Looking Glass: Just because I look stuff up doesn’t mean I’m guilty

After police questioned a suspect in a murder in Washington, Pennsylvania, he allegedly deleted all call records and texts from his cellphone because the messages “didn’t add up to what I told you.” The cops then did a forensic search of the phone which revealed that he had Googled “How can cops identify a murder scene” and “How Do Police Investigate Crimes.”

OTHER THAN THAT, HE’S AN EXCELLENT NEIGHBOR: A Gainesville, Florida, man, who was angry over his neighbors’ parking habits, sprayed fire from a commercial flamethrower toward a car with the neighbor’s daughter and two other teenagers inside. No one was hurt. The neighbor said the man frequently fired up the flamethrower to scare off guests at her home.

THAT WILL BE QUITE ENOUGH, YOUNG LADY! A 35-year-old woman walked into a home in Citrus County, Florida, stripped off all of her clothes, hugged the homeowner and sat on the laps of several elderly gentlemen, telling one of them, “You like it.” Other residents attempted to throw her out, but she resisted, so they called the cops.

NOT HELPING YOUR CASE: The “right-hand man” to the ringleader of a sophisticated drug operation in Newfoundland was brought to court in St. John’s to answer charges involving a drug bust which netted the biggest cash seizure in the province’s history. As a prosecutor read a 56-page account of the investigation into his wrongdoing, the accused sat behind her in the dock, repeatedly falling asleep and snoring loudly.

I THOUGHT THAT STUFF WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU MELLOW: After being told by a conductor to stop smoking marijuana on a subway train in East Harlem, a teenager punched him in the face.

WE DO HAVE RULES HERE: Two men and a woman engaged in steamy sex acts in the beer garden of a Wetherspoons pub in Inverclyde, Scotland. They were being escorted from the premises and have been banned from every pub in the Wetherspoons chain for the rest of their lives.

DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG? A man showed up at the Agriculture Department office in Madison, Alaska, to drop off a 20-page threatening letter demanding money and mentioning that he owns firearms, and when deputies knocked on the door of his home in Lowell Point, he pulled a pitchfork on them. He slammed the door shut, so the officers kicked it in and calmed him down with a stun gun.

IT’S A REALLY FUN GAME: A woman in Tasmania stole $940,000 from her employer over a period of three years to fund her addiction to an online gambling game that does not pay out real money. If you win, you get virtual coins which cannot be redeemed for real money. Her lawyer said, “The point of the game was just to keep playing the game.” And she couldn’t explain why she kept playing when there was no return.

CRIMINAL MASTERMINDS: Two burglars crashed a car into a storefront in Westwood, Califorina, and stole the fake jewelry that was on display. The goods were valued at about $200.

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