage

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Staff and guests were forced to flee after two "out of control" pensioners rampaged through a Highland Perthshire resort hotel, a court heard.

Robert Fergus, 72, ran naked with a pair of scissors in the public reception of the MacDonald Loch Rannoch Hotel and smashed a glass pane.

His wife Ruth, 69, threatened to shoot a staff member after "reacting badly" to the alcohol she consumed earlier.

The couple were fined £4,100 at Perth Sheriff Court.

Mr Fergus, from Troon, was also ordered to pay the hotel £800 compensation to cover the cost of the damage from the incident on 4 February.

He had admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards four staff members, wilfully destroying property, and drink driving.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41122909
 
I guess this fits here. His hero worship of Gacy is certainly strange. "Y'all got me,'" must be the Alabama equivalent of "it's a fair cop guv".

An Alabama man who idolized serial killer John Wayne Gacy is accused of murdering his mother and burying her body under her porch.

Nathaniel Sebastian, 32, was charged in the death of Susan Mayo, who had been missing since June. Mayo's mother Doris Clark was also busted in connection with the slaying.

Mayo, 60, was found buried in a 55-gallon drum at the Wilmer home on Wednesday, according to the Times Picayune.

"OK my mama's under the front porch. Y'all got me,'" Sebastian admitted to cops. ...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...acy-accused-of-killing-burying-mom/ar-AArtxzM
 
People fart. I don't know why it has to become a legal case...jeez.
 
escargot1 said:
Yup, so while the abduction was genuine nothing else was? That seems likely.
It's not harmless though (not that I think you're saying it is) as there are aggravating factors. for a start, she reckons she had an injection in the forearm. That's a very serious assault.
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>"for a start, she reckons she had an injection in the forearm"

Her description of that "injection" scenario makes me pretty suspect- it reads like something out of a crime movie, rather than how actual criminals, or actual drugs, work, IMO. The "instant knock-out drugs that work right away when administered intra-muscular" sounds super-sketchy to me; it's how people think drugs work from spy movies, but IM-administred drugs take time to work, and time to administer, which would be extremely hard with a struggling victim. And what drugs, specifically, work like that? And which could be obtained, and administered in a dose that walks that fine line between not leaving you conscious, but also not giving you organ failure or putting you in a coma or worse? In a dose decided by an untrained street criminal? On a victim they know essentially nothing about (like all the stuff anaesthesiologists need to know; weight, other drugs you're on, when you ate last, etc) There's a reason anaesthesiologists get big bucks, even by doctor standards, for essentially a few minutes work- they do a job with a crazy high risk associated with it, that takes training to not screw up.

Also noteworthy- this is the only part in the story where she claims direct contact with a second kidnapper- everything else was just her and the main guy. And again, the "masked man jumping out of the shadows with a syringe full of knock-out drugs" sounds way more like a spy film than like real-life crime, to me. And what type of crim organizes a hand-off at a building full of government security staff? But is cautious and well-connected enough to use exotic drugs, masked accomplices, etc? Yeah, nah...

Hate to be a cynic, but I'm not buying it...
 
snuck said:
>"for a start, she reckons she had an injection in the forearm"

Her description of that "injection" scenario makes me pretty suspect- it reads like something out of a crime movie, rather than how actual criminals, or actual drugs, work, IMO. The "instant knock-out drugs that work right away when administered intra-muscular" sounds super-sketchy to me; it's how people think drugs work from spy movies, but IM-administred drugs take time to work, and time to administer, which would be extremely hard with a struggling victim. And what drugs, specifically, work like that? And which could be obtained, and administered in a dose that walks that fine line between not leaving you conscious, but also not giving you organ failure or putting you in a coma or worse? In a dose decided by an untrained street criminal? On a victim they know essentially nothing about (like all the stuff anaesthesiologists need to know; weight, other drugs you're on, when you ate last, etc) There's a reason anaesthesiologists get big bucks, even by doctor standards, for essentially a few minutes work- they do a job with a crazy high risk associated with it, that takes training to not screw up.

Also noteworthy- this is the only part in the story where she claims direct contact with a second kidnapper- everything else was just her and the main guy. And again, the "masked man jumping out of the shadows with a syringe full of knock-out drugs" sounds way more like a spy film than like real-life crime, to me. And what type of crim organizes a hand-off at a building full of government security staff? But is cautious and well-connected enough to use exotic drugs, masked accomplices, etc? Yeah, nah...

Hate to be a cynic, but I'm not buying it...
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Yup, 's'bollocks innit. What d'you reckon, caught out on a dirty weekend?
 
Buy a tuxedo for a dog...

Arkansas woman admits using county cash to buy dog tuxedo
Thursday, September 14th 2017

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A former administrative assistant to an Arkansas county official has pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of a credit card after prosecutors accused her of using public money to buy personal items, including a tuxedo for her pet pug.

