(KUSA-TV)
Brianna Priddy, a waitress at an Applebee’s restaurant in Lakewood, Colo., was an unfortunate victim of identity theft. She was out on the town with her friends on one of her nights off when she realized she had lost her wallet, including all her cash, credit cards and driver’s license.
Her bank later told her that checks were being issued in her name, thus beginning a long and painful process of reversing the harmful effects of identity theft.
However, two weeks later she was reunited with her driver’s license in a stunning way.
Priddy was waitressing at Applebees when four people entered the restaurant and started ordering drinks. Following the law, she asked the group to see their IDs. One of the women in the group handed her a driver’s license — and it was hers.
She then called the police and attempted to stay calm and act normal until they arrived.
“I put on my server smile and tried to take care of them, but I was shaking like crazy,” she said.
When the cops arrived, they arrested the unidentified woman on suspicion of theft, identity theft and criminal impersonation. She was also found to be in possession of narcotics.
“Dumb criminal,” Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis told KUSA-TV. “That’s the first thing that comes to mind.”
Ironically, the suspect is 26-years-old. In other words, she could’ve used her own ID and avoided jail.
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Comments (135)
WalkSoft
Mar. 7, 2013 at 8:04pmYou just admitted to being a 2nd term Oroid voter. It’s now obvious you’re a rabid moron!
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MBA
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:40pmThe only thing I got from Applebee’s is food poisoning. I’ll never eat there again. As for the stolen ID, don’t trust anyone.
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Warphead
Mar. 8, 2013 at 9:37amWell, do not fret as I can be trusted to tell you this. The last time I ate at Applebee’s, years and years ago, I found a white insect cocoon attached to a lettuce leaf in my salad. I have called it Applebugs since then.
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Mil-Dot
Mar. 8, 2013 at 10:35amYeah,
The best most wholesome food is that which you prepare yourself. Nobody cares about your gut like you do.
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atechgeek
Mar. 8, 2013 at 12:17pmBesides .. I can cook better food, more food, a hell of a lot cheaper than any chain. I worked in a kitchen when I was a teen in Baltimore .. it is a miracle I can eat out at all. The power of memory block !!
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YesLiberalsAreThatDumb
Mar. 8, 2013 at 1:27pmNot trusting anyone doesn’t help when you lose your wallet, as she did.
I must say I just LOVE DUMB CRIMINALS….
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jhrusky
Mar. 8, 2013 at 2:29pmOne can find many, many disgusting things in food at any commercial entity serving food… it’s a matter of numbers. Food poisoning is also just numbers … you can get that anywhere. Considering the number of Applebee restaurants and the number of meals each serve, food poisoning is a very rare thing to get there, although not at all pleasant for those that do.
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zman173rd
Mar. 8, 2013 at 7:45pmMy wife and I go for the beer. sometimes fries, but mainly the beer. The food might be okay but I can only afford beer. And they don’t take food stamps, WIC cards or bussing and washing dishes by my kids for food so dang the’re tight. Wait a minute, I thought this was about Pappy Bee’s! Sorry , my bad…
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progressiveslayer
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:21pmFor identity theft I would recommend forty lashes and five years in the pen,we need to send a message that this won’t be tolerated.
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JohnofOregon
Mar. 7, 2013 at 10:42pmFly em to New York and have a show trial. If that doesn’t work, tell Bloomberg you picked them up drinking a 32oz soda, smoking a cigarette after eating fries with extra salt.
The death penalty would be reinstated.
