Crime and Punishment

Want to commit non-violent crimes and not get prosecuted? According to an AP piece on Yahoo, it's not as hard as you might think: Dan L'Allier said he witnessed 45 tons of the New York loot being unloaded in Minnesota at his company's headquarters. He and disaster specialist Chris Christopherson complained to a company executive, but were ordered to keep quiet. They … [Read more...] about How To Succeed At Crime

My wife and I were at a friend's house Saturday night. Just us. Certainly not the friend who owned the house. A few weeks ago, our Tivo missed taping a double episode of 24, but our friend had it and had made a tape of it for us on Friday. She lives far out in the Chicago suburbs, and she told us the house was never locked. She'd leave the tape just inside the door so we … [Read more...] about Non-Braking and Entering

They might make you do stupid things. (I'm a little embarassed that Blonde Justice would scoop me on this local story.) … [Read more...] about Kids, Don’t Do Drugs

In response to my post about proving the time of a ticket, T. F. Stern comments: Having served 20 years as a uniformed cop I find it slightly amusing that some folks think this way. I wrote tickets, quite a few. If I made a mistake I would call the person at home and tell them to send me their copy so I could void it out, show up in court where I would explain the error and … [Read more...] about A Few Slightly Bad Apples

Sometimes technology lets you down in the most frustrating way. When I'm driving home, there's a turn I have to make pretty regularly that is prohibited by a "No Left Turn" sign after 4 pm. As I approached the turn yesterday, it was 3:44, which is right at my limit. Any closer than that, and I skip the turn and go home the long way. I took the turn and drove home without … [Read more...] about Time for a Ticket