But I’m Innocent–Mystery Question

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But I'm innocent; Ps148:3

But I’m Innocent is this week’s topic. I’ve been thinking about doing one on identity fraud but I didn’t want it to get too dark.

But first, the photo. I stayed up until 11:30 to catch this photo. When the moon, known as the Buck Moon (because this is the time bucks start to grow horns) first rose it was a beautiful orange color, but by the time it cleared the trees in front of my house, it had turned pale. It was orange because of the fires out west. Anyway, I immediately thought of the scripture from Psalms!

Now for last week’s Dumber 911 Calls: Here are four calls made to the 911 operator. Three are REALLY true, and I made up the fourth one. It’s up to you to figure out which one I made up.

  1. A man called in to request an ambulance. He said he’d been eating only “special” brownies for three days straight and could not stop vomiting that morning. Problem was, I could hear him chewing. “Are you eating right now?” “They’re just so gooooood,” he said. He was still eating the brownies!

  2. An older woman called to report she had fallen and cut her leg. One of the questions the operator asked was “is your breathing normal?” She yelled back “Of course my bleeding isn’t normal, you idiot. I don’t just bleed out of my leg on a daily basis!” “No, your BREATHING.” “Oh yes, that’s normal dear.”
  3. Caller to 911 – What’s the number for Papa John’s? 911 Operator – Sir, you want information–411. Caller – Oh, my bad…Can you give me the number anyway?
  4. 911, What is your emergency? There’s sheep walking in the middle of the road. 911 – So you called to report a sheet walking around? Caller – Yes. It is in the middle of the road heading north on the wrong side and I really think someone is going to hit it. 911 – So, a sheet is walking around and you’re afraid someone is going to hit it? Caller –  Did you say ‘sheet’? I’m saying ‘sheep’, as in a grown up lamb, like a farm animal….911 – ohhh! A SHEEP. Where did you say you are again? I’ll get a patrol out there ASAP.

And the answer is…#3. Congrats to all who guessed correctly.

Now for this week’s But I’m Innocent Mystery Question: Here are four arrests that should have never happened. Three are REALLY true, and I made up the fourth one. It’s up to you to figure out which one I made up.
    1. When a woman left her car idling in her drive, she also left her purse, and this proved to be too tempting for a thief. Unfortunately for the thief the police quickly responded to the theft and pulled her over two miles from the victim’s house. The thief was booked, posted bail, but once she was out, skipped town. Two months later, the victim was pulled over for speeding. Yep, you guessed it. The thief had been booked under the victim’s name, and she was arrested on an outstanding warrant for stealing her own car. She spent an afternoon protesting her innocence until someone finally checked the fingerprints on file for the thief.
    2. One poor woman in Georgia was pulled over for a broken taillight. When the officer ran her driver’s license, an outstanding warrant for shoplifting showed on the record he pulled up. He arrested her and took her to jail where she was fingerprinted. Unfortunately for the woman, the prints were never compared, and neither was her photo and she spent the night in jail.
    3. A Massachusetts man whose identity was stolen two years ago was held in custody because a Bronx cab driver with the name, birthday, and Social Security number jumped bail on a weapons possession charge. A judge finally decided to free him after noting the suspect who stole his identity was 6-1 and 245 pounds while the victim was 5-8 and weighed less than 200. Plus, his fingerprints didn’t match the suspect’s–and he had written proof his identity was stolen.
    4. When a man was arrested in Brevard County, Florida, he claimed his name was that of a childhood acquaintance. Both were born six days apart. However, the childhood friend was 6’2 and the arrested man was 5’7”…Fast forward a few months and police arrest the childhood acquaintance on a failure to appear warrant for shoplifting–even though he said he was innocent and asked for the police to compare their mug shots and fingerprints. It was only after he was booked into the Volusia County Jail that officers discovered the mugshot on file didn’t match the real person and neither did the fingerprints.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a July drawing for a book from my library!
But I'm Innocent is the Mystery Question for this week. Four stories of people arrested because of a stolen identity. Three are true, one made up. Can you guess the made-up one? Leave a comment and I'll enter you in a drawing for a book… Share on X

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  2. Priscilla Bettis

    Nice photo. We have smoke from the Oregon fires too, and I live in Virginia! My eyes are irritated from being outside, but I’m not complaining because I’m sure it’s a lot worse in the West. I think you made up number 3 because 5’8″ to 6’1″ is a pretty noticeable difference!

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    1. Elizabeth McD

      Virginia?? Wow. I had no idea the smoke had gone that far. North Idaho here, we’re in the middle of the fires (going on a month now) but nothing close to us at present thankfully.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Hi Priscilla! Here in North Mississippi, we had haze all last week from the smoke from out west! This week is better, I guess because of all the thundershowers. lol. We’ll see next week if your excellent logic works with criminals and cops. lol

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  5. Tim Johnson

    Pat, I was wondering whether you would mention the buck moon this week. That is a good match of photo and verse. So true.

    Those misidentifications all seem pretty believable. I think #2 is the least likely, and is the one you made up. I can see where a typo in a police report might have been made which caused the lady’s license to be tagged, but to not notice the face and fingerprint difference? That’s incompetence.

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      Patricia Bradley

      It was the prettiest moon when it first rose–all orangy, but I could only see it through the trees and couldn’t get a good shot of it, Tim. Thanks for always stopping by.

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  14. Alicia Haney

    I think it is #1 . I love your photo, you did a great job and I love the Bible Verse. Thank you for sharing them. Have a Great week and stay safe.

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  19. Edward Arrington

    These remind me of Johnny Cash’s old song, The One on the Right Was on the Left. My head is spinning trying to sort them out. I’m going to go with the crowd this time and pick 2.

    I had not heard of the Buck Moon. I thought the moon looked full Saturday night but I wasn’t out after dark on Friday and didn’t see the moon. That’s an interesting picture. The verse suits it well.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Thanks Edward. The photo was taken with my phone camera and that’s the way it turned out. 😉 I think the interesting lighting came from the street light right under the moon. I would have loved to taken one when it was such a pretty color of orange! And we’ll see if the majority is right next week. Glad you stopped by.

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  21. Trixi

    Funny thing, I live on the Oregon coast no-where near the fires (thankfully) and our moon hasn’t been orange here. But you guys out East have that, that’s so interesting.

    I’m going with the crowd this week too and say it’s #2 you made up. It’s hard to tell what’s true or false each week anymore 😉

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      Patricia Bradley

      That is funny, Trixi. I would think you’d have the orange moon for sure! And if you think it’s hard for you…the true stories are wo weird, it’s very hard to make one up. lol We’ll see if it’s #2 next week.

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