Back to Stupid Criminals 3 ~ Mystery Question

Back to Stupid Criminals 3 is this week’s Mystery Question. I really can’t believe just how ~~stupid~~ dumb people can be. These are fun to research…

But first the photo and verse. I took this last week while in Florida…honestly, Florida has the best clouds! I can’t wait to see what Barbara Diggs finds. When I looked at the photo, the verse about the first heaven–the sky– came to mind.

Now to this week’s Mystery Question ~ Back to Stupid Criminals 2. Four scenarios where people lied to the police. Three are true, one is made up. Which one? Leave your answer in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library!

Police responded to a “robbery in progress” at a local car wash. The distraught victim claimed two men had robbed him at knifepoint of his wedding band. Surveillance cameras recorded a different picture. That of the man pulling into the car wash and then making a call that corresponded to the 911 call. Turns out he’d lost his wedding ring and didn’t want to tell his wife.
A Dollar General store employee claims she was robbed by an armed robber as she carried the money to the bank for a night deposit. The police questioned why she was making a deposit at two in the morning when the store closed at ten. Clues led them to the local casino where video showed her losing the exact amount she was supposed to deposit.
A postal employee reported being robbed of $40 by a gun-wielding robber. Unfortunately for the postal employee, where he claimed it happened was right in front of a school that had multiple surveillance cameras set up.
A teacher was running late to work so he called the police and claimed two men posing as police officers pulled him over. Several hours were spent going door-to-door investigating the crime before the teacher finally broke down and admitted it was a hoax. The school plans disciplinary actions once the police are finished with him.

And the answer is… #2. As for #4, I was amazed that a teacher would lie to the police like that!

Now onto this week’s Mystery Question. Four stories, three are true, one is false. Can you spot the false one?

A burglar was caught after he broke into a house and became fascinated with the homeowner’s robotic vacuum cleaner that was cleaning the floors. The homeowners were alerted when he yelled at it, saying it had missed a spot.
A man who was impersonating a police officer flashed his amber and blue lights, activated his siren and pulled over a car. Unfortunately for him, it was an off-duty policeman. He won’t be pulling over anyone else in the near future.
Police are searching for the girl who licked a half-gallon of ice cream and then posted the video to Facebook. They’ve traced it to a store in Texas and say it’s only a matter of time before the teenager is arrested.
A man, high on bath salts, broke into a home and…put up Christmas decorations. Once he finished, he turned on the TV and went to sleep, only to be awakened by the police.

Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a drawing for something….

Here’s another of my books–just in case you don’t know what I’ve written. My apologies to all who have read them! I had the most fun researching this book. I grew up in Memphis (and it’s one reason I set a series there). At least once a month my dad would take my sister and me to the Pink Palace. We would spend all afternoon there, wandering the exhibits. It was fascinating.

When I decided to set a book at the Pink Palace, I called and asked if I could get a tour of the building. They agreed, and I went from the basement to the attic, looking for places to hide a body. 😉 . Oh, the childhood memories that day brought back! It’s also in KU. Or you can buy the paperback for about the cost of a cup of coffee or a glass of tea. 🙂

In an effort to get her security consulting business off the ground, Kelsey Allen has been spending a lot of time up in the air. Rappelling down buildings and climbing through windows to show business owners their vulnerabilities to thieves. She is hired to pose as a conservator at the Pink Palace Museum to test their security weaknesses after some artifacts go missing, But when her investigative focus turns from theft to murder, Kelsey knows she’s out of her league–and possibly in the cross hairs. When blast-from-the-past Detective Brad Hollister is called in to investigate, Kelsey may find that he’s the biggest security threat yet . . . to her heart.