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Warphead
Mar. 8, 2013 at 9:56amI can only wonder if the woman using the stolen ID as well as anyone else so inclined to commit such crimes would engage in that criminal activity with the knowledge that if caught you get a mandatory 10 year prison sentence in which you have to serve 10 actual years. 2nd offense is up to the perpetrator. They would have a choice, after completing a work program in which all earned money is used to repay the victim, court costs, housing, meals and all other incurred expenses they could choose to either be permanently deported (to any country that will take them) or take a one way ride on the electric chair. If no country will take them then maybe we should cordon off an island or large chunk of land and send them there permanently. What if such penalties were instituted for many other crimes in which there is a damaged victim. I bet you would see the U.S. prisons start to empty out quite quickly. I bet the crime rate would suddenly drop. As for violent crimes, 1st offense is the choice again. Deportation or a ride on Old Sparky. Violent rape & murder, well you don’t get a choice. Hold your nose & let the sparks fly. Our problem today is that crime pays. When crime starts to cost exorbitantly more than the gain, it suddenly is no longer an alternative. Everybody benefits. The potential victim is spared as well as the potential criminal as the crime doesn’t occur. The only ones to suffer will be the gun manufacturers as the demand suddenly drops.
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Xyskalla
Mar. 8, 2013 at 10:46amYes, the death penalty.
It’s for their own good.
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midnightvelvet
Mar. 8, 2013 at 3:29pmPillory with everybody throwing rotten vegetables. Shame does work on most people.
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GCT
Mar. 8, 2013 at 7:05pmYou are too lenient. We could eliminate identity theft with “suicide”!
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Truckman
Mar. 8, 2013 at 11:15pmWarphead;
I hear Alcatraz is a “nice” place. The State could sell boat tours around the island to see the World’s Dumbest Criminals.
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savagenatn
Mar. 9, 2013 at 3:54amyep but under our ridiculous in-justice system, the “suspect” will get a few weeks probation and free to steal from somebody else soon.
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curmudgeon60
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:15pmThis happened to me in MI with stolen property I finally found in an antique store! It takes a strong person to stay in control and regain what is yours, and I was! The state and local cops were NO help! My daughter was strong armed robbed by illegals in AZ and somewhere out there they are using her ID pic to vote and whatever!
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Patriot72
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:06pmCan’t go wrong with a feelgood story
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zorro
Mar. 8, 2013 at 8:50amIt’s nice to see the bad guys get caught. We don’t always see it but they always get theirs.
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mrunner
Mar. 8, 2013 at 9:03amI would love to see a follow up story on this – I want to know what penalty the court imposes. With Colorado getting more liberal, I am sure it will be a slap on the wrist.
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stumpygrim
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:58pmSomeone please sew this bimbos legs together and help stop the “dumbass” virus from spreading……
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rosegrower
Mar. 8, 2013 at 9:48amToo late – she’s already got 3 kids from 3 different baby daddies and YOU’RE paying for all of them. Now you get to pay for three hots and a cot for the dame.
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banjarmon
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:50pmBring back the Thumb guillotine…Mark criminals forever!!
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dc5
Mar. 7, 2013 at 8:16pmMove to an Islamic country. I think you would be happy there.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Mar. 7, 2013 at 9:07pmBANJARMON
Tattoos used to be used to mark criminals. Can’t use that method anymore.
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bobad
Mar. 8, 2013 at 3:26pmJust cane them until they can’t sit down for 2 weeks. No more stealing!
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GCT
Mar. 8, 2013 at 7:07pmIf someone steals my identity, I would consider pleading guilty to suicide! [end sarcasm]
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zgomer
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:33pmWell a one in a million and the cow was caught at least…
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michaelmoron
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:25pmDo you people realize you have been conned into giving up your 4th Amendment right to privacy,
by using these “Safe and Convenient” cards ?
Everytime there is a major delay at the check-out stand, it’s some moron using their moronic card.
Hey, CapitolOne. What’s in my Wallet ????
None of your F#cking Business. That’s what.
Aw, heck. I’ll tell you what I have in my pockets.
I have silver, gold, and some Federal Reserve PRIVATE BANK NOTES in one, and a Beretta NANO 9mm, in the other.
lol.
Clowns !!!
