America's Dumbest Criminals: Based on True Stories From Law Enforcement Officials Across the Country by Daniel Butler; Leland Gregory; Alan Ray

Author:Daniel Butler; Leland Gregory; Alan Ray
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Non-fiction, ebook, book, Humour
ISBN: 9781558533721
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 1995-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

DUMB CRIMINAL QUIZ NO. 111

How well do you know the dumb criminal mind?

You’re in Raritan, New Jersey, and you’ve just received a ticket. Now, let’s play the matching game. Match the offense with the penalty.

OFFENSE FINE

a) Littering $500.00

b) D.U.I. $250.00

c) Cursing in Public $25.00

d) Public Display of

Affection Not an Offense

Answers: (a) $25.00 (b) $250.00 (c) $500.00 (d) usually not an offense—depending, we suppose, on how affectionate you get!

51

Going My Way?

It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd A. Hyde unexpectedly became involved in a high-speed chase.

“I was en route to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville, and to get there I had to enter Interstate 40 from I-440. As I merged, blue lights and sirens going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to sprout wings and take off down the interstate. The driver apparently panicked at the sight of me. He accelerated to more than a hundred miles per hour and began passing cars on the shoulder. It was obvious that he thought I was after him and was making a run for it.”

But Hyde couldn’t give chase, despite the driver’s reckless behavior. Injured people always take priority over traffic offenders, so the officer had to stay en route to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding vehicle. As it turned out, keeping the Pontiac in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.

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