Mystery Question~Dumb Crimes this week delves into more dumb crimes. I don’t see how some of these criminals get out of bed every morning! As for the verse and photo, I took the sunset photo at Arkabutla Lake in Northwest Mississippi almost twenty-five years ago. Arkabutla has the best catfish I’ve ever eaten!
And a quick update before we get to the Mystery Questions for today. I am happy to report after turning in my book, I cleaned my house, including my office. In my office, I sacked up six 13-gallon bags of paper! And four large boxes of books that went to a charitable organization.
Now for last week’s Mystery Question: Three stories are true and one is false. Pick out the false one.
- The self-professed “queen of IRS fraud” paid $30,000 for her one-year-old’s birthday party and bragged on Facebook where the money came from.
- A 23-year-old responded to a police FB “Wanted to Arrest” post with this comment: I need to get a new mugshot. The police offered to accommodate him for free. His reply: If only they were as good at finding me as they are with comebacks. They responded by arresting him.
- Thinking his parole officer wasn’t on Facebook, a robber documented his cross-country flight with posts like “I’m in Alabama” and a sonogram of his unborn child with a hospital sign in the background. He was arrested and sent back to Oregon.
- And of course, we all know about the burglar who used his victim’s computer to check his Facebook page. But how about the woman who tried on her victim’s diamond necklace and posted it on her Facebook page? The victim recognized the necklace and the burglar and called the police.
And the answer is…#4. As for the other three, I’m still shaking my head. lol Congrats to everyone who guessed #4.
Now for this week’s Mystery Question~Dumb Crimes, I have four scenarios. Three are true, one is not. Can you guess the one that is not true?
- When two men ended up in the hospital they told a wild tale of being on a secret mission and getting shot. However, they were saved by their bullet-proof vests. When one of the men’s wife arrived, she told a different story. Turns out the two were drinking and got to wondering if a bullet-proof vest really worked. So they shot at each other. The police charged them with felony aggravated assault.
- A man, high on bath salts, broke into a home and started putting up Christmas decorations. When he finished, he lit candles and started playing with the homeowner’s electronic toys until the homeowner’s eleven-year-old son found him. He called his mom who in turn called the police.
- In an undercover sting operation, police knew the identity but not the location of a woman who had stolen a car from a dealership. They were monitoring her FB page and noticed she had accepted several FB challenges. They posted a ten-day Facebook photography challenge on her page with the winner getting a $1000 spa deal. The challenge–post a photo once a day of your location for ten days. She bit and by day eight, the police had zeroed in on where she was and arrested her.
- A man walked into a police station and demanded the officer give him all his money. Too late, he realized he was in a police station and tried to backtrack, saying he was trying to check up on a warrant. Unfortunately for him, the policeman he tried to rob didn’t believe him, and then he informed the officer he had a gun. The officer quickly disarmed him and put him in a cell.
Okay, Mystery Sleuths, put your answer to Mystery Question~Dumb Crimes in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a drawing for one of the books I didn’t donate to charity at the end of the month!
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I think you made up number 3 because it made me laugh the hardest. But they’re all hard to believe!
Nice job on the office. It looks great!
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I’m glad these made you laugh, Priscilla! Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see next week if it’s #3.
Great photo and Scripture as always. Those catfish better watch out.
Your office cleaning paid off. I see a very satisfied cat on your chair!
The crooks you find seem to be in a race for a dumbness award. I know some have been caught using FB stupidly, but I’m still thinking #3 is the one you made up.
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Thanks, Tim. The scripture came from our sermon this past Sunday. I had that photo framed and hanging in my hallway for years. Now that my office is cleaned up, I may hang it in here. 🙂 We’ll see next week if it’s #3.
Great before & after photos. You could call them The Purge or After the Earthquake. I love this week’s crimes. Call me naïve but how do you get high on bath salts? I doubt #3 is true but love it so will go w/ #4 although you probably would not have #4 be the answer two weeks in a row.
