>
> The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked
> into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 8:50 AM, flashed a gun
> and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said
> he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the
> man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for
> breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
>
>
>
> KENTUCKY FOOL
>
> Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running
> a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup truck.
> Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled
> the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove
> home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper
> still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still
> attached to the bumper.
>
>
>
> LOUISIANA FOOL
>
> A man walked into a Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter
> and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the
> man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the
> clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled,
> leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from
> the drawer? Fifteen dollars. [If someone points a gun at you and gives
> you money, was a crime committed?]
>
>
>
> ARKANSAS FOOL
>
> Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd
> just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some
> booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head
> at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief
> on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window
> was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.
>
>
>
> NEW YORK FOOL
>
> As a female shopper exited a convenience store, a man grabbed her
> purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately and the woman was
> able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes,
> the police had apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and
> drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told
> to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, Officer...
that's
> her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
>
>
>
>
> SEATTLE FOOL
>
> When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home
> parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for.
> Police arrived at the scene to find an ill man curled up next to a motor
> home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man
> admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his hose into the motor
> home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to
> press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.