I will retain my right to use cash, and will keep my identity safe from stangers, criminals, and most importantly, the INTERNATIONAL BANKSTER CARTEL !!!!
Watch this CLASSIC 30-minute video and I GUARANTEE you will be getting out the scissors, and chopping up those worthless plastic cards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPWH5TlbloU
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xduper
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:04pmActually the people causing delays at the checkout line are the check writers that need to enter it into their check register after writing the check.
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tharpdevenport
Mar. 7, 2013 at 8:03pmPriacy aside for this comment, what’s causing the delay in a lin is not from somebod using a card, but somebody using a card improperly or a system delay.
When the system isn’t down (to process credit card orders online), all one has to do is swipe the card and ressed the buttons and there you go; on rare occasson depending on amount of purchase, items purchased, or how long it’s been since you use the card, you migh get asked for your driver’s license, but otherwise you won’t.
Operator failure starts occuring from usually he elderly who wait until their items are rung up, to get their card out. Then, after being told which way the card goes (and even some swipers have pictures on them) they slide the card the wrong way. Again. And again. Then they do it slowly, too, so the ard doesn’t read.
They use the wrong card, forget their password, don’t have enough balance etc., etc., etc.
And it seems in the last few years, card readers havent’ workd like they did ten years ago; there’s so much difficultly rading the cards, cashier’s will have to get a plastic grocery bag and put th card in it and slides it a few times before it reads.
I’ve not had any of these problems (when I had an EBT card; I was litterally starving and homeless, so I had to feed myself). I have my card out, I slide it while the stuff is beingrung up, when it’s done and the total is there, I accet and it goes through ,and there you go. Simple, fast.
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michaelmoron
Mar. 7, 2013 at 8:37pmDid you guys miss the point, or what ?
@xduper. No, it IS NOT checks that cause delays for me 95% of the time.
@Tharpdevenpoint. You were more accurate in stating that it is usually the elderly that holds up the line.
Are we going to ignore the fact that you have volunteered to give up your 4th Amendment Right to privacy ????
This is how I.D. theft occurs. Stolen Identity, because of these Plastic Cards !
Watch the video I posted ,and you people will understand why you need to get rid of those things.
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birthright
Mar. 7, 2013 at 10:12pmMoron, do you not drive a car? do you drive illegally without a license? you kind of went into left field there. identity theft needs nothing more than your drivers license. Oh, and good luck on the privacy issue with all of the police departments getting their new toys: license plate readers. they can track you everywhere now.
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michaelmoron
Mar. 7, 2013 at 10:42pm@BirthRight
I kind of went into left field there ?
The Only Contract I have with the “government” is my State Government (A Corporation)
That contract is with their DMV to operate a vehicle on “their” roads.
I have no legally binding contract with the federal Government, nor, will I ever have one.
That was not even my point. I have volunteered to give up my identity to the Corporation
in exchange for driving “privileges”.
I have NO obligation to ANYONE, to surrender my 4th Amendment right to privacy, unless there is a claim of damages against me, from a person ( a beneficiary in this trust, called the Constitution or a corporation )
If I ever have evidence that any of my rights have been violated, the Corporation (a Private Company)
SHALL be sued in a federal court.
It’s NO ONES business how much money I have.
It’s NO ONES business where or how I spend my money, either.
If you think that is “left field”, I sense you are bereft of ratiocination and extremly nescient.
Do yourself a favor, and watch the film.
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rawmilker
Mar. 8, 2013 at 1:59amMICHAELMORON….I do like your posts. keep up the good work. I hate these banksters & government thieves too.
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OUTLAW_WEALTH
Mar. 8, 2013 at 8:43amYou all miss the point. It isn’t EBT cards or the elderly “holding up the line”.
The line is being held up by the minimum wage law. The minimum wage law creates unemployment, meaning fewer jobs available for the same amount of work. Employees are priced out of the market. If we had the right to pay people what they are worth, there would be more money left to hire more labor. Then the employer could respond to the demands of the market place at a fair market rate, and efficiency would result. The velocity of the economy would improve.
