A drunk college student had the right idea when he asked someone for a lift home, but he probably should've asked someone else.
18-year-old John Louis Chapman, a freshman at the University of Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication after he opened the rear door of a police car that was stopped in traffic, hopped inside and asked the driver to take him to his dorm. Perhaps being new to the area, the kid hadn't yet figured out the difference between police cars and taxis.
Chapman was given a Breathalyzer test and recorded a blood-alcohol content at three times the legal limit. He spent the night in jail.
18-year-old John Louis Chapman, a freshman at the University of Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication after he opened the rear door of a police car that was stopped in traffic, hopped inside and asked the driver to take him to his dorm. Perhaps being new to the area, the kid hadn't yet figured out the difference between police cars and taxis.
Chapman was given a Breathalyzer test and recorded a blood-alcohol content at three times the legal limit. He spent the night in jail.
A wanna-be Ohio crook had his heist plan disconnected when he broke into a cell phone store and made off with an armload of fake display models instead of actual working phones.
The burglar knocked out a glass back door to enter the store. Then he pulled dozens of units from display areas, not knowing he'd dialed a wrong number. Managers who had been robbed before used decoys with no electronics inside for displays, keeping the real thing under lock and key in hidden storage areas.
So while the store suffered significant damage from the break-in, nothing of value was actually taken -- and the manager can say "can you hear me now? You're a loser!"
The burglar knocked out a glass back door to enter the store. Then he pulled dozens of units from display areas, not knowing he'd dialed a wrong number. Managers who had been robbed before used decoys with no electronics inside for displays, keeping the real thing under lock and key in hidden storage areas.
So while the store suffered significant damage from the break-in, nothing of value was actually taken -- and the manager can say "can you hear me now? You're a loser!"
An Oregon man who thought he'd come up with a clever way of getting out of a speeding ticket landed himself in much more trouble.
42-year-old Salvador Sanchez-Buenrostro could have tried the old "I need to get to the hospital" or "I have explosive diarrhea and need a bathroom really bad" excuses, but he had another idea. While the officer was writing up the ticket, he decided to call 911 and report a fake shooting in the area, thinking the officer would have to leave him and rush to the scene.
His plan backfired. The 911 operator traced the call right back to him and, in addition to getting a ticket, he was arrested for improper use of 911.
42-year-old Salvador Sanchez-Buenrostro could have tried the old "I need to get to the hospital" or "I have explosive diarrhea and need a bathroom really bad" excuses, but he had another idea. While the officer was writing up the ticket, he decided to call 911 and report a fake shooting in the area, thinking the officer would have to leave him and rush to the scene.
His plan backfired. The 911 operator traced the call right back to him and, in addition to getting a ticket, he was arrested for improper use of 911.