Kristi Goss was set for trial this week but pleaded guilty Monday. Authorities accused Goss of fraudulently charging $200,000 to a Garland County credit card on purchases including the dog tuxedo, a diamond bracelet, tickets to Arkansas Razorbacks sporting events, sequined throw pillows and pet insurance.

Goss had worked as an administrative assistant for the Garland County judge in Hot Springs, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) southwest of Little Rock.

http://wjla.com/news/offbeat/arkans...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
 
This guy doesn't seem to be mentioned on the board.

Murder case suspect died of heart attack

A former council rat catcher who was found lying in a pool of blood in his cell in Belmarsh prison, south-east London, months before he was due to stand trial for murdering a woman with a parcel bomb died of a massive heart attack, a Southwark coroner's jury heard yesterday.

Keith Cottingham, 73, who was charged with the murder of Barbara Harrold, was found by prison nursing staff last October. He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital the same afternoon. ...

Once listed as one of Britain's most-wanted men, Cottingham was extradited from Spain in October 2002 after a lengthy legal battle.

After leaving his job as a rat catcher, Cottingham had moved to Spain in 1981 where he bought a villa near Alicante from Harrold and her husband, Gordon.

But soon after buying the house, Cottingham became convinced that the Harrolds - whom he had never met - had tricked him into paying a Spanish property tax bill of £600. In an angry exchange of letters Cottingham wrote that the feud must end with "a peaceful agreement or total war".

On May 21 1984, a parcel arrived addressed to Mrs Harrold, a mother of three, at her home in Ightham, Kent. It contained an explosive charge surrounded by pieces of shrapnel - including nails and air gun pellets - which blew off her left hand and a finger from her right hand. She suffered severe abdominal wounds and died in hospital six days later ...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/05/ukcrime.prisonsandprobation

Apparently one of his earlier favourites was to dig holes for feral cats, fill them with explosives and leave a saucer of milk on top. Moggy drinks milk and is blown to smithereens.
 
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A judge has imposed heavy fines on three people in the western German city of Essen for ignoring a pensioner who collapsed next to bank cash machines.

The 83-year-old man hit his head on the tiles and died a week later.

A fourth person had also ignored the pensioner, but was not ruled fit to stand trial. Medics were only alerted by the fifth customer at the scene.

The customers were identified in CCTV footage, which showed them stepping round the critically ill pensioner.

It took 20 minutes for the pensioner to receive first aid.

Under German law, failure to respond to a medical emergency is punishable by a fine or up to a year in jail. People are required at least to alert emergency services, if they lack first aid skills.

The court imposed a €3,600 (£3,180; $4,303) fine on a woman aged 39.

The other two fines were: €2,800 for a man aged 61 and €2,400 for a man aged 55 ...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41305575
 
escargot1 said:
Yup, 's'bollocks innit. What d'you reckon, caught out on a dirty weekend?
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Maybe. lol. Or the "publicity stunt" angle they suggest kinda makes sense, seeing as she's some kind of glamour model. It does sound like they probably planned it (in a minimal, naive way) rather than do it spur of the moment, because I believe she told people she was going to a (non-existent) modelling shoot ahead of time. Or maybe the guy thought it up, and really thought they'd get the ransom, and then convinced her to go along with it, because I can't see what was in it for him if they didn't expect a ransom.
 
Just recollecting how I once experienced a strange crime -

We discovered one morning our car had been burglarized. All the doors and trunk were standing open and the inside had been ransacked. Even the baby safety seat had been taken out and the cover removed. Whoever had done it had been thorough.

We called the cops to make a report. We went through everything and it appeared nothing had been stolen, not even the radio/cassette player. Well, one thing was missing: A home-made mixtape labelled "chick music".

The cop was as befuddled as we were. He figured the thief had been looking for something specific. Might have even been a case of mistaken identity and the thief got the wrong car, who knows. It was just funny that they'd probably come looking for money, weapons or drugs and came away with my chick music mixtape instead.

You have to wonder what was going through the thief's mind. "well, that break-in was a wash, but I'd really like to listen to something girly on the way home." :p

Mind you, I am glad we got the strange burglar and not a more cunning one willing to pawn our stereo.
 
Ulalume said:
Just recollecting how I once experienced a strange crime -

We discovered one morning our car had been burglarized. All the doors and trunk were standing open and the inside had been ransacked. Even the baby safety seat had been taken out and the cover removed. Whoever had done it had been thorough.

We called the cops to make a report. We went through everything and it appeared nothing had been stolen, not even the radio/cassette player. Well, one thing was missing: A home-made mixtape labelled "chick music".