At the very least, one state should nullify the minimum wage law. Then we can compare, who has the best service, states with minimum wage law and higher unemployment? , or, states that allow the unhampered market to do its thing, and provide what is needed and wanted.
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Tom K
Mar. 8, 2013 at 10:11amCarry Cash and a Gun. Both still get respect. What’s in my wallet ? It will cost you dearly to find out.
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Leerm
Mar. 8, 2013 at 11:11amSorry Xduper, but its the people with welfare cards who dont have enough on them to make the purchase so they have the teller start subtracting things until they can. While we all wait.
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WATER-THE-TREE
Mar. 9, 2013 at 2:23amMichaelmoron — That was a good video. Only things is the ending, he had a sword with which to fight back. But that is the next step in the red shields plan. I always have said that when they come for the guns,that is when the SHTF. The red shields have to take away his sword (our firearms), and like I said we are nearing the end, because as we now see — THEY ARE COMING FOR THE GUNS — . They must have enough of their men in office to be this bold. It is hard to believe that there are that many in on this evil. Every day it only become more and more obvious that Alex Jones is not that crazy.
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RightThinking1
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:14pmAs I heard a detective once say, “We never find MENSA cards in criminal’s wallets”
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OlefromMN
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:50pmThis one is a Darwin Award candidate. They should have let her get to the paying part and dollars to donuts she would have used the checks or CC. Then they could have the whole case wrapped up in a nice tidy bundle.
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davidwjohnson
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:07pmWait… the story will probably get better.
Next week we’ll find out the waitress gets fired this week for not following corporate policy.
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ONLY4UANDME
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:42pmSon of a gun. This was a wonderful story until you had to bring up reality.
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SamIamTwo
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:06pmYou’d think the dumb crook would have noticed the lady was the one pictured on the id…kool book em danno…
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everydaywoman
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:44pmThat was my first thought too. Didn’t the woman think the waitress looked a bit familiar? LOL! Then when I read that the woman had narcotics on her I thought that’s probably the explaination right there.
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Stoic one
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:03pmGlad she got some of her stuff back.
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AmericaMustBeFree
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:58pmAwesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now throw the book at her!
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theonlynana
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:10pmthen throw away the damn key!
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oldironsides
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:48pmcali can’t afford to house prisoners, she’ll get a slap on the wrist. maybe they’ll hire her to work for the state.
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bannedfromCNN
Mar. 7, 2013 at 8:53pm50 to1 that she’s an Obamaphile.
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hi
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:52pmStupid democrats.
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damnedifwedont
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:08pmhas to be. Ocommie in the White House means ANYTHING is possible….as long as it’s bad.
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Margyt
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:48pmBest feel good story I’ve heard in a long time. Even beats Daddies coming home from war and DD kids making basketball shots.
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ChiefGeorge
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:48pmThe perps are only doing what our own federal government has been doing for years in the names of our grandparents, parents us and our children. They are robbing us to pay everyone in the whole world and now they say we can’t even visit our own White House.
These perps mine our pocketsby stealing something that does not belong to them…our good names. The US gov does the same thing telling everyone we are good for it, so spend away. Crooks the lot of them…is that a drone overhead?
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cemerius
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:41pmHope the waitress gets justice but AFTER someone has had ID theft their lives are totally screwed for a very long time!!!!
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V-MindMeld
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:50pmShe should have accidentally (on purpose) poured a pitcher of ice tea or dropped her drink on the womans head ! just a little revenge….
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freenj
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:05pm@Vmind
Yea then she would have been arrested for assault, and some shyster lawyer would of sued Applbees and the waitress on behalf of the thief. Yea we live in that kind of world.
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busterpuddles
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:40pmThey were all probably out celebrating their latest victory of yet another ID stolen.
