True story from San Francisco:
A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that
measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later
received in the mail a ticket for $40, and a photo of his car. Instead of
payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days
later, he received a letter from the police department that contained
another picture - of handcuffs.
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True story from Orange County:
A man goes to a party and has too much to drink. His
friends plead | with him to let them take him home. He says no - he only
lives a mile away. About five blocks from the party the police pull him
over for weaving and ask him to get out of the car and walk the line. Just
as he starts, the police radio blares out a notice of a robbery taking
place in a house just a block away. The police tell the party animal to
stay put, they will be right back and they run down the street to the
robbery. The guy waits and waits and finally decides to drive home. When
he gets there, he tells his wife he is going to bed, and to tell anyone
who might come looking for him that he has the flu and has been in bed
all day. A few hours later the police knock on the door. They ask if Mr. X
lives there and his wife says yes. They ask to see him and she replies
that he is in bed with the flu and has been so all day. The police have
his driver's license. They ask to see his car and she asks why. They insist
on seeing his car, so she takes them to the | garage and opens the door
where they find: the police car, lights still flashing. This is allegedly a
true story, told by the driver at his first AA meeting, according to the
newspaper account.
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A true story out of San Francisco: It seems a man, wanting to rob a
downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote "This iz a
stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line,
waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone
had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached
the teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street
to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to
the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling error
that he was not the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could
not accept his stick up note because it was written on a Bank of America
deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo
deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated,
the man said "OK" and left the Wells Fargo. The Wells Fargo teller then
called the police who arrested the man a few minutes later, as he was
waiting in line back at the Bank of America.
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