The cop was as befuddled as we were. He figured the thief had been looking for something specific. Might have even been a case of mistaken identity and the thief got the wrong car, who knows. It was just funny that they'd probably come looking for money, weapons or drugs and came away with my chick music mixtape instead.

You have to wonder what was going through the thief's mind. "well, that break-in was a wash, but I'd really like to listen to something girly on the way home." :p

Mind you, I am glad we got the strange burglar and not a more cunning one willing to pawn our stereo.
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Just a theory - it may have been a local kid just learning how to do it.
I had my car broken into one night, and the only thing missing was a small adjustable spanner that I kept in the glove compartment. The most annoying thing was that I had to fix the door lock that they'd levered with a screwdriver.
Somebody I knew who'd been a bit of a thief back in his youth told me that he reckoned it had all the signs of a kid learning the ropes.
 
Mythopoeika said:
Just a theory - it may have been a local kid just learning how to do it.

I had my car broken into one night, and the only thing missing was a small adjustable spanner...
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Not necessarily a tyro...

I can remember several offences where criminals who had expended tremendous effort to accomplish a burglary found nothing worthwhile, then stole some piece of utter crap. One was a burglary where multiple doors had had to be forced/jemmied, but the offenders found zero of value. They stole a couple of ballpoint pens in a can from a desk. Another was an instance where someone broke into a haulage firm, couldn't start a vehicle or locate a quality load, so stole a few ounces of gravel.

It seems to be a human failing to need to have something to show for one's efforts, no matter how trivial or pointless.

maximus otter
 
years back i had an old ford escort estate (mk2), one particular night it was broken into and the thief stole just the radio cassette player, nothing too unusual.
i just hope that he sold it down the local boozer, because anytime you put a tape into it, it would destroy it within seconds! i could imagine him a couple of days later with a black eye when his purchaser brought it back for a refund. karma..
 
Normal for Cromer but strange for Dundee.

A man has died after been shot with a bow and arrow on a street in Dundee.

Police cordoned off Arklay Street near the city centre after what they called a ‘major incident’ on Sunday night.

Residents said they saw a man ‘covered in blood’ lying in the street, with shopkeeper Shahid Mohammed telling The Courier: ‘Customers say someone has been murdered with a bow and arrow.’

It is believed the attack happened after a disturbance spilled out of a nearby party.

A forensics team was spotted at the scene, with the crime scene still remaining active on Monday morning.

Police say they are treating the death as ‘suspicious’.



Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/25/man-murdered-with-bow-and-arrow-in-dundee-6953621/#ixzz4th8PlsJI
 
Robin Hood on holiday?, anyway someone must have seen that surely, or is that normal there?
 
The Chloe Ayling kidnap case has always sounded a bit dubious. Now one of the two brothers, Michal Herba's lawyer, George Hepburne Scott, says: "There is a real risk that the entire case is a sham."

Referring to "open source material", Mr Scott said: "The same complainant, it seems, generated publicity from the fact she was near the scene of a terrorist attack at the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

"Prior to the release of the complainant, the kidnapper apparently issued a press release to a tabloid newspaper setting out that this lady was being held for auction."

He told the court of an alleged incident during which Ms Ayling and her captor went shopping for shoes and called it a "wholly anomalous feature of a hostage situation".

She also went to breakfast with the kidnapper before her release when they found the British consulate was closed, Mr Scott added.
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The whole thing could just be a profile raising stunt..
 
If it was a stunt they should be made to pay whatever costs were incurred, disgusting waste of police time
 
hunck said:
The Chloe Ayling kidnap case has always sounded a bit dubious. Now one of the two brothers, Michal Herba's lawyer, George Hepburne Scott, says: "There is a real risk that the entire case is a sham."



The whole thing could just be a profile raising stunt..
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It's worked. We now know that she was intellectually capable of understanding the plot of the film Taken.

Any other talents she may possess seem to be well hidden behind layers of silicone and fake tan.

maximus otter
 
Min Bannister said:
Who the heck would agree to taking part in a publicity stunt that would stick them in jail for an indefinite period?
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Because in the UK only 2% of criminals receive the maximum possible sentence for serious crime.

Most crims are blessedly dim, but can balance out a profit/loss sheet in simple terms. Take for example bank robbery: In the UK the average "take" per person from a bank robbery is about £12,700. The average "life sentence" served for bank robbery is 6 years.

To a sensible person, the possibility of spending 6 years behind bars for a theoretical score of just 6 months' average UK wages is a non-starter. As I said above, though, most crims are intellectually as well as morally challenged.

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:
To a sensible person, the possibility of spending 6 years behind bars for a theoretical score of just 6 months' average UK wages is a non-starter. As I said above, though, most crims are intellectually as well as morally challenged.

maximus otter
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I read somewhere that crims en masse were quick to move on from activities with a poor return and/or high risk. Might have been in 'Freakonomics'.
 
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