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VRW Conspirator
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:30pmarrest all four of them…i bet they were all in on it and all had narcotics and stole id’s…. bunch of loser delinquents…they run in packs…
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rickc34
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:35pmAnd justice was served with a slice of humble pie.
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Really2012
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:28pmThis is why your mom always told you to wear clean underwear…
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spirited
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:45pmNo mention of cracked plastic bags or a jack in the box. -lol
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UBETHECHANGE
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:27pmWhat?!? I don’t understand why they are not releasing the name of the girl who had the waitresses ID. I have never heard of them not releasing a criminals identity “as the investigation is ongoing”. A minor child I can understand, but a 26 yr old loser of society who needs to be publicly shamed and exposed?!? Am I missing something?
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ChiefGeorge
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:49pmPublic shame is out of style, its actually a badge of honor these days! Come on into the 21st century.
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RightThinking1
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:18pmChief,
You’re right of course, but it’s too bad. I *really* miss the stocks…
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ihasa
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:55pmThey don’t just withhold the perps details as a ‘courtesy’. Sometimes it would genuinely harm the investigation.
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RJJinGadsden
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:23pmCaught this story in the news earlier and had to laugh. After work one day I was sitting in the Sports Nut lounge having a cold beer and shooting the breeze with the owner. He had to rush to the door where they had an internal cage to check IDs. A moment later he came back to me laughing and put a license down in front of me. Isn’t that your girlfriend? I went over to the door to have a talk with her, because my now wife had her purse stolen in the university library the week before. The girl started screaming at me because I would not return “her” ID but took off like a shot when I started to question her about the stolen purse. At least we got her license back.
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retired_leo
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:41pmBuzzzzzzz! OH I’m sorry the answer we were looking for was do not pass go and do not collect $200. We do have some nice bracelets for a parting gift. Next contestant please
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Walkabout
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:53pmSad. Funds can be tight for many college students, but these guys typically are better off than average when graduating. Freaking sad that one college student would steal from another for some beer money.
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RJJinGadsden
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:03pmWALKABOUT, This was almost thirty years ago shortly after I started dating the college student who has been my wife now for many years. She lost a few bucks in her purse but not that much. Besides, she had no trouble getting more from me when she needed it.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Mar. 7, 2013 at 7:08pmRJJ:
You should have walked up and asked, is this your ID, I’m Detective RJJ and you have a warrant for your arrest. Watch her start saying, but that’s not me, I just “Found” it.
Here are some more “Dumb” criminals.
http://www.realpolice.net/articles/dumb-criminals/dumb-criminals.html
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RJJinGadsden
Mar. 7, 2013 at 9:52pmDARMOK, I was still in the Army then and still wearing a high and tight haircut. It was still in the ’80s and most of the cops in the area had a bit longer hair and thicker mustaches. From that bar Ft McClellan was in one direction, and Jacksonville State was a shorter distance in the other direction. Funny thing was just my questioning her made her disappear right in front of my eyes. I apparently scared the living daylights out of her. I just sat back down and Mike and I got a big laugh out of it. He later pulled up her face from his security video and printed several copies of it. When certain nights got busy he had extra help come in to watch the doors and check IDs. Her picture along with others were taped to the clipboards those guys had.
LOL, something else about that place popped into my head. There was never really any major problems between the GIs and students I had a few minor run ins with some smart asses while shooting the bull with the owner. On those few occasions I would finish my one beer, then walk over to the jukebox on the way out the door and play the Allman Bros Mountain Jam…..all 33 minutes and 43 seconds of it. His machine couldn’t skip a song, and even if unplugged it would pick up on the CD where it had left off. Mike used to tell me that drove some of them crazy.
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Cronpolis
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:15pmAnd… Another one bites the dust!
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katzkiner
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:39pmDumb criminals go to jail, smart criminals go to the Senate.
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KickinBack
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:15pmKarma. Make sure your on its good side.
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