Even More Bungled Crimes–Mystery Question

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 32 Comments

Deuteronomy33:26

Even More Bungled Crimes is this week’s Mystery Question–mainly because I’m having so much fun with them. I cannot believe how dumb some people can be!

When I was looking through my photos for a picture to use this week, I saw this one and immediately this verse came to mind. I like to picture God racing across the heavens to help me. 🙂

Now for last week’s Mystery Question–Terribly Bungled Crimes. As usual, three are true, one is made up. Can you guess the false one?
  1. The person robbing the convenience store wore a stocking over his face…unfortunately, he forgot to change out of his work uniform with his name above the pocket.
  2. A man passed a note to a bank teller on the back of one of his own checks. Unlike a lot of robbers who use their own checks to write a hold-up note, he was clever enough to blackout his name. Obviously, he didn’t realize the numbers on the bottom of the check would lead the FBI to him.
  3. Police were called to a mini-mart, where they found a man trying to break in. They chased him through the streets until both cops took a tumble. Seizing the opportunity, the man sought refuge on the grounds of a large building. The building was the Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison, where he was promptly nabbed by a guard.
  4. A Good Samaritan noticed an elderly man being robbed, so he jumped in and punched the thief. The thief was so upset, he called the police to complain.

And the answer is…#1! I think only one person guessed it, so congrats Mary Preston!!

Now for Even More Bungled Crimes–this week’s Mystery Question. As usual, three crimes are true and I made up one–can you guess which one? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in the August drawing for a book from my library!
  1. A man stated to police that he was assaulted at a local tavern earlier that evening. The 62-year-old man was highly intoxicated and drove his truck to the police station to report the assault where he was quickly taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence.
  2. When a man was pulled over by a state trooper for driving erratically, he offered the trooper $1000 to let him go. The man was not released (to his chagrin) … he didn’t pass go … and he did go straight to jail, where he was unceremoniously booked not only for suspicion of DUI but also attempted bribery.
  3. The dognapper didn’t see the hundred-pound Doberman in the fenced-in yard when he scaled the fence and grabbed the poodle until it was too late. When the Doberman barreled toward him, he dropped the poodle and tried to get back over the fence. The barking brought the owner outside, and he called the police. The dognapper wasn’t hard to spot running down the sidewalk with the seat of his pants ripped out.
  4. A man kidnapped three employees at a fast-food restaurant and once he had them in the car, he asked where the “good water” was. One of the employees quickly said it was inside the store. The kidnapper climbed out of the car to go inside and the three men grabbed the car keys and ran.
Even More Bungled Crimes is the Mystery Question for this week! Four crimes, three true, one false. Can you guess which one? #bookgiveawy #mysteryquestion Share on X
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  1. Priscilla Bettis

    If only one person guess right last week, then you did a good job fooling us! This week I think it’s number 2 because not very many people have an extra 1000 dollars with which to bribe an officer.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Thanks, Alicia! I think it was the hardest book I’ve ever written, mostly because of Covid. I’m so ADHD that it was really hard for me to concentrate last year. 🙂 And we’ll see if it’s #4 next week.

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  2. Edward Arrington

    The clouds are really striking in the picture. When I’m at the coast, I always enjoy looking at the clouds far more than the ocean. Unless there is a storm brewing, the ocean waves just roll in and back out. But the clouds seem to be constantly changing. Good selection for the verse.

    I’ve got to stick with #3. I don’t know why those keep appearing to be made up. Something is strange about a guy who can see a poodle and not a Doberman. It’s also strange that the Doberman never barked until the man climbed the fence and was in the yard.

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      Patricia Bradley

      I love the clouds, too, Edward. Just this afternoon the sun was peeking from under the clouds like a silver lining. Of course, I didn’t have my phone, and by the time I got it…well you know. It was a good shot–I’ll use if Friday, but it wasn’t what I really wanted. lol
      As usual, I love your logic. We’ll see how it works out next week. 😉

      1. Edward Arrington

        Tim, are you suggesting the owner had trained the Doberman to wait until a person had gained entry before attacking so they would catch him with the goods? Personally, I would want to keep them out entirely.

      2. Tim Johnson

        Edward, in this case both dogs were part of the K-9 unit, acting on their own initiative in a sting operation to shut down a poodlenapping ring that was plaguing the city. 🙂

  3. Trixi

    I consulted Mr. Random and he picked #2 so that’s what I’m going with this week 🙂 I would think thieves would be smart enough NOT to bribe an officer with money to let him go, but criminals are some of the dumbest people…lol!

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  4. Patricia Barraclough

    I think it is number one. We called the police once because we saw a man so drunk he could barely walk head for his car to drive home. I was told by the police officer who responded that he couldn’t do anything until he caught the man actually driving. Just because he was drunk didn’t matter. The guy saw the officer pull up and you could see him getting angry, but not pulling out. He finally gave up and drove off about 10 minutes later at which point the officer followed him.

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