Crazy Criminals by L. A. Keller

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We are traveling through the States in search of the craziest criminals.  This month we are stopping in California to see how the locals do it.

From cheatsheet.com here's a story about a not so smart forger:
by Mandi Kerr December 30, 2017

A California woman facing prison time for forging drug prescriptions asks the judge presiding over her case to postpone the trial. Why? For medical reasons. After presenting her doctor’s note to the judge, her request is denied. Turns out, she forged the doctor’s note.

In List25.com posted by Theodoros II December 12, 2018

An eighteen-year-old teen named Steven Diaz from Pasadena, California, wanted to have drinks with friends and passed by Vons supermarket to shoplift a bottle of wine. As the teen tried to get away from the shop, he punched a security guard and dropped his wallet, ID, and the wine. Of course, he was easily tracked down by the police and arrested shortly after his stupid action.

Readers Digest by Andy Simmons and Priscilla Torres

A San Francisco thief pedaled his bike up to a woman on the sidewalk, snatched the iPhone out of her hands, and rode away. Unknown to him, the woman was in the middle of demonstrating the iPhone’s new GPS tracking device, which worked—the thief was captured minutes later.
Source: sfgate.com

Jon Eipp’s story began with burglar alarms at Portal Publications in Novato, California. Police rushed to the scene and caught Eipp, 39, and an accomplice running away, leaving an array of stolen computer equipment outside the office building.

Both dumb criminals were arrested, and Eipp’s trial began. Two days into the proceedings, some Civic Center employees showed up for work and got quite a surprise. Their computers and monitors had been swiped. Eipp was lucky enough to get his high-tech haul out of the building, but his stupidity caught up with him.

By the time Civic Center workers discovered their equipment had vanished, Eipp was already in police custody. Shortly after leaving the Civic Center, he’d been caught right down the street trying to steal a Volkswagen. Now he faced charges that included attempted auto theft, burglary, and grand theft. Last September, he pleaded guilty to them all.

And a couple crazy laws to go along with the criminals:


  • California prison workers will no longer be allowed to have sex with inmates.
  • It’s unlawful to let a dog pursue a bear or bobcat at any time.  (I rather like this one.)
  • Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
  • Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways - Arcadia 
  • Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.  Baldwin Park
  • You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows. Blythe
  • It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds. Burlingame
  • Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. Carmel - repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor.



Happy Trails,

Leslie


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