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Thanks, Delores. You saw the Earthquake in person lol People use bath salts much like cocaine–snort, smoke, inject, etc. We’ll se if it’s #4 next week! Thanks for stopping by.
This is a comforting verse. Great job with your clean up. It’s always such a good feeling to purge stuff. I am going with #4 this week.
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It really is a great feeling, Gloria! It’s a pleasure to be in my office now! We’ll see next week if it’s #4. Thanks for stopping by.
Just to be different, I’ll say #2.
Some crazy stuff!
Love the photo!
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Thanks, Paula. And I can’t believe some of the crimes I find. lol We’ll see next week if it’s #2.
Great job on the office! Your Scripture will be encouraging up on the wall!
I’m going with #4. However, all of them are believable.
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Hi Barbara! Thanks for the encouragement. 🙂 And we’ll see next week if it’s #4.
I want to say #4 this week because how could you NOT know you walked into a Police station….unless you were high on drugs or drunk or something, lol! There are some really dumb criminals out there! 🙂
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There really are, Trixi! It’s amazing to me just how dumb they are. We’ll see next week if it’s #4. Thanks for stopping in.
I think it is #2 . Your office looks nice and neat! You did a Great job. I Love your Scripture and the photo, Thank you so much for sharing them. Have a Great week and stay safe. God Bless you and your family.
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Thanks, Alicia! You have a great week, too. We’ll see if it’s #2 next week.
I think #3 is the false one.
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Hi Megan! We’ll see next week. Thanks for stopping by.
I could sit and look at sunsets like the one in the picture for hours. That is a peaceful picture.
I hope my wife doesn’t see the pictures of your office. Mine looks far worse than your before. She will definitely get on my case about my office if she sees the good job you did. She’ll want to know why I can’t clean mine up.
I’m sticking with #3. I can’t determine if the woman is a dumb criminal for falling for that FB challenge, or if the police are dumber that they are unable to find the car. Probably could if they would stop spending time on Facebook. LOL!
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I’m glad you enjoyed the photo, Edward. The Point is a peaceful place about 100 miles from my current location. We used to camp there, and I use the word camp loosely. If you have a gas stove and TV…we’ll see if it’s #3 next week!
I think it is #1. If they deliberately shot at each other unless they wanted to press charges or one died I would think they would get off because they did it to answer a question they had. I’ve seen where two people did something similar & they weren’t changed because they didn’t press charges.
Really nice picture. Good job on cleaning up your office. I’d go nuts with it the way the before photos show.
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Deb, my friend who thinks I’ve very well adjusted because I can stand clutter would go nuts, too. lol. We’ll see if it’s #1 next week.
Loving the pictures & verses. I think #2
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Thanks, Lisa! We’ll see if it’s #2 next week. Thanks for stopping by.
I will go with #4 this time
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We’ll see, Shelia. Thanks for stopping by!
I think #2 is fake.
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Hi Karen! Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see if it’s #2 next week!
These are all crazy enough, I can’t be sure. But I’m going to go with #3.
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Erin, can you believe that three of these are actually true!!??? It’s getting harder and harder to top some of their stories. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Love the scripture and photo, Pat!
I’m guessing #4 is false.
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Thanks, Caryl! And we’ll see next week if it’s #4. 🙂
I’ll guess #3. I love your scripture photo.
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Thanks, Lucy! And we’ll see if the popular #3 is the correct answer next week.
Beautiful photo. I think I’ll go with #2.
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Thank you, Diana! I love putting my photos to scripture!
Your office looks really nice! I think it is #2.
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Thank you MJ! So glad you stopped by. And we’ll see next week if it’s #2. 😉
They all sound false! Patricia, I don’t know where/how you find these cases, but, wow! “Dumb crook” stories make for interesting entertainment! I’ll guess #3…
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They really do, MS Barb. lol. We’ll see next week if it’s #3. Thanks for stopping in!