Nutty Criminals is the Mystery Question of the week. I had a lot of fun finding stories about the crazy antics of criminals. These are from across the Pond, but that just goes to show the U.S. doesn’t have a lock on the crazy criminal market.
But first the photo. It was taken right before sunset back in January after I left the facility where I exercise. As soon as I saw it, I knew it’d make a good photo. Then when I read this verse this week, I thought of the photo with the church steeple juxtaposed against the sky.
Now for the answer to last week’s Mystery Question–More Gadgetry Used to Convict: Three of these cases actually happened and I made one of them up. Can you guess which one?
1.Police suspected a man had something to do with the disappearance and death of his roommate found buried in a shallow grave. Police found blood and the victim’s backpack in the man’s car, but the suspect provided viable excuses for both. Then digital examiners found a Siri search on his phone that read: I need to hide my roommate. Cell towers also put him near the burial site.
2. A man and woman broke into a home and stole jewelry, computers, and TVs. The one thing they left behind undid them after the police arrested them. Alexa, who recorded their conversation after the man called the woman to help him with one of the TV’s. Her name happened to be Alec but it woke up Alexa. When police caught and brought them to trial, the jury compared the voices from the defendants’ interrogation videos to the Alexa recording. The jury found the pair guilty by a unanimous vote.
3. A father installed eBlaster on his son’s school laptop to keep track of his son’s internet activity, receiving reports to his laptop. It came time to return the computer to the school. The father had the laptop wiped clean but did not realize the eBlaster program remained despite the scrubbing. The father returned the laptop directly to the school’s principal. Several days later, eBlaster emailed reports indicating the laptop accessed child pornography sites. Needless to say, the school principal was even more surprised to get a visit from the FBI.
4. A man returned home after getting an alert from his home alarm where he found an intruder. His wife interrupted their struggle when she returned home after an exercise class, and the intruder killed her. After the man’s life-and-death fight with the intruder who escaped, the man crawled upstairs and triggered the home alarm. Unfortunately for the man, the wife’s Fitbit contradicted the man’s story when it showed she’d walked 1,217 steps after arriving home from the exercise class. Far more than the approximate 127 steps from the car to the stairs she supposedly walked.
And the answer is…#2. Congrats to all who guessed correctly.
Now for this week’s Mystery Question–Nutty Criminals. Four nutty crimes…three are true, one is false. Can you guess which one I made up?
- An armed robber was caught after he boasted on Facebook about his plans to raid a supermarket in a post that included a selfie, a picture of a knife, and the words: “Doing. The Name of the Store. Over.” Police caught him 15 minutes later with the knife and £410 in cash stolen from the store.
- A man who tried to rob a Glasgow bookmaker while “armed” with a cucumber encased in a black sock was tackled to the ground by an off-duty police officer.
- This crazy criminal used a stolen SIM card to snap a self-portrait inside a house he was burgling. Then he posted it on the Whatsapp messenger application, unknowingly sending the picture to the victim’s work colleagues.
- On a dare, a man borrowed one of the new IRV’s (an Incident response vehicle) in England. What he didn’t count on was the cockpit-like instrument panel. Even though he managed to get it started, he punched the wrong button and activated the siren, alerting the police.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a March drawing for a $10 gift card!
February’s winner of a book from my library is…Joan Arning! I’ll contact you with your choices. 🙂
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We’ll see, Janeen! Thanks for dropping by!
4
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We’ll see, MS Deb. Always good to ‘see’ you here!
Beautiful photo and matching Scripture. You have a good eye for composition, Pat
There should be a contest for which country has the dumbest criminals. Sort of an ignominious crook’s award; an IgNobel prize for criminals. My first thought is, “Can anyone be so dumb?” But the answer is clearly YES! I don’t understand why someone would “borrow” an IRV. It would be so obvious. I say you made up #4.
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Thank you, Tim. I love taking photos. 🙂 We’ll see next week if it’s #4. 🙂 Always good to ‘see’ you here!
