Back to Crazy Crimes 5~ Mystery Question

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Back to Crazy Crimes 5 is this week’s Mystery Question. Who knew there were this many crazy crimes out there! But first the photo and verse.

I took the photo on my first-ever flying lunch date! It’s something I couldn’t even imagine six months ago. 🙂 I didn’t know people even flew to lunch. lol But there we were in the air in a Cherokee Archer flying 2500 feet with beautiful clouds all around. We land at the DeLand airport, which mostly caters to small aircraft, and walk to the small restaurant just off the airstrip. My next goal is to learn how to fly!!

Now for last week’s Mystery Question, More Crazy Crimes 4. As usual, three are true, and I made up one. Can you guess which one?
  1. A man walked into a Tiffany’s and pretended to be the manager of a certain NBA superstar. He swiped earrings and an engagement ring valued at over a million dollars. Police couldn’t find the merchandise until they x-rayed his stomach. He’d swallowed it.
  2. Pet store owners entered their shop to find all the caged animals roaming the store. When the intruder was arrested several hours later, he had three gerbils stashed in his pants pocket.
  3. A man was arrested after leading police on a chase while driving a stolen John Deere tractor. The driver rammed several vehicles, a dumpster and a church during the miles-long pursuit.
  4. Don’t mess with your grandmother–an 80-year-old grandmother hauled her 40-year-old grandson to the police station and turned him over to police. Turns out she recognized him when the local news station ran the bank video of the robbery on their evening news.

And the answer is…#4. Congrats to all who guessed correctly.

Now for this week’s Mystery Question, More Crazy Crimes 5. As usual, three are true, and I made up one. Can you guess which one?
  1. When you use a drone to drop $20,000 worth of illegal drugs in a prison, be sure you use one that doesn’t make a lot of noise. That was the mistake of a prisoner who had dreams of being a drug kingpin in the prison where he was serving time. The loud drone drew the attention of correctional officers, ending his dream.
  2. A couple discovered a burglar in their house after the burglar laughed at the husband’s joke. Must not have been a Dad joke.
  3. If you’re going to kill someone, do it at the exact time they die from something else…that’s what happened for this man, who was prosecuted for a lesser charge of assault and battery instead of first-degree murder.
  4. Don’t be like this pilot who intentionally allowed a plane to crash into a national forest for the purpose of gaining YouTube views and lost his pilot’s license and spent six months in the pen.

Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library!

Only 20 more days until On the Edge of Trust releases! Friday I shared the opening lines. Here’s the first paragraph:

On the Edge of Trust

A ding from her phone jerked Jenny Tremont from a sound sleep on her den sofa. She hadn’t been able to sleep and had come down to the den to watch her favorite Friday night show.
Her phone dinged again. The security camera. She grabbed her phone and clicked on the video but didn’t see anything. Maybe an animal?
She replayed the video, looking closer. This time Jenny saw it. A shadow. And it wasn’t an animal. Her sins had found her out—wasn’t that what her mother always said? That her sins would be exposed.
Whoever it was hadn’t gotten in the house yet. She could grab her go-bag, find the intruder’s location on her cameras, and go out on the opposite side of the house.
Jenny raced for the stairs. Wait. The back door. She’d locked it and set the alarm . . . hadn’t she? She always did, even before she had reason to fear, since Logan Point, Mississippi, was next door to Memphis. But sometimes she forgot.
Was there time to check? She couldn’t risk not checking and changed direction. At the back door, her shoulders sagged. She hadn’t locked it. Dumb mistake.
Jenny threw the deadbolt. Getting caught had always been a possibility—she’d even prepared for it. But she’d never really believed it would happen. And she hadn’t thought it would happen when she couldn’t get to the money. She couldn’t go to Zack Mitchell’s house in the middle of the night—he would want to know where the money came from. Think.
Zack’s son. Drew would bring it to her, no questions asked. Jenny’s thumb hovered over the phone. But not here—that might put him in danger.
Quickly she punched in his number as she hurried to her bedroom. Once it started ringing, she laid the phone on the bed while she changed from her pajamas to a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. By the third ring, she’d yanked on a pair of Nikes and grabbed the phone again.
“Come on, Drew, answer!” she muttered under her breath.
On the fifth ring, he picked up. “’Lo?”
Thank God. “I need you to bring me something.”
“Jenny? What? I can’t hear you.” He sounded half asleep.
“Drew!” she hissed and pressed her hand to her head. “Pay attention and don’t ask any questions, just do what I ask.”
“Huh?”
“Please, just listen. I have to leave town. I hid a package in that place you showed me back when your mom was sick. Get it and bring it to the house on Winslow.”
The house was on her way out of town, and meeting the boy there shouldn’t put him in any danger.
“I don’t under—”
“Please. Drew, just do what I said. I need it now.”

