What the hell were they thinking...?
In a domestic spat in Dallas, Tex., in August, 1997, the wife of Abel
Alaniz pulled a .380 semiautomatic and fired at her husband, but
nothing happened except a click. According to police, Alaniz then
took the gun from his wife, released the safety, and handed it back
to her, admonishing, "If you're gonna shoot me, you got to do it
right." Her next shot missed him, but the second one hit him in the
back, sending him to the hospital.
Toby L. Sanders, 34, was charged with aggravated battery in
Carmi, Ill., in January for chopping off the right middle finger of
Lester E. Massey, 35. According to police, each man agreed to let
the other chop off a finger, but apparently Sanders reneged after he
saw how bad Massey's hand looked. (Police said alcohol was
involved in the original agreement.)
Derrick L. Richardson, 28, was charged in April in Minneapolis
with third-degree murder in the death of his beloved cousin, Ken E.
Richardson. According to police, Derrick suggested a game of
Russian roulette and put a semiautomatic pistol to Ken's head
instead of a revolver. (For the gun-unschooled: There is much less
mystery to the game if played with a semiautomatic, in which the
one bullet automatically goes to the firing chamber.)
Julio Guaman, 31, landed in a
tree, with a broken pelvis, after a five-story fall from his Queens,
N.Y., apartment in December. According to his wife, Julio had
lunged at her in a fight in order to push her out the window, but she
ducked, sending him out.
Earl Zea, 34, of Johnstown, N. Y., removed his penis with
pruning shears in May because, later telling the district attorney, a
man was interested in him romantically, and he thought if he
removed his organ, the man would leave him alone.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (11-24-97) - After robbing a bank, a man
slipped into a disguise consisting of a business suit and ...
pink fuzzy slippers. After being caught, the man couldn't
give the police a logical
explanation as to why he was wearing the slippers. He and a
fellow female accomplice also gave conflicting stories. Police
were helped by a resident who reported a burglary, in which
some clothes and pink slippers were stolen. The man and
woman were held on $50,000 bond, each.
Sgt. Joe Vargas said about the disguise, "The suit was OK.
But he really should have taken less of a fashion risk with
the shoes."
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