I think it’s #3
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Numbers 3 & 4 seem to be the favorites, Mary. 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
I’ll guess #2 – just to be different :).
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Melissa, I love seeing a rebel. 🙂 I tend to go that way myself. lol We’ll see next week if it’s #2. Thanks for stopping by!
I’ll be different and guess #1
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Angela, another rebel! Great. We’ll see if it pays off next week. Good to ‘see’ you here.
I love these. Thanks for finding them. I’m not sure, but will go with #4 (would love to have seen ALL of these happen).
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We’ll see, Delores. You’re in good company this week. lol. So glad you stopped by.
#3
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We’ll see, Patricia! So glad you stopped by!!
I like the picture and verse. The verse is so fitting with the church steeple.
I know it isn’t likely you would repeat the number, but I’m choosing #2. I’m not sure what kind of weapon a cucumber in a black sock would be intended to represent.
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Hi Edward! Yeah, that cucumber thingy is funny…I’m glad you like the picture and verse. I love that church steeple. It isn’t my church steeple…I need to get over there one day and see what kind of photo I can get there. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
3. thanks for the chance
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Thanks for stopping by, Lynn. It’s always good to ‘see’ you here. And we’ll see next week if it’s #3. 🙂
Beautiful photo and verse. I hope it’s number 2 because that one cracked me up. I’m still laughing!
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Priscilla, I’m glad you like the photo and verse and that #2 cracked you up! Mission accomplished! Thanks for stopping by.
I am going with #1 this week.
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Hi Gloria! We’ll see next week. So glad to ‘see’ you here! Have a great week.
I’ll go with 4
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Hi Jackie! We’ll see next week if it’s #4. Good to ‘see’ you here!
As always, you take stunning pictures and put them with relevant verses.
This week I think I will choose #4 just because this one cracked me up the most!
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I’m so glad I cracked you up, Pearl! And thank you for the compliment on the photo. 🙂 We’ll see next week if it’s #4. Thanks for dropping by.
#2
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We’ll see, Alicia! So glad you stopped by.
number 4
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Hi Dick! Good to ‘see’ you here! We’ll see next week if it’s #4. 🙂
#4
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We’ll see, Mary. Great to ‘see’ you here!
Such a pretty picture with the sky and church. A very fitting verse too. I’m going to guess #4. They are all pretty crazy. A cucumber ? Ha, ha!
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Several readers think the cucumber is nuts. lol. We’ll see next week. So glad you stopped by.
I’m gonna say #2 is false.
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Hi Megan! We’ll see if it’s #2 next week. Glad you stopped by.
I will pick #2 this time!
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Hi Shelia. We’ll see next week if it’s #2. Good to see you here!
#4
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We’ll see next week, Caryl. Always good to ‘see’ you here.
Beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing! All of these cases sound made up! I’ll guess #3
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So glad you enjoyed it, MS Barb! And I did my job if you think they’re all made up. lol Thanks for dropping in!
#1
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We’ll see, Jeanna! So glad you stopped by.
The IRV made me laugh, it would be ironic if the criminal gave himself away by accidentally hitting the siren! I got a good chuckle out of that one 🙂
For this week, I’ll say #3 just because. I’d also say every one of these are true because they’re all something I can definitely see happening!
What a lovely picture. I think church buildings are among my favorite kind to look at (or see pictures of), and the sunset is the perfect backdrop to it. I love the scripture you chose to go with it because a church is a type of refuge for the oppresed to go in times of trouble or dispair. I know you can find God anywhere, but to me, there’s just something extra special to a church building. I always feel the strong presense of God in whenever I walk into my church 🙂
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Yeah, Trixi, churches are places of refuge to me as well. I’m glad I gave you a chuckle with my crimes this week. lol Thanks for always stopping by.
#1
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We’ll see next Tuesday, Rosalyn. 😉 So glad to ‘see’ you on my blog!
I’m going to go with #3.
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Hi Diana. We’ll see next week. Thanks for always stopping by!
I’ll guess #4
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Hi, Paula! Good to ‘see’ you here. And we’ll see next week if it’s #4!