You can find purchase links here. Now for this week’s song. This is one of my favorite Jim Reeves songs:

 

 

 

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  4. Barbara Diggs

    Oh my gosh those clouds. I couldn’t resist today. Pictures everywhere! First I saw Mrs. Pac Man, which before my eyes turned into a woman’s head. Then it tuned into a guy with a mohawk, or maybe the head of a wide mouth bass. Then there was Kermit the frog on the other side of the photo. Next an angel slightly bent over. Finally an ape wearing a beanie. Oh the joys of being ADHD. I know you enjoyed seeing the clouds as well.

    The Scripture made me chuckle. Perfect! Absolutely perfect for the photo.

    Oh yeah, we have to select a crazy thing. #2 Why? Because they were all. . . .:-)

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  6. Mary G

    Beautiful photo and verse, Pat. I haven’t heard that beautiful old song in ages.

    Good luck in learning to fly! You are a brave lady and I believe you will reach your goal!

    Looking forward to the release of On the Edge Of Trust.

    #2

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      Patricia Bradley

      Thanks, Mary G! I only want to learn enough to land the plane. lol At my age flying a plane looks very complicated. And I loved that song, especially sung by Jim Reeves. His voice is like velvet. We’ll see next week if it’s #2.

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  8. Priscilla Bettis

    Wonderful opening for On the Edge of Trust. It makes me want to read on! This week I’m going with number 1 because I don’t think drones are ever loud (bright sometimes, yes, but not very loud).

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  9. frazierhlhs

    Beautiful picture and verse! Your book sounds so good. I can’t wait to read it. I grew up listening to Jim Reeves but listening to that song this time hit me differently, I guess because I am older the words mean much more to me now. It brought tears to my eyes. It is such a beautiful song.

    My guess this week is #2.

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  11. Tim Johnson

    Cool photo, Pat. Lots of cloud images to be found. I love the picture of God’s love in the verse you chose.

    Crazy crimes:
    #1. Where does a prisoner get a drone to fly, and where does he land it to pick up the drugs? Not making sense to me.
    #2. That’s down right spooky to have a burglar in your house discovered by laughing at a joke told by the owner.
    #3. How would you know the exact time your victim was going to die of natural causes, in order cover up the murder? If you knew the victim would die, why do anything more? Am I missing something here?
    #4. A pilot who deliberately crashes a plane to get YouTube views ought to be in an insane asylum.
    OK. I think you made up #1, but #3 would be a close second.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Thanks, Tim! It is so amazing to be in the air and viewing the clouds. Last week wasn’t a really good week weather-wise–skirted rain and there was a cross wind, making it bumpy, but I loved it! We’ll see next week if it’s #1 although I didn’t say the one on the inside was the one with the drone, only that a drone was used… 😉

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  20. Edward Arrington

    I love that verse. It fits the picture. The picture is a good one. I wonder if there was someone in that boat taking a picture of the airplane. LOL! The Jim Reeves song fits so well. Whether in a plane, in a boat, or on the ground, we need the Lord to take our hand and lead us.

    I’ve let too much of my day get by to think clearly about these. I’m going with #4. What good would YouTube views do if you misjudged and got killed in the crash? Is the penalty for deliberately allowing a plane to crash in a national forest more severe than allowing one to crash elsewhere?

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