Stupid Criminals

[Matt]

Smuggler is caught in Airport with 14 songbirds stuck to his socks

A man has been charged with smuggling songbirds into the United States by hiding more than a dozen of them in an elaborate, custom-tailored pair of leggings.
Dong was found with birds tied to his legs under an elaborate pair of trousers
Prosecutors say Sony Dong was arrested at Los Angeles International airport in March after an inspector spotted bird feathers and droppings on his socks and tail feathers peeking out from under his pants.
He had hidden the birds in the legs during a flight from Vietnam to Los Angeles, prosecutors allege.
Authorities later linked Mr Dong's scheme to another man, who was arrested after investigators searched his home and found 51 songbirds in an outdoor aviary.
Both have been charged with conspiracy in an eight-count federal indictment.
US attorney spokesman Thom Mrozek said the songbirds sell for about up to £25 in Vietnam and are then sold on to collectors in the US for about £375.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World- ... os_Angeles

[Matt]

Pictured: The battered and bruised face of a burglar who got on the wrong side of a 72-year-old former boxer

A knife-wielding burglar had a shock when he attacked a pensioner in his home - and discovered his victim was a retired boxer.

Senior citizen Frank Corti, 72, a former junior boxing champion is still a bit handy with his dukes.

And when he spotted the aforementioned intruder, Gregory McCalium, in his hallway he sprang into action and delivered two right hooks.


The blows were so powerful that McCalium, who had just lunged at Mr Corti with the knife, was left looking like he had been in 'a car accident'.

The pensioner then restrained him until police arrived. He was jailed for four and a half years yesterday after a judge told him he had 'got what he deserved'.

After sentencing, Mr Corti said: 'I was scared when he first drew the knife but most people would have acted in the same way. If you can't defend what's yours, where are we at?'

Oxford Crown Court heard the break-in was the culmination of a long-running dispute over noise between the neighbours, who live in Botley, Oxford.

McCalium, a barman, was having a rowdy party at his house on August 18 last year when police turned up after a complaint from a neighbour.
McCalium assumed it had been made by Mr Corti - who won the National Association of Boys' Clubs Championship in Birmingham when he was 16 - and broke into his neighbour's home at 8am the following day.

Mr Corti, who was with his wife Margaret at the time, dodged out of the way of his attacker's lunge and punched him, giving him a black eye and a split lip, before subduing him.

McCalium was found guilty of aggravated burglary at a trial in March, during which he had claimed he could not remember the incident.
John Simmons, defending, said Mr Corti, who served with the Royal Engineers in North Africa from 1956-58, had received minor injuries during the confrontation.

He added: ' Photographs of the defendant showed what looked like a car accident and photos of the scene looked more like a murder scene.'

Recorder Angela Morris said: 'Luckily, Mr Corti was an able-bodied 72-year-old who was able to defend himself.
'The jury might well have concluded you got what you deserved when you entered that property and took a swipe at him with that weapon.

'The elderly and vulnerable people are entitled to demand the protection of courts from people like you who decide to take matters into your own hands and enter a property with a weapon.'

Mr Corti, a retired car worker, added: 'If needed to, I would do it again.'

During sentencing at Oxford Crown Court, Brian Payne, prosecuting, said: 'There was a struggle and it was clear Mr McCalium was intoxicated because his reactions were slow.

'It seems Mr McCalium ended up with far more serious injuries.'

More of the story and photos:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... boxer.html

[Matt]

Somali pirate error ends with 5 in French brig

PARIS – [e]Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat[/e], the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates.
No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said.
La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" about 250 nautical miles (290 statute miles) off Somalia's coast, Prazuck said.
"They understood their mistake too late," he said.
One skiff fled, and La Somme pursued the second one in an hour-long chase.
"There were five suspected pirates on board. No arms, no water, no food," Prazuck said.
France is a key member of the EU's naval mission, Operation Atalanta, fighting Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. It has aggressively tracked and caught suspected pirates and handed over at least 22 to Kenya. An additional 15 suspects were brought to France for prosecution after allegedly seizing boats belonging to French nationals.
President Nicolas Sarkozy called for tougher action against piracy last year after dozens of attacks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_re_af/piracy

[Matt]

Smart criminal this time?
Watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUsYo8vSNQ&feature=player_embedded
then read this
then watch the video again.

[Matt]

sorry... here's the link to the article
http://www.ohio.com/news/70663697.html

[Matt]

Fugitive con Craig Lynch taunts police - on Facebook

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -21916884/

[Matt]

Convicted Murderer Posts Prison Party Pics on Facebook

http://gizmodo.com/5703238/convicted-mu ... n-facebook

[cbobcat49]

When did prison stop being a prison?